February 2016 – Inside Sports Medicine

February 2016

22 Feb 2016 On The Air With Dr. T.O. Souryal AC joint, arthritis, blood clot, cardiac screenings, Chris Bosh, cortisone shots, Dr. Brad Bellard, Dr. T.O. Souryal, jogging, labrum, NBA, patellar tendonitis, sports medicine, stress fracture, traumatic event, Westminster Dog Show

02/20/2016 #561: Notable or Notorious

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Dr. Souryal has a lot of ground to cover, many questions to answer, and so gets right to the calls today. The first caller is advised to consider non-impact methods to lose weight before starting a jogging regimen, and also needs to look into his bursting blood vessels. An active 34 year old weightlifter has a pain in his left shoulder and the next caller also has some shoulder pain that needs attention.

Blood clots are more likely to form after an event or sitting still, rather than in an active athlete, but it certainly happens. Dr. Brad Bellard calls in to join the conversation on Chris Bosh and the serious risks of blood clots. Yep, the initial symptom could be…death.

In other observations: the dog show may be rigged, runners are difficult, second opinions are valuable and the upsides and downsides of cortisone shots are explained. Take note – the Doc is in Wikipedia now!

22 Feb 2016 On The Air With Dr. T.O. Souryal ACL, Chris Hall, confidence, CTE, Dr. Brad Bellard, Dr. T.O. Souryal, HGH, knee brace, Ray Johnston Band, sports medicine, stenosis, Super Bowl, TCU, toe injury

02/06/2016 #560: Work Status = Beer or no Beer?

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Dr. Brad Bellard joins Dr. Souryal for this day-before-Super-Bowl episode. Chris Hall – former head athletic trainer and director of sports medicine at Texas Christian University, weighs in on a ruling about who can clear an injured athlete to get back in the game and explains an initiative to put an athletic trainer in every school nation-wide.

The doctors dole out their usual entertaining mix of sports medicine information and advice. A caller from Fort Worth wonders if his current burning elbow is related to his ruptured biceps injury suffered two years earlier. A former hockey referee hyper-extended his knees at 18 and has trouble 25 years later in his knees and back and neck. Where does he start to solve his current aches and pains?

The $64 million question is…what exercises might help to prevent ACL injuries? If only we knew! Callers continue with the ACL theme. A golfer damaged his knee last year and added a toe injury recently which affects his balance and mechanics. A concerned husband describes his wife’s ACL repair and patellar graft 16 months ago and is worried about her confidence in activities. A torn ACL was repaired and now has more damage- is that bad luck or added stress? The Doctors wind down with a discussion of HGH and CTE.

Cheers!