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Jets QB Aaron Rodgers aims for potential playoff return after innovative surgery on torn Achilles
New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers is targeting an improbable playoff return from his torn Achilles after undergoing an innovative surgery on Wednesday in Los Angeles — a procedure designed to accelerate the normal rehabilitation process from such an injury. Sources say renowned orthopedic surgeon Dr. Neal ElAttrache and his team performed a procedure to…
Read MoreSporting an Injury? My journey into Sports Surgery
Professor Mackay was delighted to be a contributor to the 40th-anniversary edition of The Bulletin magazine from the Royal College of Surgeons England: From professional football to elite sport surgery, Professor Gordon Mackay details his journey throughout his career and what it takes to treat and operate on professional athletes. My journey into elite sport…
Read MorePGA Championship: Brooks Koepka banishes injury demons to strike first Major blow for LIV Golf
Masters collapse consigned to history as fifth Major secured in a huge boost for Saudi-backed breakaway league Read story online Evening Standard Brooks Koepka underwent InternalBrace Surgery in 2021
Read MoreBryce Harper adds another chapter to his legend with miraculous return
From Washington Post 03/05/23 Two-time NL MVP is back in the Phillies’ lineup, just 160 days after Tommy John surgery – Major League Baseball authenticators do not normally send jerseys from nights like this to Cooperstown. At least, they have never had much reason. Someone held the record for fastest return from Tommy John surgery…
Read MoreBryce Harper had Tommy John surgery, could be swinging by mid-May
From NBC Sports news Nov 22 Phillies slugger Bryce Harper had Tommy John surgery to repair the torn ulna collateral ligament in his right elbow Wednesday and it went “very well,” according to a person with knowledge of the situation.P Recovery timetables vary from player to player and can change over time, but the early…
Read MoreSource: 49ers QB Brock Purdy has torn UCL in right elbow
Nick Wagoner – ESPN Staff Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. — An offseason that already figured to have plenty of quarterback-centric questions for the San Francisco 49ers now has even more. In the first quarter of Sunday’s NFC Championship Game, Niners rookie quarterback Brock Purdy suffered a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow that…
Read MoreUniversity of Stirling’s historic cup run may be over – but players can be proud of Dundee United performance
by Andrew Robson The Brig January 24, 2023January 24, 2023 The University of Stirling’s historic cup run may have come to an end, but the Lowland League side certainly more than deserved praise following defeat to Dundee United on Saturday. In a week that included an away trip to Durham to seal the BUCS Premier…
Read MoreScottish Cup: Dundee United prevail over gutsy Stirling University
By Jack Haugh The Herald @jackmhaugh Deputy Editor Jamie McGrath’s overhead kick was enough to secure the win on a nervy day for United (Image: SNS) THIS wasn’t quite Apollo Creed dispatching Rocky Balboa or the Empire taking on the Rebellion, but it was undoubtedly the result most onlookers didn’t want, delivered in a pretty…
Read MoreMeet the player-turned-professor revolutionising ACL surgery
The Athletic By Jordan Campbell 11/01/23 In his green and blue chequered kilt, Professor Gordon Mackay was proclaimed the ‘Godfather’ by Brazil’s national-team surgeon Dr Moises Cohen. The Scot had been invited out to Sao Paulo to explain his groundbreaking internal brace (IB) technique to leading South American surgeons who work in the football world,…
Read MoreProfessor Mackay talks to Rangers Review – from striker to surgeon
Football fans might enjoy this chat Prof Mackay had recently with The Rangers Review talking about the work of new medical ‘app’ ScribePro and about the exciting time he had as a young lad trialing and playing at Rangers FC Those days gave him huge insight into sports injuries and the insecurity of a full-time…
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