Blog Entries in category Sports Docs Weekly Blitz

The Sports Docs Weekly Blitz from CycloneFanatic.com features news, information, and education about orthopedic sports medicine, injuries, and treatment. It is written by the Orthopedic Sports Medicine surgeons of McFarland Sports Medicine, the official physicians of Iowa State University Athletics. It is published weekly during the college football season each fall.

Sports Docs Weekly Blitz: Learning about Orthobiologics

Posted on November 9, 2017 at 2:03 PM by Thomas Greenwald, MD

Thomas Greenwald, MD Orthopedic Surgery Orthopedic Sports Medicine Today we are going to learn about an up and coming area...

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Sports Docs Weekly Blitz: Save the meniscus!

Posted on November 2, 2017 at 3:16 PM by Thomas Greenwald, MD

Thomas Greenwald, MD Orthopedic Surgery Orthopedic Sports Medicine Today we’re going to learn about meniscus tears and how they are...

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Sports Docs Weekly Blitz: Collarbones and clavicles

Posted on October 19, 2017 at 3:15 PM by Peter Buck, MD

Peter Buck, MD Orthopedic Surgery Orthopedic Sports Medicine Many years ago... This was going to be the perfect Saturday morning...

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Sports Docs Weekly Blitz: Tibial plateau fracture ends J.J. Watt's year

Posted on October 13, 2017 at 9:01 AM by Peter Buck, MD

Peter Buck, MD Orthopedic Surgery Orthopedic Sports Medicine A seemingly innocuous stumble has caused a possible career-ending injury for one...

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Sports Docs Weekly Blitz: ACL tears

Posted on October 6, 2017 at 8:34 AM by Thomas Greenwald, MD

Thomas Greenwald, MD Orthopedic Surgery Orthopedic Sports Medicine If you are a competitive athlete, the phrase “ACL tear” can be...

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Sports Docs Weekly Blitz: Arthroscopic rotator cuff repairs, my most common procedure

Posted on October 2, 2017 at 9:30 AM by Bryan Warme, MD

Bryan Warme, MD Orthopedic Surgery Orthopedic Sports Medicine While rotator cuff tears are very common in the 50-plus age group,...

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Sports Docs Weekly Blitz: Something new on the sideline

Posted on September 21, 2017 at 12:08 PM by Peter Buck, MD

Peter Buck, MD Orthopedic Surgery Orthopedic Sports Medicine You may have to look closely, but there’s a new replay computer...

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Sports Docs Weekly Blitz: Shoulder separations & the impact of arthroscopy on sports medicine

Posted on September 15, 2017 at 10:50 AM by Bryan Warme, MD

Bryan Warme, MD Orthopedic Surgery Orthopedic Sports Medicine This week I want to discuss a relatively rare and sometimes confusing...

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Sports Docs Weekly Blitz: A big-time announcement for McFarland Clinic

Posted on September 7, 2017 at 4:28 PM by Thomas Greenwald, MD

Thomas Greenwald, MD Orthopedic Surgery Orthopedic Sports Medicine Dear Cyclone Fanatics, Welcome to another year of the Sports Docs’ Weekly...

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Sports Docs Weekly Blitz: 2014-2016 Archives

Posted on November 9, 2016 at 12:00 AM by McFarland Sports Medicine

Since 2014 the Sports Docs Weekly Blitz from CycloneFanatic.com has featured news, information, and education about orthopedic sports medicine, injuries,...

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