Posted on September 26th, 2011 by admin | Comments Off
New York Post – August 24, 2011
Terrell Thomas faces a more arduous journey back to playing high-level cornerback for the Giants than most ACL injury patients because his is a repeat injury in his right knee.
Thomas first tore his right anterior cruciate ligament in 2005 while playing for USC.
“Revision surgery is notoriously less successful,” Dr. [...]
Posted on August 30th, 2011 by admin | Comments Off
With the N.F.L. lockout season ending and players entering into training camps after no supervised off-season workouts, many expected to see a series of the usual hamstring strains and quadriceps pulls. These are common early-season indicators of overexertion and uneven fitness.
However, so far it seems that the unintended winners of the lockout are orthopedic surgeons [...]
Posted on June 15th, 2011 by admin | Comments Off
In New York orthopedic surgeons see hundreds of ACL injuries to various degrees of severity. Not all ACL injuries require surgical treatment, however. The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is a very important ligament in the knee. If the ACL is damaged or torn it can greatly impact physical abilities. ACL injuries are mostly commonly found [...]
Posted on May 23rd, 2011 by admin | Comments Off
As the co-director of sports medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Jonathan Glashow has been at the forefront of American doctors offering platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy, a new nonsurgical technique that improves healing from injuries.
In New York sports injuries are common among the best athletes in the world. For those [...]
Posted on April 19th, 2011 by admin | Comments Off
As reported by the Wall Street Journal, during spring training New York Yankees team members saw 4 separate cases of oblique injuries. Joba Chamberlain, Sergio Mitre, Greg Golson and now Curtis Granderson, have all been felled by the same condition.
The obliques are a broad, flat band of muscle that connects to the pelvis and helps [...]
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