worker’s compensation

1 Aug 2016 On The Air With Dr. T.O. Souryal AMA, arthritis, artificial disc replacement, Cervical spinal fusion, CPT, Cubital Tunnel Syndrome, Dr. Brad Bellard, Dr. Scott Blumenthal, Dr. T.O. Souryal, herniated disc, J.J Watt, Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction, medical coding, MPFL, MRI, patellar disclocation, pinched nerve, Prince Fielder, referred pain, Saturday Night Palsy, sciatica, sports medicine, stem cell procedure, subluxation, Tim Duncan, torn ACL, worker’s compensation

07/30/2016 #586: Dr. Honesty

Dr. TO Souryal

Inside Sports Medicine

07/30/2016 #586: Dr. Honesty

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Honest to goodness…so much to talk about today! Dr. Souryal is joined by Dr. Brad Bellard and Dr. Scott Blumenthal for a wide-ranging conversation on sports, medicine, and current events. Our first caller has worker’s compensation struggles, then Dr. Scott Blumenthal explains the treatment and recovery process for a herniated disc, and the relation between business and medicine weaves through the whole show. Another caller asks if artificial disc replacement might be a good option for him, a biker’s neck pain travels to his right hand, a 15 year old soccer player had an ACL repair and later a patellar dislocation and her father asks what to do next for this rare injury combination. An avid weightlifter has stingers on his right arm in his sleep and on his bike, but not at the gym and wonders what kind of doctor he should see first. Then we finally get to The Business of Medicine as the doctors discuss some situations where doctors can be reimbursed more for an inferior procedure or equipment from insurance than the option that works well for patients, ending with observations on the efficacy of stem cell procedures.

Keeping it real, Folks!

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?

Dr. TO Souryal

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.