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Physical Therapy for Sever’s Disease

December 9th, 2014

Physical Therapy for Sever’s Disease What is Sever’s Disease? Sever’s Disease is a condition known as an “apophysitis.”  At the ends of children’s bones that have not yet fused are growth plates.  Because these plates haven’t fused, the bone is weak at the ends.  A child’s growth coupled with running and jumping playing sports causes

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Physical Therapy for Shin Splints

December 4th, 2014

Exercises for Shin Splints “Shin splints” is a catch-all term for lower leg pain, typically associated with running.  People with shin splints typically complain of dull, achy, diffuse pain along the medial aspect of the lower leg made worse by running and typically better with rest.  Sometimes, it’s referred to as “Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome.”

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ACL Reconstruction: Allograft or Autograft?

November 29th, 2014

Which ACL Graft is Better? We see a lot of people after ACL reconstruction at SSOR.  People always ask us all the time pre-operatively what the “best” graft choice is for ACL reconstruction.  Unfortunately, this will sound like a total cop out, but there really is no perfect graft choice.  There are many factors that

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