I won’t defend the National Football League. For years, they denied any problems with head injury while seemingly aware that a problem did indeed exist. But give them credit, they are directly facing the problem. The EPL should consider following the NFL’s lead Three contrasting situations between Nov 3-10 caught my eye: • Tottenham vs. […]
All ACL Rehabs Are Not The Same
Sports Medicine Corner Go ahead and admit it, you really ARE impressed with Adrian Peterson. Unless you make it your mission in life to ignore the NFL, you know that Peterson, running back for the Minnesota Vikings, tore his ACL and MCL on December 24, 2011. Surgery was December 30. Eight months later, having not […]
A Double Dose Of Soccer Analytics
Sports Medicine Corner Southern Soccer Scene publisher Ray Alley gives me about 1000 words each month to present sport science topics. If I expand my definition of sport science research beyond physiology and medicine to ‘the match’, a whole new world opens up, including that popularized by the book and movie Moneyball: the field of […]
Training In August….Drink, Drink, Drink!
Sports Medicine Corner I had my topic picked out, then the temperatures in the Eastern U.S. skyrocketed. So while this won’t appear until after this heat spell has (hopefully) run its course, one can never read about the challenge of heat too often, especially with August team training camps just around the corner. Let’s get […]
Oh! My Aching Shin Splints….Prevent Them
Sports Medicine Corner Summer is a double-edged sword. On one hand, the weather offers lots of opportunity to play. On the other hand, the weather (at least here in the southeast) is so blasted hot that even thinking about exercise causes some to break out in a sweat. I may be odd, but I worry […]
A List Of My Favorite Information Sources
Sports Medicine Corner This is a departure from my usual sport sciences topics. I’ve been asked on more than one occasion if I have any favorite soccer websites, so I thought I’d offer up a few. Analytics Quantifying sport has taken off in a HUGE way, especially after MONEYBALL was published. The Sloan Sports Analytics […]
Two Injury Surveys…..Turf vs. Grass
Sports Medicine Corner A neighbor with kids in the local soccer leagues is concerned about injury and frequently knocks on my door. This time – artificial turf vs. natural grass. Two recent comparisons were published about college sports. One looked at ACL knee injuries in American football and the other was on overall injuries in […]
No Shortcuts In Warmups……Complete It All!
Sports Medicine Corner One of the most requested presentations of those of us within FIFA’s Medical Assessment and Research Centre (F-MARC) is about injury prevention – a topic that is at the core of F-MARC’s mission. In fact, during the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the US, then vice president Sepp Blatter casually commented something […]
First Treatment Always The Same…………PRICE!
Sports Medicine Corner I am not a physician. I’ve just had the good fortune to work and watch a number of really great sports medicine docs at work on the sideline, in the clinic, performing surgery, doing research. I’ve asked some of them what they wish the public knew or understood about sports injury that […]
A Warning About Over-The-Counter Anti-Inflammatory
Sports Medicine Corner I’m not ashamed to admit it. I hurt after I play. I hurt in the initial hours and over the next day or two. And I’ve been known to take a painkiller for comfort. They don’t speed healing, they just make the coming hours a bit less uncomfortable. F-MARC, FIFA’s medical research […]