Dr. Orr Limpisvati answers questions on NHL injuries

Orthopedic Sports Medicine

Orr Limpisvati, MD, an orthopedic Surgeon at the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles and the team physician for the Anaheim Ducks, recently spoke with Fansided about his experience in dealing with injuries in one of the most popular sports in the world.

While the team physician's job doesn't change much between sports, the physician admitted that hockey players are often far more interested in getting back into the game than dealing with their injury properly.

 

When asked if he's treated athletes who were more "concerned about getting back on the ice as quickly as possible, rather than long-term effects of not rehabbing properly," Dr. Limpisvati said, "all hockey players care more about quick return to the ice. It usually takes serious concerns with significant discussion before a player backs off of the push to return to play with the injury."

 

When players' recurrent injuries become emblematic of a greater issue, he said, both are treated with "extensive disclosure to the player about their risks."

 

"All injuries add up. Just playing NHL hockey without a ‘noted’ injury is tough on their bodies. The only saving grace is that they are on skates so that their knees are relatively spared compared to running sports."

 

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