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Gender Diversity in Orthopaedics
Gender equity is a pressing human rights issue in many professional fields and medicine is no exception. Of the surgical specialties, orthopaedics has one of the lowest rates of women and has not made any substantial gains in gender parity over time. Currently, 12.6% of the orthopaedic surgeons in Canada are female, an increase from…
Will I get osteoarthritis in my knee if I don’t have an ACL reconstruction?
This is a common question asked by patients that have injured or torn their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) when considering reconstructive surgery as a treatment.
Creatine supplementation for older adults: Improving muscle strength as we age
With aging, many adults experience decreased muscle mass and strength known as sarcopenia. In older adults, muscular strength is a major predictor of health outcomes such as falls, fractures, and mortality (1). It is therefore important to maintain adequate muscular strength to limit these poor health outcomes.
Management of Acute Musculoskeletal (MSK) injury: R.I.C.E or M.E.A.T?
Dr Andy Reed, Banff Sport Medicine Physician, provides some insight…..
ACL injuries in ballet dancers
Given the high volume of jumping performed in a typical ballet class (up to 200 jumps per 90 minute class1), you would expect ACL injuries to be ubiquitous amongst ballet dancers.
Management of lower limb (aka knee) injuries in youth athletes
Knee injuries are common in youth athletes with up to 1 in 4 athletes at risk of sustaining this type of injury. Approximately one-third of patients seen in the Banff Sport Medicine Clinic are youth. For example, the Clinic assesses approximately 1500 acute knee injuries in patients aged 5 to 24 each year.
