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Dr Shepard interviewed regarding concussions and the dangers of year round sports participation
Dr Shepard interview and article as it appeared as an insert by Concordia University in the Dec 7th, 2013 Orange County Register.
American College of Sports Medicine position stand. Exertional heat illness during training and competition
Exertional heat illness can affect athletes during high-intensity or long-duration exercise and result in withdrawal from activity or collapse during or soon after activity. These maladies include exercise associated muscle cramping, heat exhaustion, or exertional heatstroke. While certain individuals are more prone to collapse from exhaustion in the heat (i.e., not acclimatized, using certain medications, dehydrated, or recently ill), exertional heatstroke (EHS) can affect seemingly healthy athletes even when the environment is relatively cool. EHS is defined as a rectal temperature greater than 40 degrees C accompanied by symptoms or signs of organ system failure, most frequently central nervous system dysfunction. Early recognition and rapid cooling can reduce both the morbidity and mortality associated with EHS.
Brandon Cody signs letter of intent with FIU for baseball
Kyle Boswell named scholar athlete as a shooting guard and engineer at UCSB
Nathan Rodriguez signs letter of intent for baseball with Arkansas after ACL surgery
Visit the links below for more inormation
www.ocregister.com/articles/rodriguez-538355-play-arkansas.html
www.wholehogsports.com/news/2013/nov/13/mckinney-bonfield-among-diamond-hogs-early-signees
Dr James Andrews receives votes for Sports Illustrated Sportsmen of the Year
It is taken for granted now that athletes can be repaired. That their shoulders and elbows and hips and knees and ankles, torn asunder in the many ways that sports can destroy the human body (in a football collision, throwing a baseball, screaming down a ski slope), can be restored to something resembling their original condition. That an athlete -- carted-off, air-casted, bedridden and full of pain and self-doubt, contemplating life after athletics -- can be returned to the field as if transported through time to the moment before he was hurt. It was not always thus, however. In fact, it is a relatively new condition, one that has altered not just the physical and emotional, but also the economic paradigm of modern sports.
Kentucky offers Mater Dei Sophomore Michael Cage Jr
While in town to see Stanley Johnson, John Calipari apparently offered his Mater Dei teammate Michael Cage, Jr. a scholarship. Cage is a 2016 power forward and the son of former NBA center Michael Cage, who played for Calipari when he coached the New Jersey Nets. The elder Cage tweeted the news yesterday.
Dr. Shepard was interviewed by PBS for an article to help people who do not enjoy exercise become more active.
10 Fitness Tips for People Who Don’t Want to Work Out
Hoag Orthopaedic institute has been recognized as a national leader in outcome results, lower insurance costs, and patient satisfaction.
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What is Tennis Elbow? Causes, Symptoms and Treatment – Q&A with Dr. Michael Shepard
Less than 5% of all tennis elbow diagnoses are related to actually playing tennis. We recent spoke with Dr. Michael Shepard, a board certified orthopedic surgeon at HOI with specialty in sports medicine and overhead athletes who filled us in on this common injury.
Reed Williams is named to the all PAC 12 team and and all academic PAC 12 team
Reed Williams leads the UCLA Bruins with seven goals on the season, which is also good for a tie for third in the conference. The junior forward from Newport Beach, Calif. has also posted a single-season best 18 points (7 g, 4 a) in 2012 and had multiple goal games against Maryland on Aug. 31 and San Diego State on Oct. 12. This is the second time that Williams has made the All-Pac-12 team after he was named honorable mention as a freshman in 2010.
Jennie Krauser lead NC State in scoring
Jennie Krauser returned from ACL surgery this year to lead the NC State Wolfpack Soccer team in scoring. Jennie has had both her right and left ACL reconstructed with Dr Shepard in the past 5 years.
Employers flying their employees to Hoag Orthopaedic Institute for a high quality surgery experience. (LA Times article)
Companies go surgery shopping
HOAG Orthopaedic Institute holds a sports medicine forum for education and research
Hoag Hospital Foundation
Jennie Krauser (NC STATE) scores crazy goal
Jenny Krauser coming off of ACL surgery has returned to her scoring ways and leads the NC STATE women's soccer team in goals scored. Jennie has had ACL surgery on both knees. Recently, she scored twice for the Wolfpack against appalaichan state - her second goal has become a you tube sensation!
Video Lectures from Dr Shepard
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