KANSAS CITY – The Kansas City Chiefs provide us a behind-the-scenes look at the medical facilities at Arrowhead Stadium. Source: By Tom Martin, Sports Anchor/Reporter and By Nick Sloan, Digital Producer for KCTV
KANSAS CITY – The National Football League has come a long way when it comes to providing each and every player with the best health and safety protocols as possible. The Kansas City Chiefs, along with several officials from the NFL, explained the details of those protocols on Wednesday, where Chiefs’ Vice President of Sports […]
INDIANAPOLIS – Dr. Walter Lowe, the Texans’ head team physician, is the 2018 winner of the Jerry “Hawk” Rhea Award that’s presented by the Professional Football Athletics Trainer Society. The PFATS presents the award annually to the NFL’s Most Outstanding Team Physician at a banquet at the scouting combine. Lowe, who is the chairman and […]
Dr. Leslie Bisson is the Head Team Physician for the Buffalo Bills Travaris Cadet appreciates another opportunity On Dec. 24, 2017, Bills running back Travaris Cadet suffered a severe ankle injury. Cadet credits the team’s medical director, Dr. Leslie Bisson, for possibly saving his career. “Yeah, he put it back in place on the field. […]
New York Giants head physician, Dr. Scott Rodeo, has received one of the NFL’s Physicians Society’s top research awards. While at the 2018 NFL Scouting Combine, Rodeo was presented with the Arthur C. Rettig Award for Academic Excellence. Rodeo won the award for his presentation, “Current Update on Clinical Use of Biologics in Musculoskeletal Injury,” […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Dr. Allen Sills wishes there were an easy solution to diagnosing concussions. “We’re not at the point where a player would come off, get a blood test, and we say, ‘Yeah, you have one or you don’t,’” said Sills, a neurosurgeon at Vanderbilt and the NFL’s chief medical officer. “Boy, that’d make our […]
New York Giants’ Scott Rodeo, M.D. Receives NFLPS’ Top Research Award Arthur C. Rettig Award for Academic Excellence Given for Research on Clinical Use of Biologics in Musculoskeletal Injury March 7, 2018 (Indianapolis, IN) —The NFL Physicians Society has awarded the Arthur C. Rettig Award for Academic Excellence to Dr. Scott Rodeo, Head Team Physician […]
March 2, 2018 (Indianapolis, IN)— Today, Leigh Ann Curl, M.D., head team orthopedic surgeon for the Baltimore Ravens, was elected President of the NFL Physicians Society (NFLPS). “It is a great honor to be elected President of the NFLPS, and I am looking forward to working with the medical staffs from every team as we […]
(Dr. Scott Rodeo is the Head Team Physician for the New York Giants) The most important testing at the NFL Scouting Combine this week may actually take place two miles away from Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Before the draft prospects step onto the field for the 40-yard dash, they’ll undergo an extensive medical evaluation […]
Houston Texans’ Walt Lowe Named Outstanding NFL Team Physician of the Year March 1, 2018 (Indianapolis, IN)—The NFL Physicians Society (NFLPS) congratulates Dr. Walt Lowe, M.D., for being recognized as Outstanding NFL Team Physician by the Professional Football Athletic Trainers Society (PFATS). The NFLPS held its annual Scientific Meeting and Symposium during the NFL Scouting […]