The Sports Docs Podcast

On today’s episode we’re focusing on rehabilitation of ACL surgery with Candace Townley Cox, a Doctor of Physical Therapy and body movement expert at Evolution Physical Therapy. Today’s discussion will center around tips and tricks to optimize outcomes and some common pitfalls that may hold patients back from a full recovery. We have some great articles for you that contribute well to our conversa...

We’re coming to you live from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting in Las Vegas, our largest orthopaedic conference. This year, over 20,000 orthopedic professionals gathered at the AAOS meeting to take part. The educational program is comprised of instructional course lectures, video theater, live surgeries, podium presentations and research posters. Over the next several ep...

We’re coming to you live from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting in Las Vegas, our largest orthopaedic conference. This year, over 20,000 orthopedic professionals gathered at the AAOS meeting to take part. The educational program is comprised of instructional course lectures, video theater, live surgeries, podium presentations and research posters. Over the next several ep...

We’re coming to you live from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting in Las Vegas, our largest orthopaedic conference. This year, over 20,000 orthopedic professionals gathered at the AAOS meeting to take part. The educational program is comprised of instructional course lectures, video theater, live surgeries, podium presentations and research posters. Over the next several ep...

We’re coming to you live from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting in Las Vegas, our largest orthopaedic conference. This year, over 20,000 orthopedic professionals gathered at the AAOS meeting to take part. The educational program is comprised of instructional course lectures, video theater, live surgeries, podium presentations and research posters. Over the next several ep...

We’re coming to you live from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting in Las Vegas, our largest orthopaedic conference. This year, over 20,000 orthopedic professionals gathered at the AAOS meeting to take part. The educational program is comprised of instructional course lectures, video theater, live surgeries, podium presentations and research posters. Over the next several ep...

Tune into our special episode highlighting the 40th Anniversary of the Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society. This episode is focused on goal setting! Today’s episode is actually a very special one. If you’ve listened to any of our previous episodes, you know that we typically chat about a specific orthopedic injury or surgical procedure. We often dive into the nitty gritty details of diagnosis, select...

We’re excited to be in the studio today recording this episode on returning to play after arthroscopic stabilization for anterior shoulder instability. Now, we did a whole episode on shoulder instability back in March of 2021 with Dr. Mark Price – shoulder surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital and team physician for the New England Patriots. We discussed a lot on that two-part episode, includi...

On today’s episode, we’re going to chat about the treatment of distal biceps tendon ruptures. We’ve seen this injury across many sports and in some prominent players – for example, Miguel Cabrera, all-star first baseman, sustained a biceps tendon rupture while at bat, when he swung and missed an off-speed pitch. We also see this injury in cross fit athletes, body builders and overhead laborers. Th...

We’re going to continue our discussion with Dr. Clayton Nuelle and focus on an overall treatment algorithm to approach different types of cartilage lesions and select the optimal surgical treatment for various cases. We start with a discussion of osteochondral lesions in the pediatric population. Will Bugbee and his team at Scripps Clinic in California authored a case series titled “Osteochondral...

On today’s episode we’re focusing on cartilage defects of the knee with Dr. Clayton Nuelle, Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Missouri and team physician for Mizzou athletics. His current research focuses on improving cartilage restoration and joint preservation techniques, so we are very excited to have him join us for our discussion today.  We have some great articles for you tha...

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 indications, various surgical approaches and overview of the outcomes. On today’s episode, we’re going to chat about a relatively new surgical treatment for cartilage injury of the knee called Matrix-Induced...

We’re going to continue our discussion with Dr. Melissa Christino and dive deeper into the mental side of athletes recovering from ACL injury. First up is Dr. Hewett’s study Factors Associated With Psychological Readiness to Return to Sport After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Surgery , published in AJSM in 2018. The authors conducted a level 3 cross-sectional study to identify factors...

On today’s episode we’re focusing the mental side of the injured athlete: what factors influence the psychological aspects of return to play, what criteria are used to determine readiness and how this all differs between sports, injury types and gender. We’re joined today by Dr. Melissa Christino! Dr. Christino is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon who is dual-fellowship trained in orthopaedic...

We are excited to back for 2022 and kicking off with an Overtime episode! On today’s episode, we’re going to chat about treatment of Achilles tendon ruptures. We’ve seen this injury across many sports and in very prominent players – Kevin Durant, Klay Thompson, Brandon Brooks who tore both of his Achilles tendons one year apart. This can be a devastating injury for our athletes, so understanding t...

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We’re going to continue our discussion with Dr. Anand Murthi and focus on the surgical treatment options for irreparable rotator cuff tears.  We’ll start with the article titled “Minimum 2-year Clinical Outcomes After Superior Capsule Reconstruction Compared With Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty for the Treatment of Irreparable Posterosuperior Rotator Cuff Tears in Patients Younger Than 70 Year...

On today’s episode we’re focusing on rotator cuff tears with Dr. Anand Murthi, Chief of Shoulder and Elbow surgery at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital and Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Georgetown University. We have some great articles for you today that contribute well to our conversation on the surgical treatment of rotator cuff injury.  The first article is retrospective cohort study publis...

The Sports Docs discuss the psychological aspects of return to play following ACL surgery. Welcome to Overtime with the Sports Docs. On each of these mini episodes, Catherine and Ashley chat about a new topic or surgical technique in the field of sports medicine. We’ll give you our quick take on the indications, various surgical approaches and overview of the outcomes. We’re excited to bring this...

We’re going to continue our discussion with Dr. Jo Hannafin and focus on building teams within clinical research as well as within the OR. We start off this episode with an article from the April 2021 edition of General Orthopaedics entitled Orthopaedic Clinical Research: Building a Team that Lasts by Laura Stiegel and her team. The authors discuss the importance of having a diverse team, paying a...

On today’s episode we’re focusing on building teams in medicine. We’re joined today by Dr. Jo Hannafin who has an unparalleled depth and breadth in building teams through her work as a surgeon, a physician-scientist, a team physician for US Rowing and as a leader in the world of orthopaedic surgery. Dr. Hannafin is board certified in orthopedic surgery and sports medicine and is the founder of the...

Welcome to Overtime with the Sports Docs. On each of these mini episodes, Catherine and Ashley chat about a new topic or surgical technique in the field of sports medicine. We’ll give you our quick take on the indications, various surgical approaches and overview of the outcomes. We’re excited to bring this new styles to our listeners and would love to hear your feedback about it! On this Overtime...

We’re going to continue our discussion with Dr. Edward Chang and focus on the use of blood flow restriction therapy for both upper and lower extremity conditions. Most of the literature about BFR focuses on the effects distal to the site of occlusion, but what about proximally? Our next paper explores that question a bit further. From the August 2021 issue of AJSM, the article is titled Blood Flow...

Hi everyone. Before we kick off our episode today, we must start with some sad news. The orthopedic community suffered a tremendous loss this past Friday with the passing of Dr. Freddie Fu. Dr. Fu was a giant in the field of sports medicine and touched the lives of countless patients and athletes around the world. He mentored generations of orthopedic surgeons, many of whom went on to also become...

We’re going to continue our discussion with Dr. Robin West and dive deeper into return to play decision making, including criteria for clearance and novel treatments to expedite return. We’ll start our discussion today with the systematic review and meta-analysis titled Return-to-Competition Criteria After Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction from the June issue of AJSM this year. Chris Ahmad...