Do Guardian Caps Help Reduce Concussion?
You may have noticed the large puffy extensions on some football helmets in recent years. They are kind of hard to miss. The NFL... Read More.
Pediatric Sports Medicine Podcast
Collect more innovative experience and hear stories from a Pediatric Sports Medicine Doctor (Dr. Mark Halstead) who covers and educates about current hot topics in the world of the young athrlete relevant to health care professionals.
Twenty Years in Pediatric Sports Medicine: A Reflection
We are in our sixth year of the podcast and I’m in the middle of my 20th year as a sports medicine physician. Twenty... Read More.
The AAP Policy Statement on Safety in Cheerleading
If you are involved with sports medicine, you have no doubt interacted with someone involved in cheerleading. From young ages, our youth are participating... Read More.
In Memorium: Profiles in Pediatric Sports Medicine – Dr. Stephen Rice
I wanted to take a moment to express my condolences to the Rice family as I found out just a little bit earlier today... Read More.
Olympic Medicine
If you are like me, you love the Olympics. Winter or Summer, it doesn’t matter. Watching the best of the best athletes from around... Read More.
Exertional Heat Stroke
Throughout much of the country, heat and humidity are starting to become the norm. As we inch closer to fall and especially with football... Read More.
The AAP Clinical Report on Overuse Injuries, Overtraining, and Burnout
Youth sports can have many benefits to use. However, the world of youth sports, in some situations, has taken a life of its own.... Read More.
Ethical Issues in Sports Medicine
On a regular basis in sports medicine, we are faced with ethical dilemmas. Whether or not we should allow kids to play certain sports... Read More.
Athletic Performance and Sleep
Today on the Pediatric Sports Medicine Podcast we are going to tackle a topic that I would predict that all of us do not... Read More.
A Review of the SAC (Standardized Assessment of Concussion) — Brain Injury Awareness Month
We are back to finish out Brain Injury Awareness Month looking at another component of the SCAT6. Today we are going to tackle what... Read More.
A Review of The Maddocks Questions — Brain Injury Awareness Month
March means two things in the world of sports medicine, not counting March Madness. The first is National Athletic Training Month. The second is... Read More.
National Athletic Trainers Month 2024
We are turning the page from our leap year month into March of 2024. It’s time for National Athletic Training Month again. Each year... Read More.
