Finding What Hurts: Tips from Pediatrician Dr. Amy – 194

Dr. Amy Christen-Huhn is my family pediatrician.  Communicating with patients who lack vocabulary to articulate what hurts and when is a mandatory skill for her job.  We plan to learn tips and tricks to ask better questions and get better answers from our patients.

A few of her tips are:

Gain trust
Start on the unaffected side
Use distraction
Make questions relate to them
Use one finger
Watch them move

Email Dr. Amy

Show Notes 194

email me: info@sportsmedicinebroadcast.com

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Alaskans Make Great Athletic Trainers Too – 193

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Alaskan Snow

Chris Dean, President of Alaska Athletic Trainer Association, shares experiences of working in Alaska as an Athletic Trainer.

We discuss:
Best and worst parts of working in Alaska;
Unique sports or treatment remedies;
Ways they are improving and promoting Athletic Training in Alaska;
Insider tips on dealing with cold weather;
Polar Bears at Football Practice
Moose Crossings
-60 degree weather

Show Notes 193

Contact Chris: cdean@sportsmedicinefairbanks.com

 

Image reference: http://www.skolaiimages.com/journal/tag/sports/

 

How to treat and manage injuries in Soccer – 192

Soccer season often produces as many injured athletes as football season.  To gear up we are speaking with some of the best Athletic Trainers in soccer.

Dawn Stuckey – Rice Owls
Theron Enns – Houston Dynamo
Bobby Wisenberger – Charleston Battery

Topics:
What are preventable injuries in soccer and how can we prevent them?
Best practices for rehabbing Soccer injuries
Top tips for preventing and treating cramps
Sports specific rehab

Show Notes 192

 

Catastrophic Death and injury re-visited: an Action Plan – 190

In episode 135 – Tragedy, Death, Grief, Healing we were fresh off the loss of an athlete in which we performed life-saving skills.  We desire for each school to have an action plan in place to help the Athletic Trainers and coaches deal with the loss for the next 6 months, not just the next week.

Here is our action plan for you to submit to your district and have on file or in place before a catastrophic injury occurs.

Action Plan

Show Notes 190

Contact Bubba:
Twitter @ATCLATBubba
Email

Dr. Josh Yellen

Sports Medicine Products: Revolutionary, useful and just plain cool – 189

Greg Evans is the driving force in partner School Health with the Sports Medicine Broadcast.  He is an Athletic Trainer leading a company to provide better products to Athletic Trainers.  We wanted to give some thoughts opinions and insight into some of the products that are new and available to improve our practice as athletic trainers.

Show Notes – 189

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Twitter: School Health
Phone: 1.866.323.5465
Facebook: School Health

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Eye Injuries and Sports with Dr. Pham – 188

Ophthalmologist Dr, Pham took care of me and helped prevent me having a detached retina.  She used to work down the street from a soccer field and has seen her share of sports injuries.  check out her presentation as she shares some stories and best practices to treat and deal with Athletic eye injuries.

Dr. Pham's Presentation

Dr. Phams' somewhat graphic videos

Show Notes 188

Contact Dr. Pham
Email
Office Phone: 281-495-2222

Episode 188 on YouTube

Lessons Learned from 4 Engaging Summer Conferences – 186

Summer was packed with learning for me with 3 Sports Medicine conferences, and 1 podcast conference.  I have learned a lot of things but that for the most part we are on the right track.  We continue to improve by learning each week from the podcast, and I am working on continually improving the podcast for you.

Thanks for being part of the show Israel and Mickey.

Show Notes – 186

Some people I would like to thank for contributions to the Sports Medicine Broadcast:

 

  • Bill Hale
  • Ryan Collins
  • Jeff Arceneaux
  • Joe Sabatini