The Sports Docs Podcast

On today’s episode we’re focusing on osteochondral allograft transplantation or “OCA” with Dr. William Bugbee. We have some great articles for you that contribute well to our conversation on OCA, including allograft preparation and storage, graft choice, surgical technique, clinical outcomes of OCA and return to sport.  We’ll start off our discussion today with an article authored by our guest, Dr...

Our latest segment addition - “Ask The Sports Docs” - Drs. Logan & Bassett answer listeners' most pressing orthopaedic & sports medicine questions, giving  insight to their opinions and expertise on these topics.  On this episode, The Sports Docs will touch on Anterior Knee Pain after knee surgery and the use of Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) in their practice. We appreciate this episod...

Today, we’re focusing on acromioclavicular or “AC” separations in the NFL, also known as “AC sprains." Derek Carr, quarterback for the New Orleans Saints, sustained an AC sprain in the loss to the Green Bay Packers. As always, our plan today is to start with an overview of the relevant anatomy, discuss the mechanism of injury followed by treatment options for these players, and then wrap up w...

Welcome to an episode of the Injury Report! Yes, initially these were included in our patient-focused Game Plan episodes but we get so many questions each week about different NFL injuries (How long will they be out? How will they do once they return?) that we decided to create an entirely different episode type.  Today, we’re focusing on high ankle sprains in the NFL – most recently plaguing Khal...

In this episode, we’re going to continue our discussion with Dr. Matt Provencher and focus on ACL tears in the military, then wrap up with a discussion on returning tactical athletes to full duty.  Our conversation picks back up with an article from the February issue of OJSM this tear titled “Failure Rates After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair With Suture Tape Augmentation in an Active-Duty Mil...

On today’s episode we’re focusing on musculoskeletal injuries or “MSKIs” in warrior athletes with Dr. Matt Provencher. We have some great articles for you that contribute well to our conversation on musculoskeletal injuries in the military population.  We’ll start off our discussion today with an article from the March 2022 issue of Military Medicine that introduces the Military Orthopedics Tracki...

Grit is the disposition to strive for long-term goals despite setbacks and challenges. Given the lengthy, arduous process of rehabilitation after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR), an athlete's grit may predict postoperative outcomes across time. In this Overtime episode, The Sports Docs discuss Dr. Jay Albright's recent AJSM publication titled "Association of Grit Wi...

Welcome to another episode of Game Plan! These Game Plan episodes are specifically designed for patients – to hopefully answer some of the questions you have about the most common sports medicine conditions, treatments and what recovery looks like.  Today, we’re focusing on hamstring injuries in the NFL – specifically, risk factors for hamstring injury, treatment options for these players and impo...

Welcome to Overtime with the Sports Docs! On each of these mini episodes, we chat about a new topic or surgical technique in the field of sports medicine. We’ll give you our quick take on the most recent data ranging from operative indications, surgical approaches, post-op protocols and most importantly – patient outcomes. Today we have a special episode for you. We’re going to be talking about so...

Welcome to another episode of Game Plan! These Game Plan episodes are specifically designed for patients – to hopefully answer some of the questions you have about the most common sports medicine conditions and surgical treatments. But today’s episode is a little different and we’re excited about it! Today, we’re focusing on common injuries in the NFL and how these injuries impact time missed and...

And we are back for Part II of our discussion with Dr. Brian Lau. Our conversation picks back up with a discussion of surgical treatment options for more significant glenoid bone loss.  There is a 2021 yellow journal article titled Diagnosis and Management of Traumatic Anterior Shoulder Instability that nicely outlines a treatment algorithm based on percentage of glenoid bone loss as well as the p...

On today’s episode we’re focusing on anterior shoulder instability with Dr. Brian Lau, orthopedic sports medicine surgeon, team physician for Duke Athletics and Director of the FIFA Medical Center at Duke. We have some great articles for you that contribute well to our conversation on the treatment of primary anterior shoulder instability. We’ll start off our discussion today with a level I RCT pu...

Today's episode focuses on physician leadership development and mentorship in the field of orthopedics. We are joined by Dr. Dean Taylor and Dr. Carolyn Hettrich! Dr. Taylor is the Director of the Sports Medicine Fellowship at Duke University and is a team physician for Duke Athletics.  He is the current President of AOSSM and is also the chair of the Feagin Leadership Program. Dr. Hettrich i...

