Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, otherwise known as CTE, is a major topic when talking about the spectrum of things related to brain injury in sports. From its first descriptions in 1928 by Dr. Harrison Martland when coining the term “Punch Drunk Syndrome” to its portrayal in the movie “Concussion” with Will Smith starring as pathologist … Continue reading CTE: A Conversation with Chris Nowinski
It’s March and that means it’s Brain Injury Awareness Month. It’s easy for many of us to see the many patients who come into our practices or we evaluate on the sidelines and help guide them through their evaluation and recovery from their concussion. But as a pediatric sports physician who has a huge … Continue reading Remembering Jake Snakenberg: Brain Injury Awareness Month 2021
March 2020, the Coronavirus, COVID-19 hit, and it hit hard. The virus does not discriminate. It doesn’t care what gender you are, your age, race, religion, or socioeconomic status. It attacks everyone across the board. People were told to stay home, work from home, stay away from friends and family that didn’t live inside your home. The … Continue reading When COVID Came to Dispatch
There is a lot of equipment out there we use with our young athletes to hopefully reduce the risk of injury. Some is required for a particular sport, although some athletes and families just purchase things on their own to use. But does the protective equipment do what is intended? How about protective equipment … Continue reading Research Review: Protective Equipment
In advance of the Super Bowl this past week, there was a new press release about a new blood test for concussion praising the advances and that it would be revolutionary for the sideline diagnosis of concussion. Sounds great, doesn’t it? Well, is this new FDA approved test really all it is being touted … Continue reading Is There Really a Blood Test for Concussions?
How on Earth could a show produced more than 30 years ago, provide a focus on the inequality of races in America? TIME TRAVEL! That’s how! What’s strange is that this episode of Friday The 13th: The Series doesn’t feel “old”. It doesn’t feel “out of place”. It asserts itself as an action-filled, direct … Continue reading Our Review Of “Hate On Your Dial” – Season 3, Episode 7
If you do any sort of sports medicine, you’ve heard of the meniscus, that shock absorber between the bones in the knee. Do you know what a discoid meniscus is? Why is this even important when discussing young athletes? Today on the podcast, we discuss the discoid meniscus, something that may have seen you … Continue reading Discoid Meniscus: A PRISM RIG Discussion
We see pursuits on TV and the big screen all the time in action movies and shows but what is a pursuit like in real life? Usually they are fast and scary and while we are white knuckling it through every twist and turn we are silently praying they everyone walks away safely and … Continue reading Pursuits
The concept of flipping a coin is nothing new. It’s certainly not new to those of us in the Friday the 13th The Series family of fandom and inside this episode we find Johnny Ventura at the very center of some raucous action and hard decisions that make for the pieces parts of a … Continue reading Our Review Of “Bad Penny” – Season 3, Episode 6
It’s 2021. CoVID-19 is still here. We amazingly have a vaccine out and I’m so thankful and grateful to the scientists who worked tirelessly to get it out and to have had the opportunity to be a recipient of the vaccine. But despite these advances, cases, hospitalizations and deaths have continued to surge. We’ve … Continue reading The Pediatric Heart and COVID