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#SRHaccess Facebook LIVE Recap: The Future Frisco Campus

#SRHaccess Facebook LIVE Recap: The Future Frisco Campus

by | Oct 25, 2017 | Sports Medicine

On this week’s Facebook live, Vice President of North Campus Jeremy Howell and Assistant Chief of Staff Philip L. Wilson, M.D. joined us to discuss the future Frisco campus. Below is a recap of the conversation.

Watch this segment on Facebook.

Construction update:

  • The construction is running right on schedule.
  • Opening in the Fall of 2018

Who are our Frisco neighbors?

  • The Frisco campus is located on the northeast corner of Lebanon Road and Dallas North Tollway.
  • To the north, our direct neighbor is Frisco High School.
  • To the south is the new Wade Park development and the Frisco Star.

What is the difference between the Plano and the future Frisco campus?

  • Increased space to utilize more resources for expand services.
  • Operating rooms for day surgeries
  • Motion science lab
  • Physical therapy gym space
  • Overall clinical care advancements and updates to current services.

Facts about the structure:

  • 5 stories tall
  • 1st floor:
    • Conference rooms for community and physician education and outreach
    • State-of-the-art motion science lab for clinical and research purposes
    • Physical therapy gym to rehab sports injuries and general orthopedic conditions
  • 2nd floor:  
    • Outpatient clinics (sports medicine, fracture clinic, general orthopedics, orthotics and prosthetics)
  • 3rd floor: shelled for future growth
  • 4th floor: day surgery
  • 5th floor: offices for staff

What are the general orthopedic services that will be provided?

  • An expansion of what the team currently cares for at the Plano campus.
  • Hip disorders, scoliosis screening, foot and ankle, shoulder care, etc.

What is the benefit of being in Frisco?

  • 25% of the hospital’s patient population lives in a surrounding areas of Frisco.
  • The opportunity to enhance customer service by providing another point of access for our patients and their families to be cared for by our world-renowned specialists.
  • Frisco is a strong sports community. The Center for Excellence in Sports Medicine will be the anchor to the future campus, which will allow us to care for more athletes.

What will the state-of-the-art motion science lab offer at the new campus?

  • The lab will provide a better understanding of clinical problems of lower and upper extremity conditions whether a sports injury or general orthopedic condition.
  • The ability to analyze the function of each joint and muscle of a patient’s walking gait or throwing mechanics.
  • The opportunity to expand on various research projects.

Will the Scottish Rite Hospital traditions be present at the future campus?

  • Popcorn – yes, on the first floor in the atrium.
  • Volunteers – yes, in red coats just like at the main campus.
Jesus’ Moment – Sports Medicine

Jesus’ Moment – Sports Medicine

by | Oct 2, 2017 | Sports Medicine

Jesus has loved soccer since age 6. When he turned 12, a torn ACL took him out of the game. Thankfully, Jesus was in the hands of Scottish Rite Hospital sports medicine physicians who repaired his knee and got him back on the field – goal scored!

Give a child their moment: A contribution of $200 helps support the treatment and therapy of a young athlete receiving care from the hospital’s Center for Excellence in Sports Medicine. To donate or learn more, visit scottishritehospital.org/donate/more-ways-to-give/.

For more information on our Center for Excellence in Sports Medicine, visit scottishritehospital.org/sports.

FOX 4: Study finds concussion concerns for girls

FOX 4: Study finds concussion concerns for girls

by | Sep 15, 2017 | Press Coverage, Sports Medicine

Visit FOX 4’s website to watch Miller’s full interview and learn more about the importance of following proper concussion protocol.

A new study found girls were significantly more likely than boys to return to play
the same day following a soccer-related concussion, placing them at risk for more significant
injury.

The study examined young athletes, average age 14, who sustained a concussion while playing
soccer and who were treated at a pediatric sports medicine clinic in Texas. Of the 87 athletes
diagnosed with a soccer-related concussion, two-thirds (66.7 percent) were girls. Among them,
more than half (51.7 percent) resumed playing in a game or practice the same day as their injury,
compared to just 17.2 percent of boys.

