Injury Prevention: Should your high school student be in the weight room? Many parents wonder whether or not their adolescent should be weight lifting while training for their sport of choice. The better answer to this question is that your adolescent athlete, male or female, should be participating in a strengthening program to go along…
by Andrew Provost, PT A review of the literature on the treatment of meniscal tears and knee OA. A recent research study in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) showed that physical therapy is as effective as arthroscopic surgery for treating patients with meniscal tears and osteoarthritis of the knee. This study validated the…
by David Merson, DPT Coordination, collaboration, and teamwork are the cornerstones to providing comprehensive sports medicine services. One of my high school directors always preached “surround yourself with excellence”, and that mantra stuck with me to this day. Over the course of my professional career, I have been fortunate to learn from and work with…
by Megan Heber As a second year graduate student at Simmons College, on my first long term clinical at Boston Sports Medicine, I am asked quite frequently what I am doing here and whether or not I actually know what I’m doing. The purpose of this post is to discuss what it means to have a…
by Evie Ullman, DPT Any Physical Therapist will tell you that if they had a dime for every time a patient asked them this question, they’d be rich. First of all, cracking your joints does not cause damage or lead to arthritis down the road. There is no evidence to support this, so feel free…
by Danielle Clarke-Fox, DPT Over the past several years there has been quite a discussion in the medical community regarding glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate supplements. I hear so many patients talking about whether or not to take the supplement and asking me what they should do. So here’s the low down on the supplements and…
by Michael J. Velsmid, DPT, MS I was listening to the news on the radio in the car on the way to work this week. They were reporting on a newly published study that concluded that 25% of all implanted defibrillators were not supported by evidence based medicine. The spin given by the radio reporter…
by David Merson, DPT, ATC I recently attended a local sports medicine symposium and would like to share some information that will bring you, as a patient, client, and consumer of sports medicine services up to date on important topics. At this symposium, health care professionals who specialize in the treatment of sport related injuries…
by Rebecca Lingerfelt, DPT The required training and education to become a PT has undergone some great improvements in the past few years, making our field a more capable profession. The result is a higher level of responsibility as part of your medical team. In the early stages of the profession at the time of…