Injury Treatment & Prevention Videos

In this video I discuss the muscles associated with plantar fasciitis, why people get this type of foot pain, and what you can do with respect to plantar fasciitis natural treatments. See the accompanying plantar fasciitis article here!    Video Transcript Hey, this is Dr. Gangemi, and I’ve got …

In this video I discuss the epidemic of male estrogen dominance. Many men who are converting testosterone into estrogen and losing their masculine characteristics. Many men are also consuming products that act like and increase estrogen in their body leading to male estrogen dominance. Learn how to increase your testosterone …

In this video I discuss how your fitness diet should be personalized to suit your lifestyle and your aerobic vs. anaerobic training levels. Learn about the role of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins as they relate to your training intensity. What you eat significantly affects your health and performance. While there …

Learn what running pronation and overpronation mean and how it impacts how you move. Overpronation is a symptom of another problem and is often associated with various injuries. Shoes and orthotics will not truly correct your overpronation. In this video, I explain how overpronation is a symptom indicating that the …

Learn the causes of overtraining as well as the warning signs that are often present before you become injured or sick. In this video I discuss a variety of symptoms of overtraining syndrome. Look for symptoms of overtraining like joint aches, squinting, poor sleep, or dizziness when standing (orthostatic hypertension). …

Learn why stretching can actually cause more harm than good. There’s no reason to static stretch especially if you’re concerned about performance or trying to heal up or prevent an injury. Stop stretching! Stretching for flexibility is a common practice for runners, athletes, and fitness enthusiasts at all levels, but …

Learn why natural movement each and every day can significantly improve your health and fitness. Natural movement is how our bodies are intended to move. Prevent and heal injuries faster too by moving your body through functional movements. Movnat/Natural Movement is an active movement workout and a physical education system …

Video Transcript Hey, this is Dr. Gangemi and in this Sock Doc video I want to talk about a couple really important neglected muscles that help to support and stabilize your entire lower leg as well as your knee and even your hip when it comes to moving freely and …

In this video I show some drills to help strengthen your feet and lower legs with the goal of improving your balance and health while also helping to prevent future injuries. These exercises are also great if you’re trying to recover from an injury such as plantar fasciitis or Achilles …

  Video Transcript Hey, this is Sock Doc. Today I’m going to talk about a common running injury called shin splints. So shin splints are the pain that you had maybe once in your life, maybe in high school, maybe you’ve got it now where you’ve got pain in the …

Video Transcript Hi, my name’s Dr. Steve Gangemi. I’m going to talk about health and injury prevention, and why injuries occur. Obviously, many athletes get injured from traumatic accidents. You could be climbing a wall, falling, sprain an ankle. You could be out on a run and land in a …

  Video Transcript Hi, this is Dr. Steve Gangemi. And in this video, I want to discuss some ankle and foot injury issues. We are going to talk about assessment and treatment of the foot and ankle starting here in part one with the ankle, and then in part two …

  Video Transcript Hi, this is Dr. Steve Gangemi. And in this second part of the foot and ankle injuries, I want to discuss now the foot, one of the most common areas of complaints for people. Even if you just have sore feet at the end of the day, …

  Video Transcript Hi, this is Dr. Steve Gangemi. And in this video series, I want to talk about some common injuries that athletes experience through movement-based sports. So the first one we’re going to discuss is the shoulder girdle. The shoulder itself is a very complex joint, actually three …

  Video Transcript Hi, this is Dr. Steve Gangemi. And in this second part of the shoulder girdle injury, treatment, and prevention video I want to talk about the more powerful, stronger muscles of the shoulder girdle that many people injure, or they’re weakened, so they end up with a …

  Video Transcript Hey, this is Dr.Steve Gangemi and in this video i am going to talk about what you do if you get injured. So this is an injury if you had a traumatic accident, if you sprained an ankle, or if you had a chronic injury that keeps …

  Video Transcript Hi, this is Dr. Steve Gangemi, and in this final section of Food Groups That Heal, I want to talk about fats. I’m not going to discuss fats too much in depth, because that’s an important section we talk about in inflammation when it comes to injuries …

  Video Transcript Hi, this is Dr. Steve Gangemi. In this second part of food groups that heal, I want to discuss carbohydrates. So carbohydrates are pretty much the majority of people’s diets. There’s good carbs, and there’s bad carbs. So we have our good carbohydrates, these are ones that …

  Video Transcript [music] Hey, this is Dr. Steve Gangemi. In this video I want to talk about foods that can hinder, not only your health, but also your performance. So another type of food that you want to eliminate 100%, which you should be able to 100%, are all …

Video Transcript Hey, this is Dr. Steve Gangemi. In this video I want to talk about a common injury or common injuries to the knee that moving athletes experience. The knee is a very commonly injured joint. So let’s talk about some things that happened there. Aside from traumatic type …

Video Transcript Hi, this is Dr. Steve Gangemi. In this second part of the knee video, I’m going to talk about the most commonly injured area of the knee, the inside, the medial aspect of the knee, where people feel like they have, or maybe have, injured their medial meniscus …