Published in Rite Up, 2023 – Issue 3. by Kristi Shewmaker It was a nail-biting week for Scarlette, of Coppell, during the fall semester of her high school senior year. She was waiting for a phone call from the head coach of the gymnastics team at Rutgers®. She hoped...
A young baseball player hears a pop and immediately feels pain in his throwing elbow while playing club baseball. At his first visit to Scottish Rite for Children’s Fracture Clinic, Parker and his family were told that surgery was necessary to reattach a separated...
Our Center for Excellence in Sports Medicine treats a wide array of sport-related injuries and conditions in young athletes. One common condition treated is osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) of the elbow. This condition can happen to anyone but is especially common in...