“The girl soccer players were 5 times more likely than boys to return to play on the same day as
their concussion,” said Shane M. Miller, MD, FAAP, senior author of the abstract and a sports
medicine physician at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. “This is cause for concern,
especially with previous studies showing that girls suffer twice as many concussions as boys,” he
said.

“Consistent with our findings in other sports, young soccer players are returning to play on the
same day despite recommendations from medical organizations, such as the American Academy
of Pediatrics, and laws in all 50 states intended to protect their growing brains,” he said. “Despite
increased concerns about the risks of concussions, the culture among athletes to tough it out and
play through an injury often takes priority over the importance of reporting an injury and coming
out of a game or practice.”

FriscoVoice: Youth Sports, Pediatric Orthopedics Take Center-Court in Frisco, Texas

FriscoVoice: Youth Sports, Pediatric Orthopedics Take Center-Court in Frisco, Texas

by | Sep 5, 2017 | Press Coverage, Sports Medicine

Originally published on Forbes’ FriscoVoice.

As the saying goes, everything is bigger in Texas and the state’s appetite for athletics certainly holds up its end of the bargain when it comes to that designation. In fact, Texans would argue that no one takes their sports as seriously as the Lone Star state –  especially when it comes to youth athletics.

From Little League baseball and high school football, to everything in between, sports are a big deal in Texas. Keeping the state’s athletic machine firing on all cylinders is no easy task, particularly in today’s world where athletic specialization and elite training activities are creating a growing concern for increasing rates of repetitive stress injuries for children. In this athletic climate, there is an ever-increasing demand for pediatric orthopedic specialists.

Among those leading the sports-medicine charge in the state is Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, a world-renowned leader in the treatment of pediatric orthopedic conditions. The hospital certainly operates on the leading edge of medical technology, but it has a much more grounded mission – helping the less fortunate.

Scottish Rite Hospital was established in 1921 when a group of Texas Mason approached Dallas’ first orthopedic surgeon, Dr. W. B. Carrell, about caring for children with polio regardless of a family’s ability to pay. Since then Scottish Rite Hospital has treated more than 275,000 children, with more than 40,000 clinic visits each year. The hospital, guided by the principle of giving children back their childhood, takes a multidisciplinary approach to care, tailoring treatment to the individual needs of each child and family.

Scottish Rite Hospital, which has trained more pediatric orthopedic surgeons than any other institution in the world and holds more than 25 patents for pediatric orthopedic devices and techniques, is now planning to give even more kids their childhoods back, by helping them get back on the field of play.

Based on the state’s burgeoning athletic population and a growing need for innovative sports medicine, Scottish Rite Hospital will be expanding its operations through the opening of a new location outside of Dallas, its home for more than 95 years. The new facility, located about 25 miles north in Frisco, Texas, is expected to open in Fall 2018 and will be anchored by the Center for Excellence in Sports Medicine.

“This location made a lot of sense for a number of reasons during the initial phase of our site-selection process,” said Jeremy Howell, vice president for Scottish Rite Hospital’s North Campus. “For starters, we noticed that a quarter of our patient population was coming from this region, and while we serve patients from all over the country, Frisco was a logical fit for our future growth.

“We also saw a very active youth population in Frisco where we could easily share our expertise and innovations. Sports medicine is the fastest growing sub-specialty in pediatric orthopedics, so we are pleased to align with one of the most sports-minded communities in the state.”

In both locations, the hospital will continue to advance care through innovative research and teaching programs, while training physicians from around the world.

“The new facility will have an extensive physical therapy and rehabilitation component to provide quality, first-class patient care, as well as a number of other features in alignment with our core beliefs surrounding research and education,” said Assistant Chief of Staff Philip L. Wilson, M.D., who will oversee the sports medicine practice in Frisco.  “Our revolutionary movement science lab will use 3-D motion capture technology to analyze complex musculoskeletal movements and help evaluate the efficacy of treatments, providing new levels of insight to the pediatric orthopedic community.

