Today’s episode is kind of an Overtime / Ask The Sports Docs crossover. One of the PTs that Ashley works closely with asked her why some patients do well after ACL surgery and some don’t fare as well, despite the surgery being identical in terms of technique, graft choice, post-op protocol etc. An article was just published in AJSM this month looking at this, specifically investigating factors that impact outcomes after ACL reconstruction. The article that we are reviewing today is titled “Prima...
Jun 09, 2025•15 min
Welcome to Overtime with the Sports Docs! On each of these mini episodes, we chat about a new article or new surgical technique in the field of sports medicine. We’ll give you our quick take on the most recent data and how this data will be impacting our practice. Today, we’re talking about posterior cruciate ligament injuries – specifically, surgical treatment; including reconstruction technique and graft choice. We’ll be reviewing an article published this month in AJSM titled, “ Single-Bundle...
Jun 02, 2025•14 min
We get lots of questions from our patients and our listeners each week. And they’re great questions, so rather than responding individually we thought we’d do these mini episodes where highlight some of the best questions and our responses, with some literature to back it up. Before we jump into our discussion today, we want to quickly update you on something very exciting that is coming up in July. And if you follow us on social media, you probably already know what we are about to say. We will...
May 27, 2025•10 min
We get lots of questions from our patients and our listeners each week. And they’re great questions, so rather than responding individually we thought we’d do these mini episodes where highlight some of the best questions and our responses, with some literature to back it up. Before we jump into our discussion today, we want to quickly update you on something very exciting that is coming up in July. And if you follow us on social media, you probably already know what we are about to say. We will...
May 19, 2025•12 min
Today’s episode is going to focus on management of patellar instability – including nonsurgical treatment, MPFL reconstruction techniques and the addition of other procedures including trochleoplasty and osteotomies. We are joined today by two outstanding guests! Dr. Miho Tanaka is a Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Harvard Medical School and the Director of the women sports medicine program at Mass General Brigham. She is also the head team physician for the New England Revolution and team ph...
May 12, 2025•41 min
Today’s episode is going to focus on the workup of a patient with a suspected multiligamentous knee injury as well as a surgical approach that follows – including acute versus delayed surgery, repair versus reconstruction, surgical technique and order of operations in the OR. We are joined today by two outstanding guests! Dr. Matt Provencher is an orthopedic surgeon at the Steadman Clinic in Vail Colorado, Principle Investigator at the Steadman Philippon Research Institute and assistant Editor-i...
May 05, 2025•36 min
Our last poster is titled Outcomes and Return to Sport Following Arthroscopic Bankart Repair for Anterior Shoulder Instability in Contact versus Non-contact Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis . We’ve spoken a lot about the surgical treatment for anterior shoulder instability on this podcast – most recently with Dr. Brian Lau. That is episode #48 and 49 if you want to check it out. This study focused on outcomes of arthroscopic Bankart repair for the treatment of anterior shoulder in...
Apr 28, 2025•10 min
Our next poster is titled Sleep in Orthopaedic Surgeons: A Prospective Longitudinal Study of the Effect of Home Call on Orthopedic Attending and Resident Sleep . Recurrent episodes of partial sleep deprivation resulting from call schedules are commonly seen in physicians. This has been shown to cause decreased mental effectiveness while at work, which corresponds with a blood alcohol level of 0.08%. Sleep deprivation has been associated with adverse personal health events, with an increased risk...
Apr 21, 2025•10 min
Our next poster is titled Characterization of Concussions in the National Basketball Association and the 90-day Period Following Return to Play: Analysis of Musculoskeletal Injury Risk and Player Performance . This study was performed at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona and sought to determine the incidence of musculoskeletal injury in the immediate 90-day period following return to play from concussion. The secondary outcomes were to evaluate player performance within the 90-day. As well as time lost...
Apr 14, 2025•7 min
Our next AAOS 2025 Annual Meeting poster is titled Mid-term Follow-up of Patellofemoral Osteochondral Allograft Transplantation . This study was performed by Dr. Bill Bugbee and his team at the Scripps Clinic. Dr. Bugbee was a guest on our show back in November 2023. That is episode 59 and 60, if you want to go check it out. In that episode, we discussed osteochondral allograft transplantation for various cartilage defects of the knee, including medial and lateral tibiofemoral, which are the mor...
