Nov 2, 2020 | News, Patient Stories, Sports Medicine
Growing up, Chicago area native Ricky Valadez loved sports – rugby, wrestling, football. He found his greatest strength in football. “I loved it,” the now 23-year-old says. “I couldn’t wait to compete each season.” Star student and athlete at St. Rita of Cascia High...
Nov 1, 2020 | News, Patient Stories, Sports Medicine
With many kids heading starting school this week and next, here’s a look at one of our favorite back-to-school stories: the tale of a high school football star heading to the University of Indianapolis this month on scholarship. But his road to university wasn’t an...
Nov 1, 2020 | News, Patient Stories, Sports Medicine
Chicago teenager Emma Falk just finished playing her spring high school softball season successfully after putting the game on hold this past fall. She had been recovering from an increasingly common knee injury among athletic girls her age – an anterior cruciate...
Nov 1, 2020 | News, Patient Stories, Sports Medicine
Across America a majority of Tommy John elbow surgeries – also known as ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) reconstruction procedures – are being performed on teenagers. According to an American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine report (2007 to 2011), nearly 57...
Jan 30, 2020 | News, Sports Medicine
In the locker rooms and on the field—that’s where you’ll find the sports medicine experts from the Chicago Center for Orthopedics (CCO) at Weiss. As the exclusive medical provider for the Chicago Sport & Social Club, and several professional, collegiate, and high...
Jan 3, 2020 | News, Orthopedics, Sports Medicine
Lifelong memories are often made in high school sports, and can encourage good habits into adulthood on the importance of regular exercise, but millions of young athletes are treated in emergency rooms each year for sports-related injuries. Learning how to avoid...