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The National Football League has announced a new sideline concussion assessment protocol for NFL team medical personnel, according to an NFL News report.

Michael J. Milne, MD, is a sports medicine physician at the Sports Medicine Institute/The Orthopedic Center of Saint Louis. He has served on the board of directors of the St. Louis Sports Commission since 2004 and has been an assistant…

Hamstring strains are a cause of disability among National Football League players and the majority of these injuries occur during the pre-season, according to a report in the American Journal of Sports Medicine.

Resurgens Orthopaedics, an orthopedic practice based in Atlanta, Ga., is relocating its Decatur, Ga., office location to accommodate growing patient volume, according to a practice news release.

Kirkham B. Wood, MD, is the chief of the orthopedic spine service at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He also serves as the program director for the hospital's spine surgery fellowship program and as an associate professor of orthopedic surgery…

Neal ElAttrache, MD, and Steve Shin, MD, orthopedic surgeons at Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles, recently performed surgery on Los Angeles Dodgers player Vicente Padilla, according to an ESPN Los Angeles report.

Jesse Sandlin, MD, recently joined Henry County Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine in Paris, Tenn., according to The Paris Post-Intelligencer.

The American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine recently announced a new $25,000 grant sponsored by Smith & Nephew to support innovative approaches to measuring the effects of surgical procedures in orthopedic sports medicine, according to an AOSSM news release.

George Paletta, MD, team physician for the St. Louis Cardinals, will perform an ulnar collateral ligament repair, or Tommy John surgery, on Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright, according to a St. Louis Today report.

Gary Waslewski, MD, orthopedic surgeon at The Orthopedic Surgery Center of Arizona in Phoenix, is a leader in sports medicine. As the son of major league baseball pitcher Gary Waslewski, Dr. Waslewski understands how important returning to play is after…