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The Sports Docs Podcast — 190 episodes

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190: From Tear to Return to Play: Optimizing Rotator Cuff Outcomes with Dr. JT Tokish & Dr. Albert Lin- - Live at AOSSM 2026

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189: LEAP Forward: The Evolution of ACL Management with Dr. Bonnie Gregory & Dr. Henry Ellis - Live at AOSSM 2026

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188: Buttoned Up: Modern Advances in ACL Reconstruction with Seth Sherman, MD - Live at AOSSM 2026

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187: Leading the Next Era of Sports Medicine with Corey Parker, MPA, CEO of AOSSM - LIVE at AOSSM 2026

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186: From Defect to Comeback: Modern Cartilage Treatment Strategies: Dr. Aaron Krych LIVE at AOSSM 2026

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185: Dr. John Kelly and Dr. Matt Fury: Bankart Like Beckham: Mastering Instability Surgery REBOOT (LIVE at AOSSM)

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184: Dr. Brian Cole on Osteochondral Allograft Reconstruction (REBOOT): Impact of Research on Clinical Practice (LIVE at AOSSM 2024)

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183. LIVE (REBOOT) from AOSSM: Challenging Cartilage Injuries (Dr. Sabrina Strickland & Dr. Seth Sherman)

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182: Overtime – Can Exercise Improve PRP? Exploring Exercise-Mobilized Platelet-Rich Plasma

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181: Overtime – Secondary Injury after ACL Reconstruction in Professional Soccer Players

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180: Dr. Arianna Gianakos – Plantar Fasciitis in Athletes (Part II)

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179: Dr. Arianna Gianakos – Plantar Fasciitis in Athletes (Part I)

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178. Candace Townley Cox, DPT: ACL Recovery Tips and Tricks - Part I (REBOOT)

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177: TightRope Tales: The Future of Syndesmosis Repair

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176: From Sidelines to Headlines: Reporting Sports Injuries (Stephania Bell)

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175: Orthobiologics in Practice: Bone Marrow Concentrate, the ANGEL System, and the Vortex Needle

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174: The Comeback Step: Game-Changing Foot & Ankle Surgery

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173: Anchors Away! Stabilizing the Athlete’s Shoulder

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172: ACL 2.0: Playbook for Reducing Retear Risk

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171: Next-Gen Knees: Modern Cartilage Restoration

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170: A League of Their Own: Advancements in UCL Surgery

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169: Seeing is Believing: The Evolution of Arthroscopic Imaging

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168: ATSD – Should I have Surgery for my Type III AC Separation?

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167: Overtime – How Many Patella Dislocations is Too Many?

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166: ATSD – Do Guardian Caps Actually Decrease Concussions?

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165: Overtime – Long-term Outcomes of Arthroscopic Bankart Repair

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164: Game Plan: Pickleball (Reboot)

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163: Ask The Sports Docs: What is the Optimal Timing of ACL Surgery

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162: Overtime: Peptides, PR, and Patient Demand: Separating Science from Social Media

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161: Overtime – Platelet Concentration Explains PRP Outcomes in Lateral Epicondylitis

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160: Dr. Kevin Farmer on Athletic Shoulder Injuries: From the Sideline to the OR (LIVE at AOSSM 2024)- REBOOT

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159: Dr. Winston Gwathmey – Mindset in Surgery (Part II)

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158: Dr. Winston Gwathmey – Mindset in Surgery (Part I)

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157: The Best of 2025 (The Sports Docs Podcast)

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156: Overtime – Hip Return to Sport Index (RSI)

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155: Injury Report: Meniscus Tears in the NFL

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154: Overtime – ACL Tunnel Widening

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153: Dr. Sara Edwards – The Thrower’s Shoulder (Part 2)

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152: Dr. Sara Edwards – The Thrower’s Shoulder (Part 1)

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151: Why Did I Tear My ACL?

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150: Overtime: Cyclops Syndrome after ACL Reconstruction

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149: Game Plan – Hamstring Injury Severity and Time Missed in the NFL (Reboot)

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148: The Injury Report: Turf Toe / Cincinnati Bengals QB Joe Burrow

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147: ATSD: Supplements, Palm Cooling and Bracing.. oh my!

