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Dallas Morning News: How the warm smell of popcorn extends the welcome at Dallas’ Scottish Rite for Children

Dallas Morning News: How the warm smell of popcorn extends the welcome at Dallas’ Scottish Rite for Children

by | Mar 6, 2022 | Centennial, Press Coverage

Scottish Rite for Children is known for being a bright, child-friendly place that does not look, feel or smell like a hospital. Across Scottish Rite’s three locations in North Texas, every detail is designed specifically for children. 

Colorful hallways are kept free of medical equipment and filled instead with the smell of buttery popcorn – volunteers pop 6,000 pounds per year. This signature popcorn scent is symbolic of the Scottish Rite mission of giving children back their childhood. The Dallas Morning News took a look inside this one-of-a-kind place that is made specifically for kids. 

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In Strong Hands: Meet the Strength and Conditioning Coaches at Scottish Rite for Children

In Strong Hands: Meet the Strength and Conditioning Coaches at Scottish Rite for Children

by | Mar 4, 2022 | Sports Medicine

Meet the coaches of our Bridge Program. This program is designed to improve movement quality, strength, speed, and other measures in young athletes to simultaneously boost performance while reducing the risk of injury.

Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialists® (CSCS®) are professionals with special training and expertise. Standards set by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA®) are designed to ensure that these coaches have the proper training and skills to promote safe participation in these activities.

As the Bridge Program coordinator, Matt Schiotz, M.S., CSCS, brings experience as an elite-level sports performance coach with more than 20 years of experience coaching diverse groups of athletes. Schiotz’s coaching journey began with the Kansas City Chiefs before moving to the head strength and conditioning coach role at the University of Southern California. He then returned to the NFL as a strength and conditioning coach for more than a decade.

Schiotz’s most recent coaching role was at Baylor Scott and White Sports Performance Center at The Star in Frisco, where he was also the Director of Performance. He has also worked as a performance coach, providing virtual training sessions using app-based programming and data analysis. Schiotz received his Master of Science in Exercise Physiology from the University of Kansas.

“I am very excited to join the team at Scottish Rite,” Schiotz says. “I believe the continuum from physical therapy to performance training is a model balancing safety and maximum outcomes. Though I have worked with athletes of all ages, my true passion is working with young athletes to help them achieve their sport and performance goals. Seeing them return to a sport or activity they love is my reward, especially as a parent myself. Combined with an athlete’s hard work, I am confident that lessons learned in this program will help each participant optimally develop and be set up for a future of athletic success.”

Justin Haser, M.S., CSCS, is an elite-level sports performance coach with experience working with athletes across all sports. Haser began his coaching career at Ohio University before moving on to the University of Pittsburgh, where he worked with the football team.

Before joining the team at Scottish Rite, he was a sports performance coach at Baylor Scott and White Sports Performance Center at The Star in Frisco. He has coached athletes of all backgrounds, from 8-year-olds to professionals in the NFL and NBA. He led the Return to Play Program, designed to serve athletes as they transitioned out of therapy and back to a full return to their sport.

“I am excited to keep things rolling here at Scottish Rite,” Haser says. “I believe the transition period between finishing physical therapy and returning full time to sport can often be overlooked. Having gone through this process twice myself, I know firsthand the challenges an athlete will face. I played Division I football for Ohio University. During my career, I had a shoulder injury that required two surgeries, the second of which ultimately ended my athletic career. After my career ended, I spoke with my strength coach at the time and explained the situation. He invited me to assist in the weight room for my final year and a half prior to my graduation. Ultimately, this experience showed me what I wanted to do professionally and launched my coaching career. I am looking forward to helping these young athletes by providing guidance and support on their journey back to their field of play!”

Scottish Rite for Children in Frisco is offering training classes for young athletes. Sessions begin the first week of each month. Contact our Therapy Services team at 469-515-7150 or bridgeprogram@tsrh.org to learn more.

FOX 4: Here’s to You – Burrel Poston

FOX 4: Here’s to You – Burrel Poston

by | Feb 10, 2022 | General News, Press Coverage

At 46 years, Burrel Poston retired as the current longest tenured employee at Scottish Rite for Children.

Burrel started working at Scottish Rite when he was a teenager. In his own words, “I was an 18-year-old looking for a job in 1975. I went to Airline Personnel Agency to apply for a job I saw in The Dallas Times Herald Newspaper. The job I wanted was filled, but they mentioned they had an opening in the Print Shop at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. I came here, was interviewed and then hired. I paid the agency $300.00. Best $300.00 I have ever spent. I started here January 12, 1976 – 46 years ago. I had no clue that I was beginning a career path that would shape my life as a man, a mason, and most of all, as person who loves this hospital.”

We are extremely honored to have had Burrel as a Scottish Rite employee for the past 46 years and wish him nothing but the best in his retirement.

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Clarice tinsley wrote a post on january 12 1976 | Clarice Tinsley 16h. HERE'S TO YOU: January 12, 1976 Burrell Poston started working in the print shop at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. He worked his way up to Masonic Liaison in the Development Dept. On January 31 he retired after 46 years at Scottish Rite for Children as the longest tenured employee. For long time residents, Burrell got the job info from the Dallas Times Herald which was the evening newspaper

Overuse Injuries in Pediatric Female Gymnasts

Overuse Injuries in Pediatric Female Gymnasts

by | Feb 9, 2022 | Sports Medicine

Overuse injuries can come in many forms and remain a concern for athletes of various sports.

Many recognize the risk of overuse injuries in the elbow in baseball players, but did you know gymnasts are at risk for elbow injuries as well? In our pediatric sports medicine practice, we see two unique conditions of overuse in gymnasts’ elbows. These conditions are triggered differently than in a throwing athlete. For gymnasts, these injuries are caused by compression when the arms are repeatedly in a weight-bearing position.

Recently published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, this study from our team described the different aspects between the following elbow conditions induced by repeated activity in a group of 58 competitive gymnasts seen in our practice.

What is capitellar osteochondritis dissecans (OCD)?
A rare, painful developmental bone and cartilage injury to the capitellum on the elbow end of the humerus, the upper arm bone.

What is a radial head stress fracture?
An even less common bone injury to the radial head, the elbow end of a forearm bone, caused by repeated compressive forces in the elbow.

“Even though these are rare conditions, we see them enough that we were able to look at a large group seen over five years in our practice,” study author Chuck W. Wyatt, M.S., CPNP, says,  Comparing multiple details of the images and characteristics of the gymnasts, including activity levels, the study found several key findings.

  • Both injuries present at a young age, 11.6 years on average in this group.
  • Radial head stress fracture may be more likely in a more acute (sudden) manner.
  • Likelihood of returning to competition seemed likelier with higher level of training and competition at the time of diagnosis.
  • Having capitellar OCD on both elbows was associated with the lowest rate of return. One in three returned to same or similar level of competition.

In our sports medicine practice, we will use this information to counsel gymnasts who present with these conditions and more importantly, continue to study and educate the gymnastics community about early recognition, treatment and prevention. “This population has so many unique characteristics to consider when it comes to injuries,” assistant chief of staff and lead author Philip L. Wilson, M.D., says. “We look forward to continuing to study to understand how growing and intense training affect their bones and long-term health, particularly in the elbow.”

This study, “Elbow Overuse Injuries in Pediatric Female Gymnastic Athletes” was published in a highly rated, peer-reviewed journal, The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. Authors include Scottish Rite for Children Sports Medicine medical staff and former research coordinators who have gone on to pursue post-graduate degrees in the field.

Read the full article here.

Learn more about Osteochondritis Dissecans (OCD) in the Elbow.