Dr. Brian Cole explains why hard courts increase shoulder injury risk in tennis players, covering rotator cuff strain, the serve, and treatment options.
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NFL Preseason Injuries: What Training Camp Casualties Tell Us About the Regular Season
Dr. Brian Cole breaks down NFL training camp injury patterns, from hamstring strains to ACL tears, and what they reveal about regular season risk.
Heat Acclimatization and Joint Performance: How Late-Summer Training Affects Cartilage and Recovery
Dr. Brian Cole explains how heat and dehydration impact cartilage and joint recovery during late-summer training, and when joint pain needs evaluation.
The “Weekend Warrior” Gap: How the Same Biologics Pro Athletes Use Are Becoming Accessible to Everyone
For decades, there has been an unspoken assumption in sports medicine: that the cutting-edge treatments available to professional athletes, the rapid recovery protocols, the biologic injections, the advanced cartilage procedures, exist in a separate tier of care that recreational athletes simply cannot access.
Youth Baseball Summer Leagues: Preventing the Arm Injuries That Peak in Summer
Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Brian Cole covers Little Leaguer’s elbow, UCL stress, and shoulder injuries in young pitchers, plus Pitch Smart guidelines every parent and coach should know.
Runner’s Knee vs. IT Band Syndrome: Can Nutrition Play a Role in Prevention?
Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Brian Cole breaks down how diet and joint supplementation influence patellofemoral pain and IT band syndrome, plus when to seek treatment.
What the Tour de France Does to a Cyclist’s Body — And What It Means for the Rest of Us
Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Brian Cole explains how Tour de France-level joint stress applies to weekend cyclists, plus tips on recovery, inflammation, and knee care.
Men’s Joint Health: Why Active Men Wait Too Long to Seek Treatment — and What It Costs Them
Men have a well-documented relationship with pain: they minimize it, rationalize it, and more often than not, play through it. Research consistently shows that men in the United States die on average five years earlier than women, are more likely to make unhealthy or risky choices, and are significantly more likely to delay or avoid medical care altogether. In orthopedic medicine, that delay has a direct clinical cost, and it shows up every day in the exam room.
Soccer Injuries at the World Cup: The Most Common Conditions and How They’re Treated
The FIFA World Cup is the pinnacle of global sport, 64 matches, 32 nations, and the world’s most elite athletes performing at maximum intensity on the biggest stage of their careers. But for every breathtaking goal and last-minute save, there is a medical staff managing a roster of bodies pushed far beyond what any regular season demands. Understanding the injuries behind those moments is what separates great sports medicine from reactive sideline care.
Playing Hurt in the Stanley Cup Finals: When Elite Athletes Compete Through Serious Injuries
When the final buzzer sounds, the medical story of this postseason will just be beginning. By the time any Stanley Cup Finals reaches its final game, most rosters include athletes managing injuries accumulated over a long season. Clearing someone to compete at that level is never a simple decision. It involves weighing short-term risk against long-term consequences, and knowing the difference between pain that can be managed and damage that cannot be ignored.
Fueling Through the NBA Playoffs: What Back-to-Back Games Do to the Body and How Nutrition Helps
The NBA Playoffs are unlike anything else in professional sports, 48 minutes of explosive sprints, brutal contact, and zero margin for error, repeated every 48 hours with minimal recovery time. Players who looked dominant in the regular season suddenly hit a wall in the second round, and fans often wonder why. The answer isn’t always conditioning or coaching, often, it comes down to what players are putting in their bodies and when.
What’s Actually in AGYL — and Why It Matters for Athletes
Dr. Brian J. Cole MD, MBA breaks down the science behind AGYL’s key ingredients — undenatured collagen, turmeric, BioPerine®, and more — and why their synergy makes a difference for joint health, recovery, and long-term athletic performance.