The new facility will also further expand the hospital’s focus on education by hosting lectures and seminars for medical professionals through its conference center and teaching facility. Scottish Rite Hospital puts a premium on teaching and educating families and community providers about the conditions we treat,” Wilson added.

As one of the fastest-growing communities in the nation, Frisco is on the move.  And as construction continues on Scottish Rite Hospital’s Frisco campus, some of the things that pediatric sports medicine considers – like growth, speed and strength – have a striking similarity with Frisco’s evolution as a one of the brightest spots for development in the U.S.

Frisco, whose population has grown 380 percent since 2000, continues to draw new residents from around the globe. Known for its sports culture, exemplary schools and diverse community, the city is a magnet for a skilled workforce attracted to Frisco’s family-friendly atmosphere.

Supported by strong infrastructure, exceptional leadership and quality commercial development, Frisco has also been recognized by Money magazine as one of the top 100 places to live in the U.S.

As Frisco continues to expand, it will have a long-term partner in Scottish Rite Hospital. Together they will help keep Texas at the top of youth sports and safety.

Our Sports Medicine Team in the Community

Our Sports Medicine Team in the Community

by | May 22, 2017 | Sports Medicine

Our pediatric sports medicine team is committed to making sure young athletes have the right care in the right place at the right time. In order for that to happen, we invite the community to educational events throughout the year. For example, we offer splinting workshops in physician offices led by our Fracture Clinic team, athletic trainer education at local high schools, and coaches and parent meetings for sports organizations.

We recently held our second annual Sports Medicine for Young Athletes: An Update for Pediatric Providers event in Frisco. More than 80 providers in the community joined us for a day of pediatric sports medicine topics.

We were pleased to have Benjamin D. Levine, M.D., faculty at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. He has done extensive research and training in the area of cardiovascular health for young athletes, and he has a particular interest in evaluating the use of the echocardiogram (ECG) for pre-participation screening for young athletes.

We know that many parents look to their pediatrician for advice when it comes to the health and safety of their young athletes. We are committed to keeping the most current information in pediatric sports medicine available to local providers through events like this and we plan to continue annually.

For information about injury prevention and pediatric sports medicine, please visit our Sports Medicine page.

Mental Conditioning for Young Athletes – An Interview With Our Psychologist

Mental Conditioning for Young Athletes – An Interview With Our Psychologist

by | May 9, 2017 | Sports Medicine

In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, we asked psychologist, Erica Force, Ph.D., C.C.-A.A.S.P., to tell us about how to improve a young athlete’s mental health with mental conditioning.

What is mental conditioning?

This is a type of training where an athlete becomes familiar with his or her mental skills and ability to improve or optimize those skills. The goal is to improve performance in sport by improving mental skills such as focusing, confidence and intensity.

Who needs mental conditioning?

Since our mental skills are critical in sports whether we are just starting or are competing at high levels, all athletes would benefit from mental conditioning.

What are some examples of mental conditioning exercises for teams?

Teamwork activities don’t have to be sport-specific. A team may learn to work better together with team-building activities where the focus is on solving a problem or completing a task without talking. These activities can help a team increase communication and cohesion.

What do you recommend for individuals?

Reciting positive phrases like “I’ve got this” during training and performance can help build confidence. Many professional athletes prepare for competition using their imagination to visualize their success in an activity; this is called mental imagery.

How often should these types of exercises be performed?

Teams can benefit from making time to practice mental skills on a regular basis. Many coaches make time at the beginning of the season and continue to encourage practice on a monthly or weekly basis. Individual athletes can adopt positive mental habits into daily activities. Mental conditioning can improve performance just like physical conditioning and practicing technical skills. Thus, mental skills are equally important to practice!

What advice do you have for parents of young athletes?

Most parents know that positive mental skills have the potential to improve performance; what they don’t realize is that the contrary is also true. When a child has a poor attitude or is faced with a stressful social situation, their sports performance can decline. Creating open dialogue and helping your child develop his or her mental toughness can help a child perform in sports and recover from setbacks and injuries more quickly.

Learn more about injury prevention and pediatric sports medicine.