September 2015

26 Sep 2015 On The Air With Dr. T.O. Souryal custom prosthetics, degenerative problems, Dr. Brad Bellard, Dr. T.O. Souryal, fifth metatarsal break, Fight Nights, high ankle sprain, high tibia osteotomy, knee replacement, LCL tear, misdiagnoses, overtraining, SLAP tear, sports medicine, strained lateral collateral ligament, tendinosis, tendon ruptures, unloading brace, worker’s compensation

9/26/15 #546: Where do we go from here?

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Football players are bigger and faster and stronger than ever- and the rate and severity of injuries has increased too. What are the effects when athletes train too much, build muscle mass, and slam into each other? Well, the people in the sports medicine field are keeping pretty darn busy, for one thing! Our themes today include over exercising, awesome vs. gruesome, knees, knees, knees and how far will you go to be able to throw an apple really hard? As usual, Dr. Souryal has answers for all callers’ questions.

The first has had a SLAP repair and would like to know his recovery outlook. A father asks how much is too much training for his ten year old son and how on earth to stop him from overdoing exercise? How long after a fifth metatarsal break can you consider it fully healed and resume all activity? Dr. Souryal clarifies the roles “unloading braces” and custom prosthetics play in knee replacements. A football coach weighs in on gruesome injuries and multiple surgeries, then a former college football player who had an LCL tear, replacement, and high tibia osteotomy calls to say that his intense short term pain did result in longterm gain for him.

In the second half, sports specialist Dr. Brad Bellard adds his two cents about weighty young athletes and the pressure to perform. The conversation on the art of diagnosis, outcomes, and even medical coding continues.

21 Sep 2015 On The Air With Dr. T.O. Souryal Apophysitis of the hip and pelvis, back pain, carpal, CTE, delayed union, disc fusion, disc replacement, Dr. Brad Bellard, Dr. Scott Blumenthal, Dr. T.O. Souryal, growth plate injury, hamstring, Jones Fracture, juvenile Scheuermann’s Disease, metatarsals, MRI, nerve blocks, sports medicine, tarsal, Tiger Woods, traction

09/19/15 #545: The Gang is all here!

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The whole gang is here for the start of our 15th season! Expert spinal surgeon Dr. Scott Blumenthal fields questions from an Army staff sergeant with back problems who plans to move on to another physically active career and is weighing a disc fusion versus a disc replacement operation. A discussion of what a Jones Fracture is and how to treat it follows. One caller has questions on the benefits of traction, then a concerned father calls about his athletic 16 year old son’s possible juvenile Scheuermann’s Disease.

Sports Specialist Dr. Brad Bellard comes in for the second half and talks about CTE (or Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy) in the news and how it affects participation in youth football. A caller questions whether there is such a thing as “injury prone”, and the show wraps up with a question about the best exercises for apophysitis of the hip and pelvis in a 16 year old athlete.

Happy Anniversary, Dr. Souryal! and many more!

13 Sep 2015 On The Air With Dr. T.O. Souryal 9/11, Blue Angels, bone spurs, Dr. Brad Bellard, Dr. T.O. Souryal, exertional compartment syndrome, fibula, herniated disc, hip flexor, hip replacement, hip resurfacing, inguinal hernia, knee replacement, medical careers, Peynton Manning, pinched nerve, plantar fasciitus, radiating pain, Serena Williams, shin splints, sports medicine, tendonitis, tibia, tricep, vocation

09/12/15 #544: You say shinbone; I say tibia

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You ask, and Dr. Souryal answers, while musing about sports medicine, current events, nomenclature, and whatever else comes his way over two hours. A cross country runner thinks he might have shin splints, but the Doc hears clues that may indicate exertional compartment syndrome. A weightlifter plays “stump the Doc” with his degenerated tricep and nerve damage, but Dr. S has other ideas. A man with a strained lumbar asks what will help him, beyond his prescribed medication, to get back to playing basketball sooner. The second hour starts with talk of medicine as a vocation, then a question on how to treat plantar fasciitis. A 68 year old man is about to have a left knee replacement, but is concerned about the “pops” in his right knee, and wonders whether he should get both knees replaced at the same time.

Dr. Brad Bellard joins Dr. Souryal to shoot the breeze about the pros and cons of careers in medicine. It is a calling, a passion, and a very, very long road. A 57 year old basketball player with leg trouble and hip pain, wonders about his medication and preparation for a high altitude elk-hunt. And lastly, an OB-GYN continues the conversation about young people choosing medical careers and how to go in with their resumes in shape and their eyes wide open. It is a big commitment to be willing to help others and pay your dues. It is highly rewarding, but not all fun and games!