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Dr. James Andrews: 'Athletes are Much More Complicated to Take Care of'
Dr. James Andrews: 'Athletes are Much More Complicated to Take Care of'
Sporting News NFL
<http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/article/2010-06-16/
dr-james-andrews-athletes-are-much-more-complicated-take-care>
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. When it comes to treating the bones, muscles and joints
of modern athletes, renowned orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Andrews is what
friend Joe Gibbs calls the "go-to guy." Andrews talked to Sporting News'
Vinnie Iyer on Wednesday at the Charlotte Touchdown Club about his 38-year
career, the importance of preventing sports-related youth injuries and why
Tommy John should be enshrined in Cooperstown.
Sporting News: What are some of the breakthroughs you've seen in sports
medicine over your many years in the business?
James Andrews: Some things have changed for the better. Sometimes we go
two steps forward and one step backward. So we're always figuring out, "Is
this an enhancement, or is this something that hasn't been proven and
we're being too aggressive with changing things up?" It's a constant
balance.
<snip>
The biggest breakthrough in sports medicine over the past 30 years has
been the arthroscope. It's allowed us to do procedures with minimal
invasive techniques, so we don't tear something else. The next big
breakthrough I'm hoping for is some sort of biological agent that will
help improve the healing properties of certain injuries.
<snip>
SN: What do you think about parents who want their teenagers to have Tommy
John surgery?
JA: One of the problems we have in athletics, particularly in the younger
age group, is sometimes they're coming in with shoulder pain, elbow pain
and you're trying to sit there and figure out what's happened. When you
add up two and two, it should equal four. If it doesn't equal four, you
better start thinking, "Why is this athlete here?"
Is he here because he doesn't want to participate in sports, or because
his parents have heard if he has the Tommy John procedure he can throw at
100 mph? That unfortunately is hard to prove, but I'm sure it must be out
there.
SN: What's the hardest NFL injury to recover from?
JA: Dislocated knee. The ones that take so long to come back from, too,
are patella tendon ruptures, Achilles' ruptures because they have poor
blood supply. With a poor blood supply, there's a slow healing process.
Rotator cuffs are the same way; a lot of them you operate on don't heal.
The injuries I deal with might be career threatening (but) are not life
threatening, thank goodness.
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