NBA Injury Updates: Wembanyama, Embiid, and Suggs

Listen to our latest podcast as we break down a recent paper in the American Journal of Sports Medicine looking at the interplay between ACL reconstruction and post-traumatic arthritis.

Listen to our latest podcast as we break down Jimmy Butler's return, Damian Lillard's Achilles tear, and the 49ers draft.

The NBA Play In Tournament begins this week. The Golden State Warriors play the Memphis Grizzlies tomorrow with some lingering injury concerns. Listen to our mini-podcast as we break down thumb injuries and thigh contusions as well have a bonus breakdown for Celtics fans about knee injections.

In this episode of Six to Eight Weeks, Dr. Drew Lansdown and Dr. Brian Feeley break down what’s new in rotator cuff repair surgery. From surgical technique to regenerative medicine, tendon transfers to reverse shoulder replacements, this is a comprehensive look at what we know, what we’ve learned, and where the field is going

From weekend warriors on the slopes to NFL players taking hard hits, collarbones take a beating. But not all clavicle injuries are the same. Some require immediate surgery, while others heal just fine without intervention. Some look dramatic but aren’t functionally limiting, while others can be downright dangerous. Listen to our latest podcast as we break down fractures, SC joint dislocations, and AC joint separations.

Lots of NBA injury news this past week with Wembanyama's blood clot, complex surgical options being discussed for Joel Embiid, and a loose cartilage fragment for Jalen Suggs. Listen to our latest podcast as we break it all down from a sports medicine perspective.

Listen to Dr. Nirav Pandya's talk at UCSF Grand Rounds as he comprehensively discusses the current state of youth sports from injury risk to the impact on professional athlete performance.

On this episode of Six to Eight Weeks: Perspectives on Sports Medicine, Dr. Drew Lansdown sits down with Dr. Nirav Pandya and Dr. Brian Feeley to discuss their recent research published in the Orthopedic Journal of Sports Medicine. Their study touches on two of the biggest topics in modern sports: early sports specialization and load management in the NBA.

Huge move for the Warriors with Jimmy Butler coming over before the NBA trade deadline. Listen to our latest podcast as we break down what it means from a health and injury perspective.

In this episode of Six to Eight Weeks: Perspectives on Sports Medicine, we discuss what it would look like if the NBA and collegiate basketball had an official overseer of player health, injury prevention, and long-term athlete development. What would we propose and how would it look?