RENOWNED sports surgeon Professor Gordon Mackay can still remember the day he realised he wasn’t going to make it at Ibrox as a player. Graeme Souness and Walter Smith were taking training at which Mackay was rubbing shoulders with legends like Ally McCoist and Mel Sterland.
Jai Quintongo returned to score a wonder goal for Morton FC against Queen of the South last week. Jai was injured when he collided with a goal keeper in a competitive match for Morton FC. The keeper’s elbow accidentally struck the outside of Jai’s knee resulting in serious injury to the joint as it collapsed… Continue Reading
The #internalbrace has been in the news again – this time Dr Steven Shin used it to repair the damaged ulnar collateral ligament of Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout. The player damaged his thumb in a head-first slide into second base. Click here to read the full story in the Los Angeles Times Continue Reading
There is now a less invasive operation for a common knee injury, an anterior cruciate ligament tear — it also halves the recovery time. Margo Kerr, 54, a loss adjuster from Lanark, had the procedure, as she tells ANGELA EPSTEIN. THE PATIENT Last March I was on a skiing holiday in France when I tumbled… Continue Reading
“It’s a game changer.” That phrase is often just hype, but when you hear it come from not one, but four of the top orthopedic surgeons in the country, it’s time to take note. True changes in sports medicine come about once in a generation. Tommy John surgery, the arthroscope, the use of orthobiologic agents… Continue Reading
British Alpine skier, Jai Geyer, is making amazing progress in rehabilitation this season, after having a revolutionary Internal Brace fitted into a second knee joint, at BMI Ross Hall Hospital in Glasgow. It was the second operation for Jai in less than 2 years after having his first knee treated in 2015. Both operations were… Continue Reading
Two leading sports surgeons have warned that rugby’s attrition rate is fast becoming unsustainable after statistics showed that the number of players who have had to withdraw from the World Cup through injury has more than doubled. Click here to read the full article Continue Reading
New op gets El Alagui fit again ahead of play-offs, writes Moira Gordon. Read more Continue Reading
Alan Stubbs hailed the bravery of his Hibs players after they ruined Hearts’ Easter Road title party with a 2-0 derby win. Stubbs singled out Farid El Alagui for special praise after the striker came back from an achilles injury Read more Continue Reading
A revolutionary knee-surgery technique could be the answer to Alex Dunbar’s and Scotland’s problems, writes Richard Bath. Read more Continue Reading