ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Some local scientists are coming up with new ways to address knee problems. Doctors say a new procedure allows them to take patients’ healthy knee cartilage and use it to grow new cartilage. It can then be used to repair the damaged cells. Rochester Regional Health’s Sports Medical team is the first
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 2.6 million children ages 19 and younger are treated in emergency departments each year for sports and recreation-related injuries. And those are just the incidents that make it to the ED. Read the full article here
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Rochester Regional Health’s Dr. Chris Brown and Cesar Nava, Manager, Athletic Training, joined 13 WHAM TV and Fox Rochester to discuss preparing student-athletes for the upcoming season. They were joined by faculty and staff at Victor Senior High School
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Continuing the conversation with Dr. Christopher Brown, medical director, Rochester Regional Sports Medicine. He joins Good Day Rochester and tells what parents need to know before their kids play sports.
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With the new school year comes the possibility of sports related injuries. Dr. Christopher Brown, medical director,Rochester Regional Sports Medicine, joins Good Day Rochester and tells what parents need to know before their kids play sports.
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Dr Brown and Brownstone Physical Therapy join forces with Powertrain to promote injury prevention and performance enhancement with local Rochester high school football team.
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It’s one thing for a doctor to say get some exercise. It’s another for a doctor to say, get some exercise, right over there. Yeah, behind those chairs. Well, a doctor in Geneva does something kind of like that. To view the full article please click below: http://www.rochesterhomepage.net/story/d/story/finger-lakes-bone-and-joint-centers-healthy-living/41746/-p_n7TTuHkGhuvu5Ka_IJg
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This seminar is for athletes, parents, and coaches. The purpose is to reduce injury risk by improving athletic fitness. A 20-minute introduction session will precede three (3) 20-minute stations in which all participants will receive one-on-one training. Coaches will receive video and written instruction materials. Parents will receive an informational guide. Click the link below to see full
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Virginia Tech’s STAR system is widely influential, but does it oversimplify the complex science around concussion risk? More than 30 football helmets line the shelves in Robert Erb’s office at Schutt Sports in Litchfield, Ill., from a late-1920s leather version to a white-and-orange University of Tennessee model once worn by Peyton Manning. Tucked in among
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A new study shows that one helmet may protect against concussions better than others Concussions are an unfortunate reality in many sports, from football to soccer and boxing. And as studies continue to link concussions to a range of health problems, from depression to Alzheimer’s and other brain changes, sports and health officials have focused
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