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146: Injury Report: NFL WR Tyreek Hill Knee Dislocation

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145: How to Win Your NFL Fantasy League (2025 Reboot)

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144: Dr. Travis Matheney – Management of Borderline Hip Dysplasia (Part 2)

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143: Dr. Travis Matheney – Management of Borderline Hip Dysplasia (Part 1)

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142: Dr. Jacob Calcei – Wearable Technology for Athlete Performance & Injury Prevention (Part 2)

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141: Dr. Jacob Calcei – Wearable Technology for Athlete Performance & Injury Prevention (Part 1)

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140: Dr. Gabriella Ode and Dr. Brian Waterman: Shoulder Wars: Return of the Cuff Tear (LIVE at AOSSM)

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139: Dr. Michael Banffy and Dr. Christopher Camp: Pitch, please: Managing UCL Injuries in Throwing Athletes (LIVE at AOSSM)

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138: Dr. Jorge Chahla and Dr. Robert Parisien: Hips Don’t Lie: How to Tackle Dysplasia (LIVE at AOSSM)

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137: Dr. James Voos & Dr. Alan Getgood: The ACL Glow-up: LET vs. ALL (LIVE at AOSSM)

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136: Dr. John Kelly and Dr. Matt Fury: Bankart Like Beckham: Mastering Instability Surgery (LIVE at AOSSM)

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135: Dr. Mininder Kocher & Dr. Lauren Redler: Guardians of the Growth Plate: Physeal-sparing Knee Surgery (LIVE at AOSSM 2025)

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134: Dr. Dean Taylor & Dr. Kathy Coyner: Fractured Focus: Burnout in Orthopedic Surgery (LIVE at AOSSM 2025)

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133: ACLR Outcomes: Factors Associated with RTP and Re-Injury

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132: Overtime – PCLR graft choice

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131: ATSD: “Should I Have PRP for My Partial Rotator Cuff Tear?"

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130: Ask The Sports Docs: “Should I have surgery for my SLAP tear?”

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129: (Reboot): Mastering the MPFL with Dr. Miho Tanaka and Dr. Beth Shubin Stein (LIVE at AOSSM 2024)

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128: (Reboot): Dr. Matt Provencher and Dr. Armando Vidal on Strategies for Multi-ligamentous Knee Surgery (LIVE at AOSSM 2024)

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127: AAOS Annual Meeting Updates: Return to Sport Following Arthroscopic Bankart Repair

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126: AAOS Annual Meeting Updates: Sleep & Orthopaedic Surgeons

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125: AAOS Annual Meeting Updates: Concussions, the NBA & Injury Risk

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124: AAOS Annual Meeting Updates: Patellofemoral Osteochondral Allograft Transplantation

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123: AAOS Annual Meeting Updates: Return to Performance Following UCL Surgery in MLB Pitchers

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122: Reboot: Andrea Spiker - Hip Preservation (Part II)

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121: Reboot: Andrea Spiker - Hip Preservation (Part I)

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120: Ask the Sports Docs: The Evidence for Common Nonsurgical Modalities in Sports Medicine

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119: Overtime – Team Physician Malpractice Liability

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118: Reboot: Dr. Brian Cole on Osteochondral Allograft Reconstruction: Impact of Research on Clinical Practice (LIVE at AOSSM 2024)

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117: Game Plan: Pickleball

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116: Overtime – ACL Graft Choice and Psychological Readiness to RTS

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115: Overtime – Tranexamic Acid for Rotator Cuff Repair

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114: Overtime – Rehab after MPFL + TTO

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113: Ask The Sports Docs: The Scoop on Supplements

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112: Year in Review: 2024 - Part II

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111: Year in Review: 2024 - Part I

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110: Dr. Patrick Denard – Treatment of Challenging Rotator Cuff Pathology (Part 2)

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109: Dr. Patrick Denard – Treatment of Challenging Rotator Cuff Pathology (Part 1)

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108: Advances in Medial Meniscus Root Repair with Dr. Aaron Krych (Part 2)

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107: Advances in Medial Meniscus Root Repair with Dr. Aaron Krych (Part 1)

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106: Overtime: SLAP Tear Management - Repair or Tenodesis? (REBOOT)

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105: Overtime – Hamstring Injury Severity and Time Missed in the NFL

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104: Ask The Sports Docs: Is Cryo-Pneumatic Therapy Post-Operatively Worth It?

