You might not think tripping and falling would do a whole lot of damage, but you'd be dead wrong.

Obviously, if you break your leg, you're going to head straight to the nearest emergency room. But it's harder to know what to do when you've rolled your ankle, or have a nagging pain in your knee. Will you be fine with rest and ice, or do you need to get it checked out?

If you're injured and can't work out, recovery can be frustrating. Without exercise, you're also missing one of your best stress-relieving outlets. The POWER technique gives you a road map to manage your mind and body during this difficult time.

Regular physical activity is an essential part of a healthy lifestyle, protecting us from a host of modern ills such as heart disease, obesity, type 2 diabetes, depression and some cancers. Sport and exercise are great ways to accumulate regular physical activity, but what about when they do us harm?

When people suffer musculoskeletal pain – that is, pain arising from muscles, ligaments, bones or joints – they change the way they move. Sometimes these changes include completely avoiding certain movements, and sometimes they are more subtle.

There are a lot of rumours about white spots on your nails being a sign of something serious, like a nutrient deficiency, but the most common cause is nothing to worry about: You just bumped your nail against something.

When you're injured, it's still possible to stay involved with your team from the sidelines. In this video, Brandi Chastain, who you might remember scoring the winning point for the US against China in the 1999 Women's World Cup, explains how she helped her team when she was injured.

Even the smallest of paper cuts can leave you with a lingering, uncomfortable pain that feels like something much worse. Here's why paper cuts are more irritating than most other cuts and scrapes.

Despite the weird name, "deadbugs" work your core unlike any other exercise. Crunches and sit-ups do very little to resist letting your back arch and "extend", which can then contribute to posture problems and low back, knee and hip pain. This is where deadbugs come in.

A major concern with excessive and intense chest movements, like with push-ups and bench presses, is that you can overwork your shoulders and end up hurting them. If want to protect your shoulders and strengthen them at the same time, try face pulls.