Dr. James P. Bradley, MD Head Team Orthopedist for the Pittsburgh Steelers Receives Prestigious 2015 Ralph C. Wilde Leadership Award Orthopedic Surgeon and Leader in Sports Medicine Recognized for Dedication to Patients On and Off the Field PITTSBURGH, PA (March 5, 2016) The National Football League Physicians Society (NFLPS) is proud of its former President, Dr. James […]

Dr. Daniel E. Cooper, the head physician for the Dallas Cowboys, received the Arthur C. Rettig Award for Academic Excellence on Monday from the NFL Physicians Society. The award is given annually to an NFL team physician for academic excellence in research in advancing the health and safety of players in the NFL. The study, […]

Fain-Cain Award for Outstanding NFL Athletic Trainer awarded to Panthers’ Vermillion Arthur C. Rettig. M.D. Award for Academic Excellence Awarded to Cowboys’ Cooper Jerry “Hawk” Rhea Award given to Panthers’ Anderson Indianapolis, Ind. – February 29, 2016 – The NFL Physicians Society (NFLPS) held its annual Scientific Meeting and Symposium during the NFL Scouting Combine […]

Faced with one of those life-altering choices, Patrick Connor could have never foreseen that 30 years later, his fateful decision would put him on the sideline for Super Bowl 50. But Sunday, when the Carolina Panthers tangle with the Denver Broncos in the NFL’s 50th Big Game, it will be Connor — a Bartlesville native, […]

Just in time for the Super Bowl, a new report shows the NFL had a 58 percent increase in concussions this season over the previous season. Rams team physician Matt Matava of Washington University says new rules and protocols are designed to reduce brain injuries. “We like to think these various tools are coming out […]

Last Friday, Dr. Pat Connor sat in his office at OrthoCarolina and pondered his trip to the Super Bowl. He had already been through a busy week, starting with surgery on Carolina Panthers linebacker Thomas Davis on Monday morning to insert a plate to protect a broken forearm. Connor spent the week seeing patients, handling […]

Even in a physical and sometimes brutal sport like football, where injuries are almost an occupational hazard, the hit that left Adam Taliaferro paralyzed and motionless on the Ohio Stadium turf was a nightmare. On a head-first tackle late in a loss at Ohio State in 2000, the Penn State defensive back crushed the fifth […]

Early in the second quarter of the Carolina Panthers’ victory over Philadelphia Eagles in Week 7, cornerback Josh Norman had a big collision with running back DeMarco Murray along the sideline. As Norman started to get to his feet, Panthers linebacker Thomas Davis inadvertently bumped into him and knocked Norman back to the ground. Head […]

By: Joseph Person One of my last concussions in college came on a catch against Bucknell University on a beautiful Virginia fall day in 1990. I held onto the football after getting hit on a route down the middle of the field, got up and made my way back to the huddle. I stayed in […]