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Covering sports injuries from the perspective of a certified athletic trainer and backed by analytics.

A Retrospective Look at Steve Nash & The Injuries He Endured

This isn’t how it was suppose to end. After years of marveling fans with impossible passes and improbable shots, Steve Nash deserved an ending worthy of an old Western. A brazen cowboy should always get to ride off into the sunset. Instead the 40-year old point guard’s season, and likely his career, is over due […]

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Breaking Down Kevin Durant’s Jones Fracture

Thunder forward Kevin Durant will not be available to start the 2014-15 season after it was discovered the reigning MVP has a Jones fracture in his right foot. The Thunder stated they are currently considering all their options and will provide a timeline when a course of treatment has been decided. Durant’s fracture is to […]

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Breaking Down Bradley Beal’s Scaphoid Fracture

After an impressive 2013-14 campaign, the up-and-coming Wizards spent the offseason bolstering their frontline. The team resigned center Marcin Gortat and quickly signed veteran forward and former Finals MVP Paul Pierce when incumbent starter Trevor Ariza left for Houston. They also completed inexpensive deals for Kris Humphries and DeJuan Blair. Unfortunately early injuries have derailed […]

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Breaking Down Nick Young’s Thumb Injury: What is a Radial Collateral Ligament?

The last two seasons have been disastrous for the Los Angeles Lakers and poor health has been one of the primary factors contributing to the team’s struggles. Last season was particularly bad as the Lakers finished last in the number of games lost to injury with 320. The injuries, particularly Kobe Bryant’s recovery from Achilles […]

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Spotlight: Sacramento Kings Athletic Trainer Manny Romero

The Sacramento Kings, once a staple of the Western Conference elite, has been a franchise in flux for nearly a decade. A change in ownership and potential move to Seattle has added to the turbulence for a team that last appeared in the postseason in 2007. However throughout the discord one thing has remained consistent: […]

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