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In the comment sections of message boards around the Internet, Seattle Seahawks cornerback Jeremy Lane's broken arm, which he suffered in the Super Bowl, is currently being described as, ''gruesome,'' ''gross,'' ''ghastly,'' and ''looking like a pool noodle.''

Impact Cryotherapy named James Andrews, MD, chair of its new national advisory board.

While the Seattle didn't win Super Bowl XLIX on Sunday, the Seahawks' aggressive, smashmouth style of play kept team physician Jonathan Drezener, MD, very busy, reports Ivy League.com.

Houston Rockets all-pro Dwight Howard has more to worry about than a nagging a right ankle injury, reports House of Houston — apparently there's a build-up of fluid in his right knee as well.

Urbana, Ill.-based The Carle Foundation is planning a $23 million outpatient orthopedic and sports medicine center in the University of Illinois Research Park in Champaign, Ill., according to a report by The News-Gazette.

A study recently published by the American Journal of Sports Medicine shows that Tommy John surgery has come a long way, reports SFgate.com. However, the medical community is saying that UCL injury prevention is becoming more important than ever, especially…

While the number of concussions reportedly suffered by NFL players dropped 25 percent this season to 111, those who were added to the injured reserve list was more.

Along with pulling double-duty as a consultant for the NFL and NHL players' associations, Asheesh i, MD, is the Harold and Helen W. Gehring Early Career Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Michigan, where he also serves as…

What percentage of orthopedic surgeons have lost enthusiasm for their careers, have developed feelings of deep cynicism or have a low feeling of personal accomplishment — or, in HR parlance, are "burnt out?"

Tom Joseph, MD, a Dunwoody, Ga.-based orthopedic surgeon, recently opened a new type of practice, one that pledges a simpler way for patients to pay, by offering one fixed price to everyone.