Pele and the Treatment of Hip Osteoarthritis

“The greatest of all time”, is what they call him. His name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento, but most just call him Pelé. The Football Player of the Century according to FIFA has a new and popular documentary on Netflix. The way he once played soccer was referred to as “The Beautiful Game”, but...

Quinnen Williams Calf Strain

Quinnen Williams of the New York Jets strained his calf muscle during the game against the Buffalo Bills on 12/11/22.  The injury was significant and caused him to miss the rest of the game.  This is concerning for the Jets highly ranked defense as Williams is having a career year on...

Pain is the PITS

Total Orthopedics and Sports Medicine has introduced the PITS Program to help millions of pain sufferers that struggle with acute and chronic orthopedic and sports-related pain conditions.  No doubt, America needs a universally-recognized assessment and treatment program to help guide...

AC Joint Separations in the NFL

Justin Fields missed the Chicago Bears vs NY Jets game on Sunday due to an AC joint separation. Fields said he was dealing with a separated shoulder “basically an AC joint” injury after he landed on his left side when he was tackled on the Bears’ final drive against Atlanta.  The AC joint...

Breece Hall ACL Injury

Breece Hall, the star rookie running back for the NY Jets, has been diagnosed with an anterior cruciate ligament tear.  He has been placed on IR with this season ending injury where he will shortly have surgery to reconstruct his ligament.  Prior to his injury he had already amassed...

Russell Wilson Hamstring Injury

Following Monday Night Football’s game between the Broncos and Chargers, reports came out that the Broncos’ star quarterback and prized offseason acquisition, Russell Wilson, had a “significant” hamstring injury. As our NY Jets prepare to go to Denver this weekend, I thought this would be a good...

Javonte Williams ACL tear

Written by Dr. Charles Ruotolo, M.D. Javonte Williams was diagnosed with an anterior cruciate ligament tear and lateral collateral/posterolateral corner injury.  He has been placed on IR with this season ending injury.  Last year as a rookie he rushed for 903 yards and a 4.4 yard...

Tua Tagovailoa Head and Neck Injury

Tua Tagovailoa of the Miami Dolphins suffered injuries in successive weeks with the last injury diagnosed as a concussion. The neurologist who was part of the process to evaluate and clear Tagovailoa to return to the game the day of his first injury and allow him to play 4 days later where he...