Apr 07, 2025•9 min
We are kicking off a special series of episodes to recap the new research presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, our largest orthopaedic conference. This year, over 20,000 orthopedic professionals gathered at the AAOS meeting in San Diego to take part. The educational program was comprised of instructional course lectures, video theater, live surgeries, podium presentations and research posters. Over the next several episodes we’re going to be reviewing seven s...
Mar 31, 2025•11 min
Welcome back to The Sports Docs Podcast! In this episode, we’re going to continue our discussion with Dr. Andrea Spiker and focus on open surgical treatment for hip preservation, then wrap up with a discussion on post-op rehab and return to play. Our conversation picks back up with an article from the September 2017 issue of AJSM titled “ Early Functional Outcomes of Periacetabular Osteotomy After Failed Hip Arthroscopic Surgery for Symptomatic Acetabular Dysplasia .” Bryan Kelly and his team at...
Mar 24, 2025•42 min
On today’s episode we’re focusing on hip preservation with Dr. Andrea Spiker. We have some great articles for you that contribute well to our conversation on femoroacetabular impingement or “FAI”, hip dysplasia and the arthroscopic and open surgical treatments for these conditions. As always, links to all of the papers that we discuss on this show can be found on our podcast website – www.thesportsdocspod.com We’ll start off our discussion today with an article from the June 2018 issue of The La...
Mar 17, 2025•41 min
We get lots of questions from our patients and our listeners each week, and they’re great questions, so rather than responding individually we thought we’d do these mini episodes where highlight some of the best questions and our responses. So, let’s get started! Today’s Ask The Sports Docs is going to focus on an area of sports medicine that we get asked a lot, despite us being surgeons: “ What nonsurgical treatments can I do to rehab my musculoskeletal injury as well as improve my performance ...
Mar 10, 2025•8 min
On each of these mini episodes, we chat about a new article or new surgical technique in the field of sports medicine. We’ll give you our quick take on the most recent data and how this data will impact our practice. Today, we’re broaching a topic that we haven’t discussed before on this podcast. And that is the medico-legal side of sports medicine. Specifically, the malpractice liability exposure for team physicians. In January of 2023, a professional football player for the Philadelphia Eagles...
Mar 03, 2025•14 min
It is a Reboot Special with one of our faves - Dr. Brian Cole! Today’s episode is going to focus on osteochondral allograft transplantation, and specifically how basic science research can and should impact your clinical practice. We are joined today by Dr. Brian Cole, a Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Chair of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Rush University Medical Center, Chair of Surgery at Rush Oak Park Hospital and Section Head of the Rush Cartilage Restoration Center. He is als...
Feb 24, 2025•35 min
Welcome to another episode of Game Plan! It has been a while since we have done one of these Game Plan episodes so to quickly review: These episodes are specifically designed for patients. They are designed to hopefully answer some of the questions you have about the most common sports medicine conditions, injury prevention and treatment options. Today we’re talking about pickleball – the fastest growing sport in the United States. From 2019- 2021, the number of pickleball players increased from...
Feb 17, 2025•13 min
On each of these mini episodes, we chat about a new article or new surgical technique in the field of sports medicine. We’ll give you our quick take on the most recent data and how this data will be impacting our practice. Today, we’re talking about graft choice for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, and specifically how that impacts psychological readiness to return to play. Now, we’ve spoken extensively about ACL injury on this podcast. On our first ever episode with Dr. Mary Mulcahey ...
Feb 10, 2025•18 min
Today, we’re talking about the use of tranexamic acid or “TXA” for rotator cuff repair surgery. First, what is TXA? If you’re not an arthroplasty surgeon or a traumatologist, you may not be as familiar with this medication. TXA is drug that inhibits the enzymatic breakdown of fibrin blood clots, also known as fibrinolysis. By doing this, TXA stabilizes the thrombi, or blood clots, and thus decreases bleeding. TXA was originally developed to treat postpartum hemorrhage but its use has evolved ove...
Feb 03, 2025•14 min
Today, we’re talking about postoperative rehabilitation after combined medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction and tibial tubercle osteotomy to treat recurrent patellar instability. As we’ve spoken about before on this show, literature to guide postop recovery after orthopedic surgery is lacking. Often times, we’re using our experience and the opinions of our colleagues and mentors to determine how to best rehab patients after surgery, rather than concrete data. It is critical to progress ...
