New research suggests that concussions are comparable in magnitude and severity regardless of the age at which a football player sustains the injury, and the majority of concussions occur during practice, not games. The research was designed to determine how concussions affected brain activity and development depending upon when the injury was sustained. For their […]
Hospital Plans to Stop Hiring Smokers
The University of Pennsylvania recently announced that beginning July 1, they will no longer hire smokers to work in their healthcare system. The university believes the hiring policy will help save lives and positively impact societal norms. Dr. David A. Asch penned an article in the New England Journal of Medicine commending the approach, saying […]
Always Check Your Shoes
Earlier this week we heard the story of Jackson Landers, an avid outdoorsman who spent his days photographing some of the world’s most dangerous animals. He’d tussled with bears and snakes, but his most recent near-death experience came from an animal smaller than a nickel. The culprit, a black widow spider, was hidden deep inside […]
Breaking Down Roddy White’s High Ankle Sprain
The Falcons entered the 2013 season with Super Bowl aspirations, but a Week 1 loss to the division rival Saints leaves them one step farther from reaching their goal. Roddy White, one of the leaders of the offense, was limited in Sunday’s loss to New Orleans as he battled an ankle injury. It was later […]
Our “Positive Deviance” Approach
We cannot solve a problem by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them – Albert Einstein Commonly referred to as “The Father of Innovation,” Albert Einstein often looked at a problem from many different angles before deciding on the best way to solve it. At Silverman Ankle & Foot, we […]
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