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Posted on Sep 18, 2023 By Katie Remy
In my book, The Win Within, I discuss the notion that the victorious spirit in each of us is unlocked when we can engage in various life challenges and offerings that bring us a stronger sense of ...
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Posted on Jul 12, 2023 By Katie Remy
3 Knee Health Preservation Tips to Help Enjoy You the Journey and Destination Summertime is unofficially considered “road trip season” in the United States. And as an avid traveler myself, ...
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Posted on Jun 1, 2023 By Katie Remy
While most of the tips I’ve provided over the years on ways to boost orthopedic health have been interchangeable for men and women, some interesting bone anatomy differences exist between men ...
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Posted on May 5, 2023 By Katie Remy
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disorder in America, and knee arthritis is a common condition affecting millions worldwide. Estimates indicate that knee OA affects nearly 20 percent of ...
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Posted on Jul 23, 2019 By Dr. Bert Mandelbaum
Take precautions when enjoying outdoor activities during these longer, warmer days of the year. The weather has warmed, and school is out – providing ample opportunities for Americans young and ...
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Posted on Jun 27, 2019 By Dr. Bert Mandelbaum
Anatomical and hormonal differences may be to blame, but there are ways to help reduce the risk. More recent research has indicated what we orthopedic surgeons have often seen in our practice: women ...
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Posted on Jun 17, 2019 By Dr. Bert Mandelbaum
KNEE PAIN IS ONE OF those common complaints, like back pain, that affects just about everyone at some point in their lives. While it's true that some form of pain in the knee will befall most of ...
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Posted on Apr 1, 2019 By Dr. Bert Mandelbaum
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING when we can bring together the world's most foremost sports medicine specialists and researchers to talk about and review the research on a particular topic. Such was ...
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Posted on Oct 1, 2018 By Bert Mandelbaum, M.D.
FOR MOST PARENTS, THE ultimate goal is to raise healthy, smart, successful and happy children. Anyone who has kids can attest to the fact that it's a wild ride, with some twists and turns that ...
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Posted on Sep 14, 2018 By Bert R. Mandelbaum, MD, DHL (Hon)
IT'S A WELL-KNOWN FACT that exercise is one of the healthiest and most beneficial things we can do for our bodies over the course of our entire lifetime. When most people think of the benefits of ...
Continue reading "U.S. News & World Report: Why Maintaining Bone Health Starts in Youth" »
Posted on Aug 17, 2018 By Bert Mandelbaum, M.D.
WITH THE NFL TRAINING camp season underway, sports fans are bound to hear about their favorite teams and players succumbing to knee injuries at practice. From torn ACLs and MCLs to meniscus tears, the ...
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Posted on Aug 6, 2018 By Bert R. Mandelbaum, MD, DHL (Hon)
When I was the sports medicine doctor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), I had a resident who came to us from Johns Hopkins Medical School. He was a bright and dynamic young man who ...
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Posted on Aug 6, 2018 By Bert R. Mandelbaum, MD, DHL (Hon)
When Striving for Greatness Ends in Injury I often see parents pushing their kids, and kids pushing themselves, to be the next sports star. They understand that it takes a lot of hard work to be ...
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Posted on Jun 7, 2018 By Joshua Verna
AS AN ORTHOPEDIC surgeon specializing in sports medicine, the timing of when a player can "return to sport" is one of the most frequently asked questions of me – from the patients ...
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Posted on Mar 12, 2018 By Bert Mandelbaum, M.D.
At one point in history, anterior cruciate ligament injuries were career-ending for professional football players. Even today, they can sideline a player for an entire season. On the surface, this ...
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Posted on Mar 5, 2018 By Bert Mandelbaum, M.D.
The Larry Nassar sexual assault case was a life-altering journey of heartbreak for his victims and a scandalous and hugely disappointing blow to the field of sports medicine. And it has illuminated ...
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Posted on Jan 12, 2018 By Bert Mandelbaum, M.D.
The New Year has always been a perfect transition to making those changes you've been talking about (and possibly putting off) all year long. There's just something about the changing of the ...
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Posted on Jul 3, 2017 By Dr. Mandelbaum
As summer ramps up and temperatures do the same, athletes of all ages, sports types and levels are at a heightened risk for experiencing some degree of heat illness. In fact, heat-related illnesses ...
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Posted on Jun 12, 2017 By Bridget Gehrke
Unlike any generation before us, our world is in an age of information at our fingertips. Yet our country inches toward an unprecedented epidemic of chronic disease, and it begs some serious ...
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Posted on Apr 13, 2017 By Dr. Mandelbaum
The clocks are set forward, the temperature is starting to inch toward beach-worthy weather and the flowers are blooming. Spring is officially sprung, and with it comes a new and exciting season of ...
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Posted on Mar 14, 2017 By Bridget Gehrke
Bert Mandelbaum, MD recently authored a blog for U.S. News & World Report about how the PEP Program helps prevent and reduce ACL injury for athletes. As an avid researcher and orthopedic surgeon ...
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