Jan 27, 2025•12 min
We get lots of questions from our patients and our listeners each week. And they’re great questions, so rather than responding individually we thought we’d do these mini episodes where highlight some of the best questions and our responses. So, let’s get started! Today’s Ask The Sports Docs is going to focus on a question we get asked a lot: What can I take supplement-wise to improve my healing and outcome after an orthopedic injury or surgery? Pentadecapeptide BPC 157 enhances the growth hormon...
Jan 20, 2025•15 min
Happy New Year from The Sports Docs Podcast! 🎆 As we reflect on an incredible year of growth for our podcast, we’d like to take a moment to thank our amazing listeners, guests and supporters for making this podcast such a success! Our podcast has been downloaded in over 60 countries, is in the top 25% of @buzzsprout podcasts and is again ranked in the top sports medicine podcasts 📈 🎙️ We are very excited to see what 2025 has in store!
Jan 13, 2025•17 min
Happy New Year from The Sports Docs Podcast! 🎆 As we reflect on an incredible year of growth for our podcast, we’d like to take a moment to thank our amazing listeners, guests and supporters for making this podcast such a success! Our podcast has been downloaded in over 60 countries, is in the top 25% of @buzzsprout podcasts and is again ranked in the top sports medicine podcasts 📈 🎙️ We are very excited to see what 2025 has in store!
Jan 06, 2025•12 min
Our conversation picks back up with an article published in the December 2020 issue of Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine titled “ Surgical Management of Massive Irreparable Cuff Tears: Superior Capsular Reconstruction . ” Authored by our guest today, this review article summarizes the biomechanical properties and functional outcomes of superior capsular reconstruction or “SCR” for treatment of massive irreparable rotator cuff tears. The authors report that SCR decreases superior transl...
Dec 23, 2024•26 min
On today’s episode we’re focusing on challenging rotator cuff pathology with Dr. Patrick Denard, an orthopedic shoulder surgeon at the Oregon Shoulder Institute. We have some great articles for you that contribute well to our conversation on the treatment options for massive reparable, as well as irreparable, rotator cuff injuries. As always, links to all of the papers that we discuss on this show can be found on our podcast website – www.thesportsdocspod.com We’ll start off our discussion today...
Dec 16, 2024•33 min
In this episode, we’re going to continue our discussion with Dr. Aaron Krych and focus on surgical advancements to address meniscus extrusion and optimize postoperative outcomes for patients. Our conversation picks back up with an article published last month in Arthroscopy Techniques titled “ Arthroscopic Centralization of the Extruded Meniscus With Posterior Root Tear: A Technique Using Meniscotibial Ligament Fixation . ” Most meniscus centralization techniques involved anchoring the meniscus ...
Dec 09, 2024•27 min
On today’s episode we’re focusing on medial meniscus root repairs with Dr. Aaron Krych, Chair of Orthopedic Surgery and Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. We have some great articles for you that contribute well to our conversation on the optimal treatment of medial meniscus root tears, including recent advancements in surgical technique to optimize outcomes. We’ll start off our discussion today with systematic review article from the February issue of Ar...
Dec 02, 2024•25 min
Welcome to Overtime with the Sports Docs. On each of these mini episodes, Catherine and I chat about a new topic or surgical technique in the field of sports medicine. We’ll give you our quick take on the most recent data ranging from operative indications, surgical approaches, post-op protocols and most importantly – patient outcomes. Today we’re talking about SLAP tears – tears of the superior labrum from anterior to posterior. We have two great articles for you today that focus on the surgica...
Nov 18, 2024•31 min
Welcome to Overtime with the Sports Docs. On each of these mini episodes, we chat about a new article or new surgical technique in the field of sports medicine. We’ll give you our quick take on the most recent data and how this data will be impacting our practice. Today, we’re talking about hamstring injuries in the NFL. And if your fantasy team is anything like my fantasy team, it currently looks like an infirmary. So, you’ll probably want to listen in to this episode. Now, we’ve covered hamstr...
Nov 11, 2024•10 min
We get lots of questions from our patients and our listeners each week. And they’re great questions, so rather than responding individually we thought we’d do these mini episodes where highlight some of the best questions and our responses. So, let’s get started! Today’s Ask The Sports Docs is going to focus on one specific question that we get asked a lot from patients, and review a recent article that came out about this topic. We both use cryotherapy and cryo-compression therapy postoperative...
Nov 04, 2024•11 min
