Category Archives: Sports Medicine

Safe Exercise Guidelines

January 30, 2013

If you’ve headed back to the gym or are trying to stick to a 2013 resolution, make sure you are taking the proper safety precautions. Please take a moment to read the safe exercise guidelines below. Take Your Time Remember, moderation is the key to safe exercise. If you take off a month or two [...]

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ACL Tear, Surgery and Rehab

September 10, 2012

The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), prevents excessive motion of the knee joint and is one of the four major ligaments of the knee. ACL Tear An ACL tear is most common during sports and about 80% of ACL tears occur without contact with another athlete. The most typical story is an athlete suddenly changes direction [...]

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Sports Related Wrist Injuries

January 24, 2012

Many of you basketball fans may have heard of Kobe Bryant’s wrist injury back in December. He sustained an injury to the lunotriquetral ligament. This is an injury that the physicians of our Hand and Upper Extremity Center are called upon to treat in a number of athletes. When the athlete comes in for early [...]

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