In a recently published paper in the Orthopaedic Jourmal of Sports Medicine- Safer Return to Play After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Evaluation of a Return-to-Play Checklist re-injury rates were calculated for knees after ACL reconstruction looking at relative risk for knees that passed return to sports criteria and those that did not. 7 criteria were used for the study and to pass a total of 6 …
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Will Running Ruin Your Knees?
In a recent article published in Lifehacker, Will Running Ruin Your Knees? 8/4/21, An orthopedic specialist was interviewed and cited studies suggesting the runners had no increased risk of arthritis and that in fact runners may have a lower risk of osteoarthritis compared to non-runners. Also, in a recent article in Runners World Magazine, May 2020, published by the editors, a similar opinion was reported. …
When Will Conor McGregor Return To The Ring?
Conor McGregor suffered a severe injury and a first round TKO to Dustin Poirier earlier this month at the UFC Las Vegas match. We asked Gregory Montalbano, MD orthopedic surgeon and fracture specialist at iOrtho – What was the injury and what does it mean for a possible return to the ring? “Based in my review of the video it appears to be a supination / internal …
NFL Quarterback Patrick Mahomes Is Undergoing Surgery
NFL Quarterback Patrick Mahomes Is Undergoing Surgery – What to Know: Turf Toe is a sprain of the big toe joint resulting from injury during sports activities. The condition can be caused from either jamming the toe or from repetitive injury when pushing off repeatedly when running or jumping The injury usually results from excessive upward bending of the big toe joint causing injury to the ‘plantar complex’ which is system …
What’s The Highest Risk Sport? Hint: It’s Not Football
If we asked the following question: “What is the sport with the highest risk of injury leading to surgery?” Most people would probably answer, “Men’s football” and surprisingly enough that would be wrong. Gregory Montalbano, MD Orthopedic Surgeon and faculty member NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital describes the results of a recent study as not consistent with what we often might think. Interestingly enough, when the …
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