Soccer is the chess of sports — a physical and mental workout that demands a lot from players, even at the recreational level. Three Emory sports medicine physicians share what players, parents and fans need to know about the “beautiful game.”
Emory Healthcare is named a founding partner and official healthcare provider of the Arthur M. Blank U.S. Soccer National Training Center in Fayetteville, Ga., a 200-acre campus that will be the permanent training home for all 27 US National teams.
Emory physicians Bryan Whitfield, an orthopaedic surgeon, and Anna Cruz, a specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation, answer panelists’ questions about adult recreational sports, including warm-ups, injury risks, aging, rehab and competing after surviving cancer.
Soccer, even at the recreational level, is a high-intensity sport that benefits every part of the body — especially the heart, says a study led by researchers from Rollins School of Public Health and the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing.
Andi Shane, professor of pediatrics at Emory, takes care of children with serious illnesses at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. She also researches how to lessen the incidence and severity of contagious childhood diseases.
Sneezing? Talking? Sharing a meal, a cup, a hug? Emory is establishing a dedicated research unit to measure how viruses spread through the air from person to person indoors.
Too much screen time, couch sitting and doom scrolling is giving rise to modern maladies from tech neck to text thumb to cervical pain. Emory physicians are seeing more and more patients show up with neck tightness or postural issues, and they have some suggestions.
After a devastating diagnosis, Charlie Renfroe was told to go home, gather his family and say his goodbyes. More than two years later, after a personalized major blood vessel procedure at Emory, he’s still going strong.
Knowing how ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) injuries happen and what can be done to repair them can make a lasting difference in your mobility. Emory orthopaedic sports medicine surgeon Rick Danilkowicz, a team physician for the Atlanta Falcons, answers common questions about ACL tears.
After being in daily, severe pain, Monica Pearson, 77, former anchor of the evening news at WSB-TV in Atlanta, is back to enjoying her active life after receiving double partial knee replacements at Emory Healthcare.
Younger women in rural communities are experiencing increased rates of premature coronary heart disease. Emory cardiology Amit Shah, associate professor of epidemiology in the Rollins School of Public Health, wants to find out why.
Emory Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing launching Master of Science in Health Care Analytics program, combining healthcare knowledge with advanced data science and artificial intelligence (AI) analytical techniques.
Chandler Brown credits a liver transplant at Emory with saving his life. In gratitude, he has included a bequest in his estate that will establish a scholarship to train transplant surgeons. Brown’s legacy will live on through lives saved and futures transformed.
