Watching MLB games with my sons recently, they noticed how many baseballs were seemingly thrown away haphazardly. “That ball was used once, why is the pitcher getting a new ball?” Well, that answer partly has to do with neurosurgery. Nowadays, about 100-120 baseballs are used in every MLB game. (Each ball costs about $6) The…
Injuries are a natural part of sports, and back pain is not uncommon. A very specific back problem, spondylolysis, has been linked to athletics. A sports injury may initially begin as a stress reaction, then progress to a fracture of the pars interarticularis, which is the part of the bone connecting to the facet joints.…
On September 2nd, “The Dark Knight” (Matt Harvey) debuted his 2020 season with the Kansas City Royals. His return to the majors is a pretty remarkable recovery. Pitchers are probably the most injury-plagued players in baseball, but Harvey may have particularly poor “protoplasm”. He underwent Tommy John surgery in 2015, which is a repair of…
On September 3rd, Oskar Lindblom returned to the Philadelphia Flyers lineup in Game 6 of the East conference semifinal. December 2019, Lindblom was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma, which is a rare cancer of the bone. Usually, this is diagnosed in adolescents and young adults, and it is the second most common primary bone tumor in…