Garry Ho, MD joins host Nate Milburn, MD on the Journal Club Podcast to discuss the article on Lower Gastrointestinal Distress in Endurance Athletes.

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Few topics in sports draw such universally strong opinions from medical providers as that of CrossFit. Most seem to love or hate it, but are their strong opinions justified? Does current data back-up the concerns many of us have regarding the safety of this sport? What are the common injury patterns that are found? Host Devin McFadden, MD is joined by Sean Rockett, MD and Robert Oh, MD to explore these topics and more on the AMSSM Sports Medcast.

Dr. Sean Rockett is an Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Tufts University School of Medicine, president of Orthopedics New England and author of 321GoMD.com an injury prevention website for CrossFitters. He is head of the Orthopedic division for the Medical team for The CrossFit Games. Dr. Robert Oh, Sports Medicine physician and CrossFitter for 12 years. He’s the Chief of the Family Medicine Dept at Madigan Army Medical Center and Fellowship director for the Leader and Faculty Development at Madigan.

What are your favorite sports medicine research articles from 2018? This week, we are excited to share an AMSSM Sport Medcast hosted by Scott Young, MD and Meghan Raleigh, MD. In this episode, Drs. Raleigh and Young highlight some of the latest and most interesting research from the past year.

What common injury patterns do adolescent overhead throwing athletes face? What are the current pitch count recommendations and evidence for their use? How can we best monitor and encourage compliance with these recommendations? Host Devin McFadden, MD is joined by Jason Zaremski to explore these topics and more on the AMSSM Sports Medcast.

Dr. Zaremski is an assistant professor from the Division of Physical Medicine and Research, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation and Co-Medical Director of the Adolescent and High School Outreach Program at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville, Florida. He is also a past participant in the AMSSM International Travelling Fellowship program, having recently traveled to Scandinavia where he shared insights on the above topics and learned how the Scandinavians deal with similar injuries. In this 30 minute conversation, Dr. Zaremski addressed the following topics:

• What are common injury patterns in adolescent overhead throwing athletes?

NCAA athletes face the realization of career-ending injuries, whether they are acute/catastrophic or cumulative. As team physicians and athletic trainers it is imperative that we have our athletes' long-term health as a priority in their care. Presenters of this podcast are Pierre Rouzier, MD, head team physician of the University of Massachusetts, Jennifer Brodeur, ATC, director of Sports Medicine and Jeff Smith, ATC, senior associate Athletic Director for Internal Operations at UMass.

This presentation discusses various medical categories considered career-ending and disqualifying; some of these are clear-cut, some may be more nebulous. Athletes facing 'retirement due to injury' are known to have significant psycho-social issues in their transition; we will discuss important institutional resources to help our athletes. We will present cases and outcomes from data collected at the University of Massachusetts. At the conclusion of the podcast, listeners will have learned various NCAA definitions, such as 'medical disqualification', 'medical hardship', 'medical red-shirt' and changes new to 2018. Program participants will know the consequences and implications of being 'medically disqualified' from an NCAA sport, and the impact on the athletes' financial assistance and what this means to their team's scholarship numbers. Listeners will be able to learn the process of medically disqualifying an athlete and how to provide the support and care they need to transition out of their sport. 

Is it possible to support small, individual clinicians with an interest for research, while also encouraging collaborative research from major medical centers and teaching hospitals? These topics and others are explored on this episode of the AMSSM Sports Medcast. Host Devin McFadden, MD is joined by a panel which includes Anthony Beutler, MD, Andrew Peterson, MD, MSPH and Stephanie Kliethermes, PhD, who help form a portion of the AMSSM’s Collaborative Research Network leadership. They cover the history of this organization from inception to present day, and discuss the challenges and strategic issues which the organization has faced in its brief existence to date.

Collaborative Research Network website: https://www.amssm.org/CRN.php

Host Devin McFadden, MD is joined by Lisa Fortier, DVM, PhD on the AMSSM Sports Medcast to discuss regenerative medicine technologies and the current evidence for their use.

Dr. Fortier is a Professor of Surgery at Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine in Ithaca, New York, with a particular interest in translational research including the prevention of post-traumatic osteoarthritis. In addition, her internationally renowned research investigates the clinical application of stem cells and biologics such as platelet-rich plasma and bone marrow concentrate for cartilage repair and tendinosis.

In this 15 minute conversation, Dr. Fortier addresses the following topics:

• What are orthobiologics and regenerative medicine?

Is this a dysplasia problem? Or is this an impingement problem? Did you know that a young adult with a non-arthritic hip problem sees an average of 4.2 health care providers before a diagnosis of impingement is made? J.W. Thomas Byrd MD joins AMSSM’s Sports Medcast to discuss femoroacetabular impingement and hip dysplasia.

Dr. Byrd founded the Nashville Hip Institute to help treat patients with complex hip disorders using advanced surgical techniques. A recent Past President of both the International Society for Hip Arthroscopy (ISHA) and the Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA), Dr. Byrd has pioneered many of the surgical techniques for hip arthroscopy commonly employed throughout the orthopaedic world and invented numerous instruments that have revolutionised aspects of orthopaedic surgery. He has been one of the leaders for defining and developing the role of less invasive arthroscopic techniques in and around the hip. Dr. Byrd is currently the team physician for the Tennessee Titans and consults for many professional sports teams.

In this 20 minute conversation, Dr. Byrd addresses the following topics:

• What is FAI?