August Means Back to School and Fall Sports Seasons for Young Athletes Summer is winding down and for many of the North State’s young people that means a return to school and participation in fall sports such as football, volleyball, cross country, swimming, soccer and more. As the sports medicine provider for both Shasta College […]
For those unfamiliar, Anderson Silva is a UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship, the largest mixed martial arts organization in the world) fighter who is recognized as one of the greatest middleweight champions of the sport (Silva was undefeated with 14 wins prior to his first fight with Chris Wiedman. Note the injury occurred in his 2nd fight with Wiedman).
In March, the American Academy of Neurology updated its guidelines for managing concussions. The new guidelines now emphasize treating each concussion and each patient on a case-by-case basis. This is a departure from the idea of operating under a pre-defined scale to assess the severity of the concussion. The traditional technique which uses a grading scale to determine the intensity and severity of the concussion has been replaced with guidelines that favor removing athletes from play until they can be properly evaluated by a healthcare professional.
Shasta Ortho is Redding California’s largest orthopedic center. If you break a bone, or have arthritis, you know where to go!
Being an athlete can be incredibly rewarding. It gives us a way to take better care of our body and redefine what it can do. It gives us an avenue to achieve and push ourselves to overcome challenges. It gives us insight and inner strength that stays with us long after we’ve left the arena […]
Cheryl Serr, MD, a Redding-based OB/GYN talks about how Shasta Orthopaedics was able to treat her tennis elbow with physical therapy and avoid surgery. By identifying a non-surgical approach, Shasta Orthopaedics staff was able to save Dr. Serr from avoiding months off of work and return to caring for her patients without pain.
