Diagnosed with scoliosis at age 11, Stacy Lewis wore a hard plastic back brace 18 hours a day, removing it only to play golf. She did this in the hopes that while she was still growing, the curvature would stabilize and she could avoid surgery. After finally getting the brace removed at age 18 and…
In the spring of 2012, I had an MRI for a pulled ITB/hamstring injury and it was discovered I had stage 3/4 left?knee OCD (osteochondritis dissecans), but I was asymptomatic. I took a break from playing soccer for about six weeks and went to physical therapy (PT) for my ITB/hamstring injury. I resumed playing soccer…
EPISODE 14.04: Joakim Noah’s personal trainer, Alex Perris talks with Dr. Cole and Steve Kashul about his background and history. Focusing on how his nutrition and training program for Noah, on and off season, helped to optimize his performance.?Alex began fitness training high-ranking military personnel while off duty and his passion became his career. While…
How does it feel to finally have women’s ski jumping in the Olympics? I don’t think it’s completely sunk in yet. I know that I’m going to the Olympics next week, and I know I’m going for ski jumping. It’s been something I have wanted to happen for as long as I can remember. I…
Let’s take a closer look at the recent New England Journal of Medicine article on arthroscopic partial meniscectomy,”says Brian Cole, M.D. Dr. Cole, Professor in the Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Anatomy & Cell Biology at Rush University Medical Center, tells OTW, “There are a number of problems with this study. It took five years…