Sports Medicine on Tap Steven Frey

We welcome a new face, Dr. Antonio Loccisano, to our milestone episode to talk about Joel Embiid (again) and Bell's Palsy. We also bring back many of our regular docs to celebrate episode 100 and review multiple impactful injuries for the remaining NBA playoffs!

Our 99th episode corresponds perfectly with the beginning of the NBA playoffs! The obvious approach was to cover the injuries of the most impactful players and give some insight on when they may be back and what to expect. Embiid, Giannis, Harden, Kawhi and many others. Who gets back, who doesn't. Also, the best team you don't even know about OKC!

After a short hiatus, Brandon and Steve return for an informal show focusing on multiple topics including the current rash of UCL injuries in MLB and they explore some possible causes including pitch clock. They do a little NCAA wrap up and discuss the new NFL kickoff format as well as the ironic timing of a serious injury in the UFL.

We have Kevin Biles, Athletic trainer Delsea and past president for The Athletic Trainers' Society of New Jersey joins the show with Dr. Brad Bernardini. We review some aspects of being a high school ATC and also discuss some impactful NCAA injuries.

Ethan Kreiswirth, PhD, ATC joins us from southern California to tell us about his company, "Black Belt Sports Medicine." He is an athletic trainer, and competitive Brazillian jiu jitsu athlete who started a company that provides ATC's to support Brazillian jiu jitsu tournaments nationwide! We learn some really interesting reasons why being an ATC in California is different than most other states. Just how much more can an ATC's in Cali do? We also learn about some jiu jitsu specific injuries!

We depart from the standard format agian to welcome world champion rower Matthew Guerrieri to the show. Matt won gold in the "lead sled", the paired coxed boat, at the world championships in Zagreb, Croatia. We delve into this alluring sport and an unusual injury essentially only seen in rowing.