Nov 13, 2024
The Medial Meniscus is a known secondary stabilizer to the ACL in terms of anterior tibial translation in the knee. So what happens after ACL reconstruction if the medial meniscus is deficient? Dr. Andrew Fithian, MD joins us to discuss his study addressing this very question. Coming to us from Kaiser Permanente San...
Oct 16, 2024
As another exciting NFL season kicks off, Sports Medicine community members and fans alike continue to ponder whether the risk of lower extremity injury is higher on artificial turf versus grass. We welcome UCSF’s Chief of Sports Medicine & Shoulder Surgery and host of the podcast 6-8 Weeks: Perspectives on...
Sep 18, 2024
Historically, ACL repair resulted in poor outcomes and this procedure fell out of favor while ACL reconstruction became the gold-standard surgical approach for a torn ACL. Recently, thanks in part to the advent of more modern techniques, ACL repair has regained interest in the Sports Medicine community as a...
Aug 14, 2024
One of the long-standing assumptions in Sports Medicine is that anterosuperior labral variants including the Buford Complex and Sublabral Foramen are non-pathologic, normal anatomic variants of the shoulder joint. But is this true? Dr. Eric Edmonds from Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego challenges this...
Jul 10, 2024
Failure of shoulder stabilization surgery continues to plague contact athletes. Football players are thus at high risk of a repeat shoulder dislocation even after a well-done surgery to stabilize that joint. Such is the nature of a sport with violent and unpredictable collisions. Dr. Andrew Pennock, MD and his team at...