San Ramon Valley aims for another NCS title behind one of the country’s best young players  Read more

   Americans love football.     It’s no surprise that athletes from the high school level on up are drawn to the game. In 2012, a whopping 4.2 million played football, including more than 1 million high school students.    But popularity comes with a price, and in the case of... Read more

   A key part of the sports medicine chain of care is the coaches who are working with the athletes every day.     Coaches are working with the athletes for hours every day and are vitally important to help identify athletes who are limited in their athletic participation. Coaches are... Read more

BY: DR. NIRAV K. PANDYA        With high school sports season rounding into full swing, there will naturally be an increase in the number of ACL injuries in our clinic.    One of the questions patients frequently ask is which type of ACL graft should be used for... Read more

Elizabeth Schultz needed just four years of golf instruction before qualifying for the U.S. Open Read more

Shoulder subluxations are a common wrestling injury. Last year I wrote an article about reducing the risk of wrestling injuries. With the wrestling season upon us, here’s a follow up. Shoulder subluxations, along with other shoulder injuries, are among the most frequently seen high school wrestling injuries.  They represent a... Read more

Sudden Cardiac Failure in the young athlete is not common, but when this occurs the consequences are devastating.  The rate of occurrence is about 1/200,000 per year in the U.S. athletic population. The underlying factors are difficult to screen for, and the most common first symptom is sudden death. The... Read more

With the baseball postseason coming to end, it’s perhaps no better time to talk about elbow injuries in our young athletes who play baseball, particularly pitchers.  There has been increasing talk about elbow injuries, particularly after the Washington Nationals decided to shut down Stephen Strasburg for the season after he... Read more

In Part I, Dr. Pandya discussed the intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors associated with ACL tears and other ACL injuries. In Part II, we will discuss ways to reduce some of the intrinsic risk factors with this devastating injury. Everything BUTT the quads. Next time you watch a professional athlete,... Read more

As the high school sports season gets back into full-swing, I see an influx of young athletes who suffer injuries to their knees. Unfortunately, many of these athletes will have suffered anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears and require surgery. Many athletes wonder, “Why did this happen to me?”   Although... Read more

Here we are at the start of the fall sport season and with it comes the start of football. The hottest topic in football these days is concussions. Whether it is in the NFL or at the high school level or down to Pop Warner, concussions are being discussed. In... Read more

How important is the administration when it comes to the success of a high school athletic program? C.K., Walnut Creek   Yes, that C.K. would be me, and when I saw Campolindo splashed on the cover of the last issue of SportStars, it made me want to make sure that... Read more