July 2015

26 Jul 2015 On The Air With Dr. T.O. Souryal braces, Dr. Brad Bellard, Dr. T.O. Souryal, fatigue, herniated disc, hyponatremia, IT band syndrome, knee dislocation, knee replacement, low back pain, over-use injury, patella, salt replenishment, sleeves, sports medicine, tendinosis, tendonitis, Tennis Calf, total back failure, weight loss

07/25/15 #541: No Sweat? That’s not cool.

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Sports medicine specialist Dr. Brad Bellard joins the crew today to discuss the different stages of heat illness, hydration, and awareness just in time for football season. Most of us are dehydrated, but there are times you actually can drink too much water and sweat out your salts. On a super hot day, drinking sports drinks can solve that issue, unless you go overboard.

Topics start with carseat alarms and sleeves athletes are wearing these days- fashion, fad, or do they have a practical purpose? In other segments, Dr. Souryal peels back the curtain in the surgery room about the logistics of timing multiple operations for one patient.

There are calls about knees, backs, calves and more. A runner tweaks his knee and wonders if his diagnosis is right, while another man buckled his knee after slipping on water and has clicking and issues straightening his leg, even after multiple surgeries. Something isn’t adding up- it’s complicated, and curious. A softball player loses some weight and pops his calf, and then the other a few weeks later. Could the calf strains be related to the weight loss? In the “lead a horse to water” department, a former barrel racer has a herniated disc and is reluctant to get any treatment. Dr Souryal describes all the options to her concerned husband.

20 Jul 2015 On The Air With Dr. T.O. Souryal back pain, bursitis, Caitlyn Jenner, claudication, concussions, Dr. Mel Manning, Dr. T.O. Souryal, plantar fasciatus, PRP, Pure Prairie League, Ray Johnston Band, regenerative medicine, shoulder injury, sports medicine, sprained ankle, tendonitis, Tennis Calf, tennis elbow

07/18/15 #540: Outside My Comfort Zone

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Dr. Mel Manning, physiatrist and authority in the field of regenerative medicine, joins Dr. Souryal for this weekly dose of sports medicine information and entertainment. Some words makes us cringe, calls are answered, Hope or Hype is discussed, and topics are ripped from the current headlines.

Callers include a longtime skateboarder with a locking ankle, a father asking about the best exercises and braces to protect a football player’s knees, and another caller wakes up to a shoulder injury and wonders how long he should wait to see a doctor. A runner pulled his calf muscle years ago and wonders why a sudden pain keeps happening. It could well be referred pain from a pinched nerve or scar tissue that keeps tearing.

The next caller starts a discussion on advancements in disc replacement, and finding a surgeon comfortable with performing the latest techniques. A former basketball player with an unstable ankle, sprains it again and wonders what his next steps should be. This leads into an unscripted Souryal Story about a scoped ankle portal that didn’t close as quickly as expected and another from Dr. Souryal’s college days. The show ends with a golf instructor who has shooting back pain, and a 62 year old who shares his story about calf pains and a related heart condition. And so it goes.

13 Jul 2015 On The Air With Dr. T.O. Souryal ACL surgery, ankle sprains, back pain, bullfights, chondromalacia patella, Dr. Scott Blumenthal, Dr. T.O. Souryal, exercise, Lebron James, Meniscus, Michael Jordon, nutrition, Pamplona, patellar tendonitis, PT, quads, recovery, rotator cuff, sports medicine, squats, tendons

07/11/15 #539: Don’t do those Diddly Squats!

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Renowned spine surgeon Dr. Scott Blumenthal joins Dr. Souryal once again for intense discussions on bullfights, how post-game treatment has changed over time, who belongs on the figurative “Mount Rushmore” of sports history, and more. First off, a caller with repeated ankle sprains wonders why his ankle doesn’t hurt as much as it did the first time he rolled it and also what the lasting effects may be, then a basketball player with severe chondromalacia in both knees asks what kind of PT he can do at home.

The second hour starts with a Souryal Story of a surgery gone wrong which leads to the take-home lesson for us educated consumers: ask a lot of questions and always do your homework before getting any surgery or choosing a surgeon.

Dr. Souryal explains why squats and lunges are great for quads and not so great for a 73 year old recovering from meniscus surgery, why in general stairs are not good exercise for knees, and discusses the ideal range of motion for shoulder dips with a former gymnast. Finally, Dr. Blumenthal gets an upper back question, then a caller has a pain that comes and goes in his lower thoracic area, and more texts roll in as the sports medicine answers roll out.