AMSSM Sports Medcasts

Upper Extremity Issues in the Adolescent Overhead Throwing Athlete

What common injury patterns do adolescent overhead throwing athletes face? What are the current pitch count recommendations and evidence for their use? How can we best monitor and encourage compliance with these recommendations? Host Devin McFadden, MD is joined by Jason Zaremski to explore these topics and more on the AMSSM Sports Medcast.

Dr. Zaremski is an assistant professor from the Division of Physical Medicine and Research, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation and Co-Medical Director of the Adolescent and High School Outreach Program at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville, Florida. He is also a past participant in the AMSSM International Travelling Fellowship program, having recently traveled to Scandinavia where he shared insights on the above topics and learned how the Scandinavians deal with similar injuries. In this 30 minute conversation, Dr. Zaremski addressed the following topics:

• What are common injury patterns in adolescent overhead throwing athletes?
• What injury prevention strategies have been enacted and what is the evidence for their use?
• When to consider operative rather than conservative treatments.

Care of the Medically Disqualified Athlete

NCAA athletes face the realization of career-ending injuries, whether they are acute/catastrophic or cumulative. As team physicians and athletic trainers it is imperative that we have our athletes' long-term health as a priority in their care. Presenters of this podcast are Pierre Rouzier, MD, head team physician of the University of Massachusetts, Jennifer Brodeur, ATC, director of Sports Medicine and Jeff Smith, ATC, senior associate Athletic Director for Internal Operations at UMass.

This presentation discusses various medical categories considered career-ending and disqualifying; some of these are clear-cut, some may be more nebulous. Athletes facing 'retirement due to injury' are known to have significant psycho-social issues in their transition; we will discuss important institutional resources to help our athletes. We will present cases and outcomes from data collected at the University of Massachusetts. At the conclusion of the podcast, listeners will have learned various NCAA definitions, such as 'medical disqualification', 'medical hardship', 'medical red-shirt' and changes new to 2018. Program participants will know the consequences and implications of being 'medically disqualified' from an NCAA sport, and the impact on the athletes' financial assistance and what this means to their team's scholarship numbers. Listeners will be able to learn the process of medically disqualifying an athlete and how to provide the support and care they need to transition out of their sport. 

How to encourage translational research among our peers? The Collaborative Research Network.

Is it possible to support small, individual clinicians with an interest for research, while also encouraging collaborative research from major medical centers and teaching hospitals? These topics and others are explored on this episode of the AMSSM Sports Medcast. Host Devin McFadden, MD is joined by a panel which includes Anthony Beutler, MD, Andrew Peterson, MD, MSPH and Stephanie Kliethermes, PhD, who help form a portion of the AMSSM’s Collaborative Research Network leadership. They cover the history of this organization from inception to present day, and discuss the challenges and strategic issues which the organization has faced in its brief existence to date.

Collaborative Research Network website: https://www.amssm.org/CRN.php

Regenerative medicine: Game changing innovation or the next big flop?

Host Devin McFadden, MD is joined by Lisa Fortier, DVM, PhD on the AMSSM Sports Medcast to discuss regenerative medicine technologies and the current evidence for their use.

Dr. Fortier is a Professor of Surgery at Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine in Ithaca, New York, with a particular interest in translational research including the prevention of post-traumatic osteoarthritis. In addition, her internationally renowned research investigates the clinical application of stem cells and biologics such as platelet-rich plasma and bone marrow concentrate for cartilage repair and tendinosis.

In this 15 minute conversation, Dr. Fortier addresses the following topics:

• What are orthobiologics and regenerative medicine?
• What is the evidence behind their use?
• What current research is being conducted in this field?
• Where she see the field in 5-10 years.

FAI and Hip Dysplasia: Two Ends of an Overlapping Spectrum

Is this a dysplasia problem? Or is this an impingement problem? Did you know that a young adult with a non-arthritic hip problem sees an average of 4.2 health care providers before a diagnosis of impingement is made? J.W. Thomas Byrd MD joins AMSSM’s Sports Medcast to discuss femoroacetabular impingement and hip dysplasia.

Dr. Byrd founded the Nashville Hip Institute to help treat patients with complex hip disorders using advanced surgical techniques. A recent Past President of both the International Society for Hip Arthroscopy (ISHA) and the Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA), Dr. Byrd has pioneered many of the surgical techniques for hip arthroscopy commonly employed throughout the orthopaedic world and invented numerous instruments that have revolutionised aspects of orthopaedic surgery. He has been one of the leaders for defining and developing the role of less invasive arthroscopic techniques in and around the hip. Dr. Byrd is currently the team physician for the Tennessee Titans and consults for many professional sports teams.

In this 20 minute conversation, Dr. Byrd addresses the following topics:

• What is FAI?
• The work-up of FAI – examination and imaging
• Management of FAI - when to intervene
• Hip dysplasia in athletes
• Common errors in managing hip pathology

Injury and Illness Prevention with Drs. Margot Putukian and Meghan Raleigh

AMSSM Past President Dr. Margot Putukian speaks with Dr. Meghan Raleigh about several different strategies team physicians can employ to prevent and modify risk factors, from concussions to ankle injuries and much more.

Shoulder Dislocation with Drs. John Tokish and John Wilckens

AMSSM member Dr. Scott Young speaks with shoulder dislocation experts Drs. John Tokish and John Wilckens about evaluating shoulder injuries, approaches to rehabilitation and much more.

Gluten with Drs. Alessio Fasano and Dana Lis

Gluten is a natural-occurring protein that can be found in many types of foods. AMSSM member Dr. Krystian Bigosinski talks to Drs. Alessio Fasano and Dana Lis about all things gluten, from FODMAPs to Celiac Disease.

AMSSM Traveling Fellowship (Part 2)

The AMSSM Traveling Fellowship program connects sports medicine physicians from around the world. In this episode, participants from the AMSSM Traveling Fellowship discuss their experiences from their trips to Australia (2014) and South Africa (2015). In Part 2, Krystian Bigosinski, MD hosts a prestigious panel of AMSSM members, including Irfan Asif, MD, Chad Asplund, MD, M. Alison Brooks, MD, MPH, James MacDonald, MD, Past President Doug McKeag, MD, Past President Jim Puffer, MD.

AMSSM Traveling Fellowship (Part 1)

The AMSSM Traveling Fellowship program connects sports medicine physicians from around the world. In this episode, participants from the AMSSM Traveling Fellowship discuss their experiences from their trips to Australia (2014) and South Africa (2015). In Part 1, Krystian Bigosinski, MD hosts a prestigious panel of AMSSM members, including Irfan Asif, MD, Chad Asplund, MD, M. Alison Brooks, MD, MPH, James MacDonald, MD, Past President Doug McKeag, MD, Past President Jim Puffer, MD.