Sports Medicine on Tap

"Brian behind the bar" gets in front of the mic, and snaps a selfie! A fun round up show in which we cover Dak's hamstring injury and why he needs surgery, Trevor Lawrence's AC joint separation as well as iliac wing fractures, and more!

Too many great topics to just talk about one!! We are on the other side of some big injuries to Nick Chubb and Lonzo Ball, discussing their respective return to sports. We also cover a bunch of relevant new injuries, that you are going to need to know about.

Dr. Marc Harwood is already back on the show to discuss this life threatening condition. Rhabdomyolysis can be easily confused with much more benign issues such as dehydration and delayed onset muscle soreness, but rhabdo has a few key distinguishing features. We discuss this crazy situation with the Tufts lacrosse team and give some insight on how to recognize and treat this serious condition.

Rashee Rice has been one of the best wide receivers in the NFL this year, however, that may have just ended. We have some insight into what having surgery so early may indicate. Also, how might this impact his career? Isolated LCL injuries are not common, what will this mean for Rice?

We welcome our new doc, Marc Harwood, MD, to SMOT and Virtua to do an excellent and long overdue show on concussions. We all saw Tua take a moderately hard hit and wind up with another concussion and posturing. We discuss what this might mean for him as well as anticipated treatments and timelines. We review some of the preventative measures football has already taken including helmets, caps and collars and how effective these measures might be.

We welcome first time guest, Achilles tendinopathy specialist, Dr. Shawn Hanlon from Cal State Fullerton, to discuss the evolving injury which has kept one of the best players in the game sidelined. Learn everything you need to know about Christian McCaffery's injury, the first pick in just about every single fantasy football draft, from one of the premiere experts in the field.

It is that time of the year!! Get critical information for your fantasy football draft by learning about the injuries of multiple key players. Adjust draft stock accordingly for players such as Christian McCaffrey, Puca Nacua and many others!

We brought back Dr. Brad Bernardini to talk about the fairly rare, and potentially fatal injury, sternoclavicular dislocation. The mood is light and fun although we are talking about a serious injury. Learn the difference and significance of anterior vs posterior dislocations. What does this mean for Hollywood Brown?

We welcome a new guest, physical therapist, Samantha Arnold, specialist in treating gymnasts, to discuss some of the events of the Olympics, especially the gymnastic injuries. Naturally, the majority of the conversation surrounds the greatest there ever was, Simone Biles, but we discuss gymnastic specific injuries as well.

We welcome back Matthew Puc, MD, a thoracic surgeon for Virtua Hospital System, to discuss the incredibly serious and unusual injury which ended Dustin May's season. We also dabble in another weird "injury", Christian Barmore, a good young defensive tackle for the Patriots also had his season end, before it began, just after signing a huge contract because of blood clots...