The Boston Celtics announced that forward Jeff Green will undergo surgery to treat an aortic aneurysm and will miss the entire season. I interviewed Dr. John Ikonimidis, a cardiothoracic surgeon, to help explain the diagnosis and surgery.
+Continue ReadingNBA owners and players have reached a tentative agreement, and a shortened regular season is scheduled to begin Christmas day. Will the lockout and abbreviated training camps and preseason schedules lead to a rise in player injuries?
+Continue ReadingKris Dielman boarded the team’s flight home after the Chargers’ loss to the New York Jets. What happened on that flight will likely have significant impact on NFL players and physicians in coming years.
+Continue ReadingClemson’s Sammy Watkins left Saturday’s game against Wake Forest in the third quarter with an “upper body injury.” Now coach Dabo Swinney tells reporters the star receiver has a “shoulder sprain.” What is Watkins’ likely injury? Will he be back for the ACC Championship game?
+Continue ReadingOklahoma Sooners wide receiver Ryan Broyles’ college career came to an abrupt end Saturday. His injury serves as a reminder of how quickly your athletic career can change.
+Continue ReadingDetroit Lions running back Jerome Harrison undergoes surgery to remove a brain tumor found after a physical done by a team physician. Could Harrison’s mentioning his headaches have saved his life?
+Continue ReadingUniversity of South Carolina star running back Marcus Lattimore will miss the rest of the season and undergo surgery for a torn knee ligament and cartilage damage. What can Gamecocks fans and college football fans everywhere expect for his recovery?
+Continue ReadingA study in the August 2011 issue of The American Journal of Sports Medicine examines the timing and tendencies of injuries that cause Major League Baseball players to be placed on the disabled list.
+Continue ReadingSurgeries and season-ending injuries affected the fortunes of a number of NFL teams in the first week of the 2011 season.
+Continue ReadingIs sports medicine falsely raising the hopes of patients by promoting treatments used in famous athletes? Also, Dr. Geier talks about Denver Broncos WR Demaryius Thomas’s Achilles tendon repair, Kansas City Chiefs QB Matt Cassel’s rib injury, and Peyton Manning’s bulging disc. Plus he answers your sports injury questions.
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C. David Geier Jr., M.D.
