EVERY DAY HEALTH: KENT MERCER     Jayne Appel, center for the San Antonio Silver Stars and graduate of Carondelet-Concord and Stanford, is the best passing post in the WNBA, and she dishes out great advice to high school athletes who would follow in her All-Star footsteps. For instance, staying... Read more

GET MENTAL: ERIKA CARLSON     If you are one of the hundreds of athletes who’s been in my office looking to improve your performance, than you’ve heard me say this, “The skill that transforms good athletes to great athletes is imagery.” Scientific studies provide us with evidence that athletes... Read more

HEALTH WATCH: MIKEL JACKSON     A couple weeks ago, a coach friend of mine told me about a sport injury he had that wasn’t going away. He had been scrimmaging with his basketball team when he had felt a sharp pain behind his calf and had to sit down.... Read more

POWERED BY TRUCKS: ANTHONY TRUCKS      Most people don’t understand the purpose of core training.    Most think the purpose is to attract the opposite gender, when in reality it’s to keep the body capable of transferring force throughout the entire kinetic chain (from feet to head and/... Read more

TRISTEPS: LIZ ELLIOTT    It’s a great time to get out and ride – Here’s how to be safe     The weather will stay nice enough through October to get out and ride, and you should get out there!! As the summer rounds off and fall begins, kids and... Read more

   A torn ACL is one of the most serious injuries a football player can suffer. Besides having to possibly sit out the season, play- ers may face loss of scholarship funding and long-term problems from the painful joint condition osteoarthritis.    Most ACL injuries do not occur from... 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... Read more

BY: DR. NIRAV K. PANDYA  Treatment of ACL injuries in young athletes often needs to allow for the child’s potential for more growth     With the rapid increase in single-sport specialization among children, orthopedic providers have seen a tremendous rise in the number of adult-type injuries in our young... Read more

BY: HUNTER GREENE, M.D.     The rotator cuff is composed of four relatively small muscles in the shoulder that keep the ball of the shoulder joint in place. The job may sound simple, but the tremendous force of throwing and overhead sports puts great strain on those muscles. If... Read more

BY: LIZ ELLIOTT     The first and most simple reason for benchmark sets is to give you a starting point of where you are with fitness, strength and speed in each, and give you a measure on which you will see improvement. A good training program, coach, team or... Read more

BY: ANTHONY TRUCKS     In this modern day and age our society has attained an annoying trait; everyone wants immediate gratification. As I find myself starting a new 16-week lifting program, one thing stands out to me above all, I can’t WAIT to start seeing results.    Now we... Read more