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By Anne Asher, About.com Guide to Back & Neck Pain since 2005

Preventing Summer Back Injuries

Saturday June 16, 2007
Jumping into summer sports too fast can increase your risk of a back injury.
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Jumping into summer sports
too fast can increase your risk
of a back injury.
With the arrival of summer, you may have experiened the urge to up your activity level significantly. But according to Dr. Andre Panagos, sports medicine specialist and co-director of the New York Presbyterian Hospital Spine Center, if you haven't been maintaining a fitness routine all along, jumping into it can be harmful. Read about the keys to preventing back injury during summer sports participation.

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