Today's episode focuses on two different surgical techniques for management of complex rotator cuff injuries: (1) The biceps SMASH technique for augmentation of a repairable rotator cuff tear. (2) The subacromial balloon spacer – InSpace by Stryker – to manage irreparable rotator cuff tears. We are joined today by two distinguished guests: Dr. Nikhil Verma is the Director of the Sports Medici...

Welcome to another episode of Game Plan!  As you might remember from our episode on ACL graft choices, these Game Plan episodes are specifically designed for patients – to hopefully answer some of the questions you have about the most common sports medicine conditions and surgical treatments.  We’re continuing with our favorite topic today – ACL tears – but today’s episode is going to focus on ris...

Dr. Sabrina Strickland is an associate professor of orthopaedic surgery and an attending surgeon at Hospital for Special Surgery . She is active member of many societies and research groups, including the International Cartilage Repair Society and the International Patellofemoral Study Group. Dr. Seth Sherman is the Director of the Sports Medicine Fellowship at Stanford University Orthopaedics and...

Dr. Scott Rodeo is a professor of Orthopaedic Surgery Weill Cornell Medical School and an attending surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery.  He is the head team physician for the NY Giants, Co-Chief Emeritus of the Sports Medicine & Shoulder Service and Vice Chair of Orthopaedic Research. Dr. Rodeo is also the Director of the Center for Regenerative Medicine and is a renowned expert in th...

There has been a growing movement to “Save the Meniscus”, which of course is ideal – but not always possible. Our discussion today will focus on surgical options to address meniscus deficiency when repair is not an option including meniscus allograft transplantation (MAT) and meniscus replacement (NUsurface). Dr. Christian Lattermann is the Chief of the Sports Medicine Service and Director of the...

Over the years, there has been increasing focus on players’ health and safety in the NFL. Today, we are diving into that; specifically talking about the evolution of technology to reduce the risk of injury and optimize performance. We are joined today by two outstanding guests! Dr. Robin West is the Chair of the Sports Medicine service at Inova Health and team physician for the Washington National...

Today, we’re talking about Bridge-Enhanced ACL Repair or “BEAR”. The BEAR technique is a surgical alternative to ACL reconstruction, in which suture repair is combined with a specific extracellular matrix scaffold – termed the BEAR scaffold – which is placed in the space between the two torn ends of the ACL and activated with the patient’s blood. Our discussion today will focus on indications for...

We are very excited to introduce you to a brand-new type of episode called Game Plan! We’ve been doing this podcast now for over 2 years and during that time we’ve had more and more of our patients listening to our episodes to learn more about their condition, what treatment options they have to choose from and what to expect from surgery. So, we decided to create some episodes specifically for ou...

Welcome to Overtime with the Sports Docs. On each of these mini episodes, Catherine and I chat about a new topic or surgical technique in the field of sports medicine. We’ll give you our quick take on the most recent data ranging from operative indications, surgical approaches, post-op protocols and most importantly – patient outcomes. Today we’re talking about SLAP tears – tears of the superior l...

On each episode, we chat about the most recent developments in sports medicine with experts from around the country. In this episode, we’re going to continue our discussion with Dr. Cassandra Lee and chat more about osteochondral allograft transplantation and tibial tubercle osteotomy. From the October 2020 issue of Cartilage, we start with the publication titled “Bipolar Osteochondral Allograft T...

Welcome to The Sports Docs Podcast! On each episode we chat about the most recent developments in sports medicine and dissect through all the noise so you know which literature should actually impact your practice.  On today’s episode we’re focusing on patellofemoral cartilage defects with Dr. Cassandra Lee, an orthopaedic sports medicine surgeon, team physician for the UC Davis Aggies and Sacrame...

In this episode, we’re going to continue our discussion with Candace Townley Cox and focus on rehabilitation of quad function and lower extremity mobility after surgery. We start with a systematic review from the August 2022 issue of AJMS titled The Effects of Blood Flow Restriction in Patients Undergoing Knee Surgery .  Now, we did a whole episode on blood flow restriction therapy or “BFR” with D...