The Role of an MLB Team Physician:
As the head team physician for the New York Mets for the past 12 years, I’ve learned it’s incredibly important to develop trust with the players so that they feel comfortable coming to you with any medical issue, regardless of how small. The MLB season is a marathon of 162 games, so most injuries that occur are overuse injuries as opposed to traumatic… Read More

The Eleven Best Sports Medicine Technologies for 2016:
This annual 2016 award rewards inventors, engineering teams, physicians and their companies who’ve created the most innovative, enduring and practical products and technologies to treat injured athletes in ANY activity—whether sports, industry, military or healthcare. To win the Orthopedics This Week Best New Technology Award for Sports Medicine care… Continue Reading

CyMedica Orthopedics Launches the QB1 System:
Delivering professional athlete rehabilitation for every patient, the QB1 capitalizes on proprietary revolutionary NMES (neuromuscular electrical stimulation) technology for the treatment of quadriceps muscle atrophy and combines three best-in-class products: a postoperative knee brace, a form-fitting conductive garment, and a user-friendly NMES control interface. The device substantially simplifies the delivery of “at home” NMES treatment and encourages patient compliance… Discover more

Hip Arthroscopy:
Hip arthroscopy is a minimally invasive surgical procedure used to treat a number of conditions of the hip joint, including labral tears, loose bodies, cartilage damage and bony impingement. A torn labrum can usually be repaired with suture anchors during hip arthroscopy…Learn more

New Hip Surgeries:
Jasmine Caccamo talks about how she was not able to walk down a New York City block without having to stop several times and rest her sore hip. She is only 26 years old. Enough already, she thought. This is just decades too young for the jabbing pain in my groin…. Find out more