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How to Win Your NFL Fantasy League (2024 Reboot)

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102: Why Did I Tear My ACL? (Reboot)

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101: Dr. Mark Price: Shoulder Instability in Athletes - Part II

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100: Dr. Mark Price: Shoulder Instability in Athletes - Part I

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99: Dr. Rachel Frank – Concussions and Emergency Action Planning in Soccer (Part 2)

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98: Dr. Rachel Frank – Concussions and Emergency Action Planning in Soccer (Part 1)

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97: Dr. Brian Cole – Rotator Cuff Repair Augmentation

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96: Mastering the MPFL with Dr. Miho Tanaka and Dr. Beth Shubin Stein (LIVE at AOSSM 2024)

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95: Dr. Kevin Farmer on Athletic Shoulder Injuries: From the Sideline to the OR (LIVE at AOSSM 2024)

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93: Dr. Matt Provencher and Dr. Armando Vidal on Strategies for Multi-ligamentous Knee Surgery (LIVE at AOSSM 2024)

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94: Dr. Peter Millett on Rotator Cuff Mastery (LIVE at AOSSM 2024)

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92: Dr. Brian Cole on Osteochondral Allograft Reconstruction: Impact of Research on Clinical Practice (LIVE at AOSSM 2024)

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91: Dr. Tom DeBerardino 0n Advances in Patellofemoral Cartilage Restoration (LIVE at AOSSM 2024)

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90: Dr. Clayton Nuelle & Dr. Mary Mulcahey on Insights on Revision ACL Reconstruction (LIVE at AOSSM 2024)

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89: Dr. Brett Owens & Dr. Kurt Spindler on the BEAR ACL: Clinical Trial Updates (Live from AOSSM 2024)

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88: Reboot: How to Rehab from ACL Surgery with Dr. Candace Cox (Part 2)

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87: Reboot: How to Rehab from ACL Surgery with Dr. Candace Cox (Part 1)

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86: Reboot: How to Choose Your ACL Graft with The Sports Docs

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85: Ask The Sports Docs: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Bracing

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84: Live from the AANA Annual Meeting 2024

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83: Dr. Bonnie Chien: Achilles Injuries (Part 2)

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82: Dr. Bonnie Chien: Achilles Injuries (Part 1)

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81: Overtime: ACL Graft Update

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80. Overtime: The Remplissage Procedure

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79. AAOS 2024 Recap: Risk Factors for Elbow UCL Tear on Ultrasound (Dr. Meghan Bishop)

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78. AAOS 2024 Recap: Latarjet after Failed Bankart vs. Primary Latarjet (Dr. Meghan Bishop)

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77. AAOS 2024 Recap: Revision OCA After Failed ACI (Dr. Meghan Bishop)

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76. AAOS 2024 Recap: Statistical Fragility of PRP for Lateral Epicondylitis (Dr. Meghan Bishop)

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75. AAOS 2024 Recap: Bioinductive Patch Augmentation for Rotator Cuff Repair (Dr. Meghan Bishop)

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74. AAOS 2024 Recap: Influence of Donor-Recipient Sex-Match on OCA Outcomes (Dr. Meghan Bishop)

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73. AAOS 2024 Recap: NFL Injury Risk on Turf vs. Natural Grass (Dr. Meghan Bishop)

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72. Ask The Sports Docs: Meniscus Tear Treatment Options and SLAP Tear Management

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71. Overtime: Medial Meniscus Root Tears

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70. Yoni Rosenblatt, PT, DPT, OCS: Rehab Tips & Tricks after Shoulder Stabilization Surgery - Part II

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69. Yoni Rosenblatt, PT, DPT, OCS: Rehab Tips & Tricks after Shoulder Stabilization Surgery - Part I

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68. Dr. Andrea Spiker: Hip Preservation - Part II

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67. Dr. Andrea Spiker: Hip Preservation - Part I

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66. Year in Review: 2023 - Part II

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65. Year in Review: 2023 - Part I

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64. Ask The Sports Docs: Stem Cells, OKC Exercises and ACL Repair

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63. The Injury Report: Sports Hernia in the NFL

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62. Dr. Brett Owens: MCL Injuries - Part II

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61. Dr. Brett Owens: MCL Injuries - Part I

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60. Dr. William Bugbee: Osteochondral Allograft Transplantation - Part II

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59. Dr. William Bugbee: Osteochondral Allograft Transplantation - Part I

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58. Ask The Sports Docs: Anterior Knee Pain and BFR following Knee Surgery

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57. The Injury Report: AC Joint Separations in the NFL

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56. The Injury Report: High Ankle Sprains in the NFL

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55. Dr. Matt Provencher: Musculoskeletal Injuries in Military Population - Part II

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54. Dr. Matt Provencher: Musculoskeletal Injuries in Military Population - Part I

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53. Overtime: Does Grit Impact ACL Outcomes?

