Mike Reinold

It is that time of year again, time for the annual ASMI Injuries in Baseball Course.  This is always one of my favorites.  Good people, good speakers, good topics, good agenda, you really can’t go wrong if this is the topic of sports medicine that interests you.  There are plenty of talks geared towards surgeons, [...]

Planning is underway for next year’s MGH Sports Medicine 2010.  Dr. Gill, Dr. Palmer, and I are busy putting the final touches on the agenda and speakers but I am sure you’ll be pleased, it is going to be another good one.  Confirmed speakers next year include Sports Section of the APTA President Tim Tyler, [...]

Good to see that Little League Baseball is again modifying their pitching rules to protect our youth baseball pitchers.  I’ve commented on this in my newsletters in the past, but I was not thrilled watching the Little League World Series this year and watching the coaches manipulate and take advantage of loop holes within the [...]

Just wanted to take the opportunity to say thanks yet again.  Every now and then I look at my analytical statistics of this website and get blown away by the growing popularity and diversity of readers.  Please do help continue to promote this website.  As it grows, I am motivated to continue providing all these [...]

The amount of arthroscopic rotator cuff repairs being performed has skyrocketed in recent years.  The last 20 years or so have seen the transition from a full open approach, to a combined arthroscopic and mini-open technique, to the current all-arthroscopic technique.  The implications on rehabilitation are enormous, as patients are recovering faster with less pain [...]

A new study examining the outcomes of two different rehabilitation programs following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction was recently published in AJSM.  The authors, from Oslo University in Norway, compared the outcomes from two groups of 74 patients (mean age 28 years old) after 6 months of rehabilitation. Group one performed a neuromuscular exercise program [...]

Several weeks ago, I had the amazing opportunity to host Brian Mulligan at his first baseball game and have him present a private workshop for my staff.  What an experience!  In addition to providing some excellent treatment techniques, he (and his colleague Brian Folk) also managed to help some of us with low back pain, [...]

Come on everyone, you guys are better than that!  Let’s try this again, in the past 2 days there have been over 1000 visits to this webpage and only 30 votes!  That is only 3% of you voting.  Sooooo, why don’t we try this again… Every now and then I take a step back from [...]