Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute

You may want to reconsider reaching for painkillers 💊 or ice packs 🧊 during your next minor muscle injury. Talking to Health.com, Clint Soppe, MD, sports medicine specialist at the Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute, explains how the body relies on inflammation during the early stages of a soft tissue injury to aid in the recovery process: "Historically, inflammation was thought of as being a bad thing. But we’ve learned that inflammation is a normal process for healing with acute injuries. We need this inflammatory mechanism and reaction to heal.” Check out the full article to learn more! 📰

The culprit behind nerve pain can be a mystery—but certain symptoms can help diagnose and treat it. 🩻 👨⚕️ Ilan Danan, MD, sports neurologist and pain management specialist at the Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute, talks with U.S. News & World Report about the contrast between nerve pain and musculoskeletal-type pain.

⚾️ Stephen Strasburg is a former #MLB pitcher who played his entire 13-year career for the Washington Nationals. Strasburg was selected by the #Nats as the overall number 1 pick in the 2009 MLB draft. 🩻 Tommy John Surgery Months into his debut rookie season, Strasburg suffered an elbow injury and tore the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching arm, requiring #TommyJohnSurgery. He was treated by Dr. Lewis Yocum of the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in 2010. 💪 Return to Play After a year of rehab, Strasburg would return to Major League Baseball (MLB) to appear in 5 games that ended the 2011 season, returning to full form during the following 2012 season. 🏆 After Tommy John Accolades Strasburg lived up to the high expectations of being a #1 overall pick. He recorded double digit wins in 7 of 8 years after surgery, earned All-Star selections in 2012, '16 and '17, led the league in wins in 2019, and help lead the #Nationals to 3 post-seasons—including the 2019 World Series Championship with MVP honors. #TJ50

Guardian caps are increasingly being looked at as a way to combat concussions in the National Football League (NFL). ⛑️ 🏈 Talking to Yahoo Life, Ilan Danan, MD, lends perspective to the benefits and broad adoption of equipment in reducing concussions.

Could 'dancing molecules’ help repair cartilage damage caused by osteoarthritis? 🩻 Talking to Medical News Today, Bert Mandelbaum, M.D. shares his perspective on new research treatments that may enhance regeneration of osteoarthritis-damaged cartilage. 💪

The Buffalo Bills' Matt Milano is out indefinitely after suffering a torn bicep. 🏈🏥 Orthopaedic surgeon Daniel Kharrazi MD weighed in with The Buffalo News about a possible recovery roadmap.

⚾️ Tim Hudson is a former #MLB pitcher who was part of the Moneyball years and "Big Three" of the Oakland Athletics in the early 2000's. He made his MLB debut in 1999 and is recognized as one of the most consistent performing pitchers of his era. He would pitch for 3 different teams over a 17-year career. 🩻 Tommy John Surgery Traded to the Atlanta Braves after the 2004 season after averaging over 200 innings per year since 2000, Hudson was hampered with an elbow injury in 2008 and later announced that he would undergo #TommyJohnSurgery—prematurely ending his 2008 season and most of 2009. He was treated by Dr. James Andrews, a contemporary to Dr. Yocum. 💪 Return to Play After a year of rehab, Hudson would make his Major League Baseball (MLB) return debut at the end of the 2009 campaign and resumed his place in the #Braves rotation through the 2013 season. 🏆 After Tommy John Accolades Hudson would extend his career another 6 seasons with his reconstructed elbow. He was selected to the All-Star game in 2010 and 2014, averaged 180 innings per season, reached the 200 wins career mark in 2013, and led his teams to 2 postseasons—claiming the World Series title in 2014 with the San Francisco Giants.

The Houston Astros have been without Kyle Tucker since June 3 when he took a foul ball to his right shin, suffering a deep bruise to the bone. Talking to The Athletic, Dr. Brian Schulz explains how a bone bruise could force the #Astros' star outfielder to remain on the DL. "Everybody is different. There’s players that will get hit and have bone bruises and play the next day. Sometimes it can take two to three months." https://lnkd.in/gCNwGrT3

Los Angeles Chargers QB Justin Herbert was put in a boot for two weeks due to plantar fascia in his right foot.🦶 The Los Angeles Times spoke to Dr. Kenneth Jung for perspective on the star athlete's injury. 🏈 #NFL

⚾️ This week's Tommy John Surgery 50th Anniversary spotlight looks at Jordan Zimmermann, a former #MLB pitcher who played for three different teams over a 13-year career, beginning with the Washington Nationals where he threw the first no-hitter in #Nationals history. 🩻 Tommy John Surgery Rated as one of the organization's best prospects, Zimmermann landed on the DL with elbow pain during his 2009 rookie campaign and later would undergo #TommyJohnSurgery under the of care of Dr. Lewis Yocum of the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic. 💪 Return to Play After a year of rehab, Zimmermann would make his return to Major League Baseball (MLB) at the end of the 2010 campaign, completing his first season in 2011. 🏆 After Tommy John Accolades Zimmermann went on to extend his career another 11 seasons with his reconstructed elbow. He would finish in the top 10 in #CyYoung voting in 2013 and 2014, along with All-Star selections and his no-hitter in 2014, and helped lead the Nationals to 2 postseason appearances. He finished his career logging 1,600 innings pitched and 279 game appearances. #TJ50