During a punt return in the second half of what turned out to be an amazing comeback win for the Chicago Bears against the Atlanta Falcons, running back Tarik Cohen received a block causing his legs to collapse awkwardly while attempting to make a catch. The collision tore Cohen’s anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his […]
Imagine slamming into a tree going more than 20 miles per hour with only the protection of a helmet. Imagine that same scenario, but as a petite downhill skier getting hit so hard by a snowboarder that you are lifted off the snow and thrust into a pine tree becoming a human airbag. According to […]
In conjunction with Chicago Magazine’s annual Top Doctor’s issue, the publication launched Top Doctor videos and profiles on its website. Dr. Chudik’s video was created just for the website launch. His profile appeared in the annual January Top Doctor’s magazine issue and previously in the October issue that featured medical specialists. The Top Doctor list […]
The Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine Teaching and Research Foundation’s (OTRF) fall e-newsletter, Active Bones, looks at three knee injuries─dislocations, meniscal root tears and anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) repair. The later article provides the personal perspective of an 11-year-old gymnast and her family on what ACL recovery is like. The issue also explores new research […]
If you didn’t see the video replay or a photo, you’ve probably heard people discussing the knee injury Chicago Bears tight end Zach Miller sustained in the game against the New Orleans Saints. Miller was running a passing route and as he planted his left foot just outside the end zone his knee dislocated. Knee […]
Little did President Abraham Lincoln know in 1863 that by declaring the fourth Thursday of every November officially a national day of Thanksgiving he also would be starting another tradition just a mere six years later—the Turkey Bowl. Originally, a reference for college games played on Thanksgiving; the Turkey Bowl through the years also has […]
In the new, fall issue of the Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine Teaching and Research Foundation’s (OTRF) e-newsletter, Active Bones, Dr. Steven Chudik and his health performance team introduce a new functional capacity test they developed to determine when it is safe to return to sports or physical activities after an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. […]
Outcome research conducted by Dr. Steven Chudik’s nonprofit foundation, the Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine Teaching and Research Foundation (OTRF) on its comprehensive functional capacity evaluation (FCE) to determine when athletes can safely return to sport following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, was presented recently at the 2017 Mid-American Orthopaedics Association (MOAO) annual meeting. Dr. […]
In 1968, two groups of New Jersey high school students were the first to play a new game called Ultimate (Frisbee), a cross between soccer and American football. Today, more than one million people in the United States participate in Ultimate that involves sprinting, cutting, jumping, diving and lunging. Although it technically is a non-contact […]
As the lacrosse season gets underway, I would like to remind you about the research based, in-season strength and conditioning program my health performance team and I created specifically for lacrosse through my foundation, the Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine Teaching & Research Foundation (OTRF). The program is designed to help prevent knee injuries and […]
With more snow in the forecast and school winter breaks just days away, the Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine Teaching and Research Foundation (OTRF) founded by Dr. Steven Chudik, orthopaedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist with the Shoulder, Knee and Sports Medicine Injury Clinic in Westmont, Ill., has tips to help prevent injuries when you […]
When Chicago Cubs outfielder, Kyle Schwarber chased a ball drilled by Arizona Cardinal’s Sean Segura during the third game of the season, fans cared more about the injury to Schwarber that he suffered colliding with teammate Dexter Fowler than the inside-the-park homerun that resulted. In the outfield collision, Schwarber tore his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) […]
Promising baseball future jeopardized by fluke football knee injury
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