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
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
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
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.
Dr. Christopher Brown on beating heat illness while practicing for fall sports.
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