Sporting 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…

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Bryce 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…

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Bryce 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…

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Source: 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…

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Scottish 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…

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Meet 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,…

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Professor 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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