Athletic Injury
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Shoulder Surgery to repair torn tendon on Barbados Senior Squash player Karen Meakins
Posted on Saturday, November 30th, 2013Dr. Alejandro Badia, MD, FACS, and world-renowned Hand & Upper Limb Surgeon, President of the ISSPORTH (International Society for Sport Traumatology of the Hand), will visit Barbados the first week of December. Dr. Badia will offer a free Medical Conference for local medical professionals and another one for patients and professional athletes. Dr. Badia has recently performed [...]
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Tennis Elbow Lateral Epicondylitis Athlete Elbow Injuries
Posted on Saturday, May 1st, 2010Athletic injuries in the hand and wrist are often misdiagnosed and under treated for a variety of reasons. Chronic and overuse injuries often go untreated due to the athlete's reluctance to seek medical attention. This is because in many sports, the athlete can compensate with some of these injuries while this may be more difficult in weight bearing joints such as the knee and ankle. [...]
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A Difficult Lesson – Common Golf Injuries
Posted on Friday, May 1st, 2009Sean Edey is a gifted golf player from the island of Barbados. He is so promising that at 19 years of age he’s already an accomplished member of the golf team at Bethune-Cookman University of Florida, where he attends on an athletic scholarship. So when he started having pain in his left wrist in the summer of 2007, Mr. Edey was concerned about the discomfort and its effect on his [...]
