Dr. David Geier is an orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist in Charleston, South Carolina and Charlotte, North Carolina. He helps athletes and active people feel and perform their best, regardless of age, injuries and medical history. He has been featured in major media publications and shows over 2,500 times throughout his career.
How can professional athletes recover from hours of competition and play again the next day? How can they return so quickly from injuries? Here are some recovery tips after a hard workout or competition:
Improve your performance through better recovery
In this video, I share my thoughts on what elite athletes do that the rest of us can imitate. These simple steps can help us recover and perform better athletically and also decrease our chances of getting hurt.
• Sleep
• Ice or ice baths
• Off-season
• Use the medical staff
In the video, I explain how all of these ideas can be helpful for people who just want to exercise or play sports recreationally. These tips might not help you make millions of dollars like pro athletes, but they might improve your performance and keep you healthy.
Through the stories of a dozen athletes whose injuries and recovery advanced the field (including Joan Benoit, Michael Jordan, Brandi Chastain, and Tommy John), Dr. Geier explains how sports medicine makes sports safer for the pros, amateurs, student-athletes, and weekend warriors alike.
