Sports Medicine on Tap

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...

Brandon and Steve do a little recap on the Argentina/Colombia finals and Messi's ankle injury. We then delve into multiple NFL injuries from last year, and what impact they may have on key players going into this season. Our first football round up of the season!

We welcome to the show, the head athletic trainer for Temple University Football, Dr. Zac White, to discuss many of the responsibilities of being a head athletic trainer for a division I, college football programing. Most interesting we discuss implications of the recent dramatic rule change from the NCAA to remove cannabis from the banned substance list.

We take advantage of the opportunity to discuss a pretty unusual injury to Kristaps Porzingis, a dislocation of the posterior tibial tendon due to a medial retinacular tear. We discuss the symptoms, the mechanism, the treatment, and future outlook for his career. We also touch on multiple other current injuries impacting the sporting world.

We welcome Dr. JoAnne Bullard, practicing psychologist and Assistant Professor at Rowan University in the Department of Health and Exercise Science. We discuss the very difficult topic of Grayson Murray, a successful PGA golfer who suffered from mental health disease and recently took his own life. We try to identify thought processes, warning signs, ways to offer help and resources for those sports professionals who may have a chance to intervene and help a struggling athlete. We also take an early look at the upcoming olympics and how athletes deal with those pressures!

A really interesting show about the some of the dynamics and inner workings of a sports medicine program and what happens when those lines get blurred and those relationships break down, even in a place like Happy Valley. How common and widespread is this. What are some of the unintended consequences, the collateral damage?