Pediatric Sports Medicine Podcast
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Common Hand Injuries
If your sports medicine practice is like mine or if you are an athletic trainer in the training room, you probably get a bunch of kids coming in with the presumptive diagnosis of a jammed finger.
Reimagining School Sports
- High school sports: I have fond memories of my 4 years as a cross country runner, the 3 years in track, and my one protest year of playing high school tennis when my school changed coaches for our
Exertional Compartment Syndrome
- It seems in my office the default diagnosis by many health care professionals and patients presenting with lower leg pain with exertion is shin splints. Its an easy thing to fall back on as its
Blood Flow Restriction Training
- When rehabbing an athlete after an injury or surgery, there are lots of protocols that are out there and tools at the disposal of the physical therapist and athletic trainer. It can get overwhelmi
How to Communicate with the Media
- The media it can be a love/hate relationship at times. We see a new publication talking about a medical breakthrough sensationalized in the media and our patients may get the wrong impression of
COVID-19 and Sports: What We’ve Learned and Where Are We Going for Fall 2021
- We are 18 months into the COVID-19 pandemic. Just about a year ago we had an episode trying to gauge what would happen with fall sports. To date, it has been the most downloaded episode of this po
The Transgender Athlete
- We have seen a lot in recent years that seems to be polarizing this country. More than I have ever witnessed in my nearly half century on this planet. In the last few years, an area that seems to
Research Review — Running
- We are back with another Research Review Episode of the Pediatric Sports Medicine Podcast. Today we are going to cover a sport near and dear to my heartcross country running. I have two experts o
A Conversation with Former NFL Player Chris Long
- Many young athletes who play the sport of football have dreams and aspirations of playing in the NFL someday. Whether those dreams and aspirations are realistic or not is a different story. I coul
Abdominal Trauma in Sports
Athletes sustain all sorts of musculoskeletal injuries. I’d put good money that most athletic trainers and sports medicine physicians feel pretty comfortable evaluating an ankle, knee or shoulder. But what happens when the trauma is to the abdomen?