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52. Game Plan: Hamstring Injuries in the NFL

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51. Overtime: Cutting-Edge Innovations in Orthopedics (New Technology Presented at AOSSM 2023)

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50. Game Plan: How to Win Your NFL Fantasy League

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49. Dr. Brian Lau: Anterior Shoulder Instability - Part II

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48. Dr. Brian Lau: Anterior Shoulder Instability - Part I

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47. LIVE from AOSSM: The Next Gen of Sports Medicine (Dr. Dean Taylor & Dr. Carolyn Hettrich)

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46. LIVE from AOSSM: Off the Cuff - Subacromial Balloon & Biceps SMASH (Dr. Nikhil Verma & Dr. John Tokish)

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45. Game Plan: Why Did I Tear My ACL?

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44. LIVE from AOSSM: Challenging Cartilage Injuries (Dr. Sabrina Strickland & Dr. Seth Sherman)

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43: LIVE from AOSSM: The Future of Orthobiologics is Now! (Dr. Scott Rodeo)

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42. LIVE from AOSSM: When #SaveTheMeniscus Isn't An Option (Dr. Aaron Krych & Dr. Christian Latterman)

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41. LIVE from AOSSM: Game Changing Sideline Orthopaedics in the NFL (Dr. James Voos & Dr. Robin West)

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40. LIVE from AOSSM: Not Your Average BEAR (Dr. Shawn Anthony)

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39. Game Plan: Choosing Your ACL Graft

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38. Overtime: SLAP Tear Management - Repair or Tenodesis?

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37. Dr. Cassandra Lee: Patellofemoral Cartilage Injuries - Part II

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36. Dr. Cassandra Lee: Patellofemoral Cartilage Injuries - Part I

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35. Candace Townley Cox, DPT: ACL Recovery Tips and Tricks - Part II

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34. Candace Townley Cox, DPT: ACL Recovery Tips and Tricks - Part I

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33. LIVE from AAOS with Dr. Brian Waterman: Should Offensive Linemen Use Prophylactic Knee Braces?

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32. LIVE from AAOS with Dr. Brian Waterman: Is LET + ACLR the Future of Sports Medicine?

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31. LIVE from AAOS with Dr. Brian Waterman: Hip Arthroscopy for FAI in Older Adults

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30. LIVE from AAOS with Dr. Brian Waterman: The Cost of Meniscus Surgery

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29. LIVE from AAOS with Dr. Brian Waterman: Quadriceps Strength after ACL Reconstruction with Quad Autograft

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28. Sports Docs + RJOS Special 40th Anniversary Episode

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27. Overtime: Return to Play Following Bankart Repair

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26. Overtime: Distal Biceps Ruptures

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25. Dr. Clayton Nuelle: Cartilage Injuries of the Knee - Part II

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24. Dr. Clayton Nuelle: Cartilage Injuries of the Knee - Part I

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23. Overtime: Matrix-Induced Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (MACI)

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22. Dr. Melissa Christino: The Mental Side of the Injured Athlete - Part II

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21. Dr. Melissa Christino: The Mental Side of the Injured Athlete - Part I

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20. Overtime: Achilles Tendon Injury

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19. Year in Review (2021): All the Highlights!

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18. Dr. Anand Murthi: Management of Rotator Cuff Tears - Part II

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17. Dr. Anand Murthi: Management of Rotator Cuff Tears - Part I

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16. Overtime: Psychological Readiness to Return to Sport

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15. Dr. Jo Hannafin: Building Teams in Medicine - Part II

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14. Dr. Jo Hannafin: Building Teams in Medicine - Part I

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13. Introducing OVERTIME: Lateral Extra-articular Tenodesis (LET)

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12. Dr. Eddie Chang: Blood Flow Restriction Therapy - Part II

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11. Dr. Eddie Chang: Blood Flow Restriction Therapy - Part I

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10. Dr. Robin West: Return to Play After Orthopaedic Injury - Part II

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9. Dr. Robin West: Return to Play After Orthopaedic Injury - Part I

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8. Dr. Michael Ciccotti: Ulnar Collateral Ligament Injuries - Part II

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7. Dr. Michael Ciccotti: Ulnar Collateral Ligament Injuries - Part I

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6. Dr. Elizabeth Matzkin: Management of Meniscus Tears - Part II

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5. Dr. Elizabeth Matzkin: Management of Meniscus Tears - Part I

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4. Dr. Mark Price: Shoulder Instability in Athletes - Part II

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3. Dr. Mark Price: Shoulder Instability in Athletes - Part I

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2. Dr. Mary Mulcahey: Sports in COVID and All Things ACL - Part II

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1. Dr. Mary Mulcahey: Sports in COVID and All Things ACL - Part I