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Retired NFL wide receiver Ricardo Lockette met with Washington state lawmakers on Wednesday, March 22 to testify on behalf of the Seattle Science Foundation's neck injury research, as reported by King5.

Researchers at Philadelphia-based The Rothman Institute presented a study at the AAOS Annual Meeting showing a correlation exists between a single-sport specialization and sports-related injuries in high school, collegiate and professional athletes.

The global sports medicine market will likely reach $12.5 billion by 2025, according to a Grand View Research report.

A study presented at the 2016 Society of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Annual Forum compared concave and convex approaches in lateral lumbar interbody fusion for scoliosis correction.

Neurosurgeon-to-be Myron Rolle is a former football safety and Rhodes Scholar who was motivated to become a top brain surgeon by his experience in sports and Ben Carson, MD, according to The Washington Post.

Gulf Breeze, Fla.-based Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine relies on evidence-based medicine and research to improve its use of regenerative medicine.

Carolina Panthers head team physician Pat Connor, MD, of Charlotte-based OrthoCarolina will treat quarterback Cam Newton and wide receiver Damiere Byrd while Bruce Darden, MD, of OrthoCarolina treated defensive lineman Charles Johnson yesterday.

Flushing-based NewYork-Presbyterian Queens became St. John's University's official care provider in January.

A recent study presented at the 2017 AAOS Annual Meeting shows post-traumatic brain injury laws have led to increased concussion diagnoses across all sports.

Surgeons performed the first procedures using Carlsbad, Calif.-based Spinal Elements' Lucent XP expandable interbody implant.