A study presented recently at the 2012 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting suggests that elbow position might not affect the amount of stressed placed on the elbow while pitching. What do these findings mean for pitchers, parents, and coaches?
+Continue ReadingA study presented last week at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting showed that professional football players with lower back herniated discs have good results with epidural steroid injections. What does this mean for all football players, other athletes, and the general population?
+Continue ReadingA new study presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons shows that athletes whose helmets fit properly had less severe concussions. What does this study mean for athletes, parents, and coaches?
+Continue ReadingA new study presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Sugeons shows that volunteers with no pain or other symptoms in the hip frequently have abnormal MRI findings. What do these findings mean for doctors and patients treating or experiencing hip pain?
+Continue ReadingThere are so many great minds and voices for sports medicine on Twitter. This post puts some of their best information in one place!
+Continue ReadingThe sports world was stunned by the death of freestyle skiing star Sarah Burke, but it is important to remember that these injuries can happen to many athletes.
+Continue ReadingA recent television special and an internet article have me worried that concussions could harm the NFL – by harming youth players aiming to get there.
+Continue ReadingThere are so many great minds and voices for sports medicine on Twitter. This post puts some of their best information in one place!
+Continue ReadingDespite media attention, cardiac arrest during marathons and half-marathons is uncommon, according to a new study in The New England Journal of Medicine. What recommendations should runners consider to avoid this catastrophic event?
+Continue ReadingFreestyle skiing champion Sarah Burke died Thursday after injuring her vertebral artery after a fall training in Park City, Utah last week.
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C. David Geier Jr., M.D.
