Blog Posts in 2016
Posted on Dec 9, 2016 By Bert Mandelbaum, M.D.
Around this time of year, many of us take a moment or two to reflect on what the preceding 12 months had in store. Was it a winning year for you? Was it the most trying year of your life? No matter ...
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Posted on Nov 17, 2016 By Bert Mandelbaum, M.D.
The number of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears athletes at all levels and in all types of sports are experiencing continues to represent a dynamic challenge for sports medicine. Not only are ACL ...
Continue reading "Habilitation Over Re-Habilitation: A PEP Talk" »
Posted on Oct 24, 2016 By Bert R. Mandelbaum, MD, DHL
Have you ever gone through a phase where you’re struck with an overwhelming sense of lack of motivation and you’re just not feeling like you can tackle the world, much less day-to-day ...
Continue reading "The Greatness in Gratitude" »
Posted on Sep 7, 2016 By Bert R. Mandelbaum, MD, DHL
During my time as FIFA Medical Officer in at the Rio 2016 Olympics, I bore witness to some incredible feats of athleticism. From competitors demolishing long-held world records to countless athletes ...
Continue reading "Losing like a Winner" »
Posted on Aug 24, 2016 By Bert R. Mandelbaum, MD, DHL
www.medscape.com Sideline Consult Were Zika Fears Overrated? I came to Rio de Janeiro this year with the memories of many great Olympic Games I've attended. But I had a lot of other considerations ...
Continue reading "Health Risks at the Rio Olympics, by a Doctor Who Was There" »
Posted on Aug 15, 2016 By Dr. Bert Mandelbaum
With football season returning and training camps well underway, we’re seeing a number of players such as San Diego Chargers’ wide receiver Stevie Johnson, who recently underwent ...
Continue reading "Meniscus Tears & Treatment Options" »
Posted on Jul 15, 2016 By Dr. Bert Mandelbaum
When it comes to what the medical community knows about allergies today, we’ve made incredible progress in the last few decades – and society has jumped on board to help. From the news ...
Continue reading "An Antidote to THIS Life-Limiting Allergy" »
Posted on Jun 7, 2016 By Dr. Bert Mandelbaum
Have you ever set a goal for yourself? Or had a dream you wanted to realize? If you are like most of us, you might have started out full speed ahead, but then slowly lost some of that drive and had ...
Continue reading "Relentlessly Pursuing Your Dreams" »
Posted on May 16, 2016 By Bert Mandelbaum M.D.
With graduation season and Father’s Day imminent, I’m taking time this month to reflect specifically on the Millennial/Contemporary Male. It’s a subject I’ve written on ...
Continue reading "Millennials: Blazing the Trail of Change" »
Posted on Apr 19, 2016 By Bert Mandelbaum M.D.
Watching the 120 th Boston Marathon (the world’s oldest marathon) recently, my heart was filled with a mix of emotions – Nostalgia because I was there in 2001, at the time serving in the ...
Continue reading "Fitness Motivation after Traumatic Experience" »
Posted on Mar 7, 2016 By Bert Mandelbaum M.D.
Another day, another professional athlete making headlines for all of the wrong reasons. And why, because they wanted to take a shortcut to achieve victory. Former World number one women’s ...
Continue reading "When Character Breaks Down" »
Posted on Feb 29, 2016 By Bert Mandelbaum M.D.
In The Win Within: Capturing Your Victorious Spirit, I devote the entire first chapter of the book to setting the groundwork for how and why we humans are hardwired for victory. A legacy of ...
Continue reading "The Four Finite Factors of Athleticism" »
Posted on Jan 18, 2016 By Bert Mandelbaum M.D.
I read a quote recently from the great poet and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson, who once said: “Self-trust is the essence of heroism.” To some, that statement may seem like common sense ...
Continue reading "The Power of Positive Self-Talk" »