Even as awareness of concussions and other problems has grown, football remains the most popular sport for adolescent boys. While participation has dropped, Texas still has the most high school football players of any state – totaling more than 170,000. That’s almost...
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries, continue to challenge young athletes, many calling it an epidemic. Because of the high cost of care and loss of playing time, Scottish Rite for Children’s Sports Medicine team is actively looking for answers to prevent these...
Meet Anthony, a patient seen by our Sports Medicine experts. Learn more about his journey below. Blog written by Anthony's mom, Daisy, of Dallas, Texas. When Anthony was 12 years old, he tore his ACL while playing soccer. At the time, he saw an orthopedic doctor who...
Recently, Assistant Chief of Staff Philip L. Wilson, M.D., and pediatric orthopedic surgeon Henry B. Ellis, M.D., published a novel technique for treating an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. Too many young and growing athletes who have an ACL injury and...
