Summertime In Texas there’s no shortage of games on the diamond. If you’ve ever played any competitive baseball or softball you’ve no doubt come across someone with a damaged rotator cuff. It may be a hard-throwing baseball pitcher, or a softball shortstop whose summer slate of 200+ games is just too much on his or […]
Just as fall is time for football in Texas, summer is for softball and baseball. That’s when we see lots of injuries to throwing shoulders here at Urgent Orthopedic Specialists. To help you understand shoulder injuries when playing in your softball beer league or for your high school baseball team, here are some common inflammation […]
Winter is a great time to play tennis in Midland. The temperatures are cooler; humidity is low. Now if you could only get than pain on the outside of your elbow to cooperate. Tennis elbow. Ouch! We see this inflammation of the tendons around the elbow all the time at Urgent Orthopedic Specialists. It can […]
Sports medicine is a big part of what we do at Urgent Orthopedic Specialists. We work together with athletic trainers, coaches, and physical therapists to help athletes from Midland, Odessa, Big Spring, Stanton, Andrews, and other towns to recovery fully and get back on the field or court as quickly as possible. We recently came […]
Athletes, whether weekend warriors or high-level performers, all have a singular focus usually on things such as speed, score, statistics, endurance, and the like. Usually, the last thing in mind is prevention. But prevention should always occupy some place in every athlete’s mind — injury prevention. With that in mind, here are some exercises from […]