Cramer Products is celebrating its 95th anniversary this year. The company started when Chuck and Frank Cramer started the Cramer Chemical Company in Gardner, Kan., in the year 1918. So what would Chuck and Frank think about Cramer and the profession of athletic training today? “The Cramer brothers were very forward thinking and open-minded businessmen, ...
McDavid Inc., a top manufacturer of sports-medicine and protective-apparel products for football players and athletes of all sports, continued an aggressive push forward as a company poised for action in 2013 and beyond, by announcing the appointment of Richard Avis and Kathryn Millett, experienced product directors, to its marketing team. Both Avis and Millett will ...
After 8 years of intensive testing, research and development, Kerr Sports announced the arrival of a brand-new protective device designed specifically to improve neck safety and neck support in football players, called the Kerr Collar. The announcement also revealed that the new protective device is now available to the football market in time for the ...
Big things are being unveiled at McDavid, Inc., headquarters, as the sports medicine and performance/protective-apparel company based outside of Chicago, IL, just announced partnerships with three notable athletes. Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop, Dee Gordon, Olympic wrestler, Ellis Coleman and Cincinnati Bengals cornerback, Dre Kirkpatrick will be supporting McDavid’s major rebranding efforts. These athletes, along with a ...
Lace-up ankle braces are designed to prevent acute ankle injury in amateur athletes. But until now, that statement wasn’t backed up with any hard-core evidence. A recent study, the most extensive of its kind, shows that lace-up ankle braces, speci fically the McDavid 195 Ultralight Ankle Brace, prevents most acute ankle injuries in amateur basketball players. ...
The Active Ankle T2 brace from Cramer Sports Medicine provides 54 percent more stability than competitive products. The solid shell transfers some of the weight-bearing forces around the injury site up into the lower leg to help reduce pain. A Drexel University study showed the brace reduced by about 8 percent the weight carried by ...
Check out the video below to learn more about the products showcased on the trade show floor at the Texas High School Coaches Association meeting in Fort Worth, Texas. These are just of few of the many products Football Coach Daily was able to document on the show floor. Watch for more product videos coming ...
Lace-up ankle braces are designed to prevent acute ankle injury in amateur athletes. But until now, that statement wasn’t backed up with any hard-core evidence. A recent study, the most extensive of its kind, shows that lace-up ankle braces, specifically the McDavid 195 Ultralight Ankle Brace, prevents most acute ankle injuries in amateur basketball players. ...
The Oklahoma State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics has selected AstroTurf to provide two state-of-the-art fields at its nearly-completed...
Explosive speed, vertical jump and lateral speed are three essential physical attributes every player needs to be successful on...
Flexibility refers to the ability to move a joint in its full range of motion. Flexibility is controlled by...
Sporting-goods equipment and team sports uniform distributor/marketer BSN Sports signed a definitive merger agreement with Herff Jones, whereby BSN...
United Way of New York City (UWNYC), the New York Giants and the New York Jets re-teamed last night...
The American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Board of Trustees conducted its summer meeting April 29-30 in Phoenix, Arizona. Mack...
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