TEKTONIC Sports Performance News

Head Baseball Coach Jason Washburn of the College Park Cavlaliers breaks down the upcoming playoff series with their inter-district rival Klein Bearcats.

William Moore looking towards Freestyle season

William Moore of College Park HS returns from shoulder surgery

William Moore knew something was wrong last December when he got up from the mat and his shoulder felt misplaced.  It wasn’t the pain you feel when your shoulder totally separates or when a ligament tears.

This pain was subtle at first and then the soreness began to increase.  Something wasn’t right.

“I wrestled with the pain for about 2 weeks before we decided to have it checked out,” says Moore, a junior on the College Park wrestling team.

Dr. Brandt Lipscomb of The Fondren Group of The Woodlands quickly discovered that Moore had sustained a torn glenoid labrum of the left shoulder.

The labrum in the shoulder is a cartilage disc attached to the socket of the shoulder that aids in maintaining shoulder stability.

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The passage of Texas House Bill 2038 in May 2011 requires athletes be cleared by a physician before returning to play after sustaining a suspected concussion. The new legislation takes pressure off coaching staff to make the return to play decision after an on field collision. As a result, communities have seen increased effort by schools, sports teams and health care providers to educate athletes and parents on the risks and symptoms of concussion.

Of particular concern is the athlete whose symptoms persist beyond 3 to 5 days post-injury. Concussions can produce many symptoms, often resulting in physical (headaches, dizziness), cognitive (poor concentration, memory) and behaviorial changes (irritability, mood swings). These symptoms have the potential to not only impact the student’s day to day functioning, but also their performance in the classroom.

If symptom reduction is not evident within a few days, or severity of symptoms is of concern (see side bar – Grade 2 and 3), an MRI along with a neurological exam is recommended to rule out more serious intracranial pathology (skull fracture, hematoma, parenchymal lesion).

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The severity of concussion is graded on a three-point scale and is used as a basis for treatment decisions.

Grade 1 No loss of consciousness, transient confusion, and other symptoms that resolve within 15 minutes
Grade 2 No loss of consciousness, transient confusion and other symptoms that require more than 15 minutes to resolve
Grade 3 Loss of consciousness for any period

Functional MRI [FMRI] images of a high school football player with a functionally observed impairment in the absence of a diagnosed concussion.  Depleted brain activity of frontal lobe.  From left to right: Preseason, In-Season 1, In-Season 2.  Reduced brain activity of the frontal lobe.  Photo courtesy of The Purdue Acute Neural Injury Consortium.

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Old Science Meets New Science for Treatments of Shoulder Injuries

How grafts are shaping sports medicine

Allograft procedures of the shoulder promote successful outcomes from surgeries. These type of surgeries are being performed at St. Luke's The Woodlands Hospital

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Arthroscopy and the technique of minimally invasive surgery was first introduced to the medical community as early as 1917 as an alternative to the often barbaric open surgery techniques of earlier times.

Many surgeries procedures performed during those times involved heavy blood loss, more pain, and long inpatient recovery using older techniques.

Complications were not uncommon.

“The medical community has come a long way with treating shoulder ailments in the last 30 years,” says Dr. Andrew Arthur PT, DPT, OCS, STC, CSCS and Director of Clinical Services and Human Performance for TEKTONIC Sports, a department of St. Luke’s The Woodlands Hospital.

“We are traveling into new and exciting realms of sports medicine that are bringing new ways of delivering care for injured athletes.”

Orthopedic surgeon Marc Labbe’ MD of St. Luke’s The Woodlands Hospital has recently brought significant attention to the sports medicine community by delivering a new treatment for rotator cuff tears.

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Tektonic Sports of St. Luke’s The Woodlands Hospital, St. Luke’s The Woodlands Hospital campus, Medical Arts Center (MAC) II Building at 17350 St. Luke’s Way, Suite 390, The Woodlands, Tx. Intersection of I-45 and Hwy 242.
(Spring ISD, DeCaney HS, Westfield HS, Oak Ridge HS)

AfterShocks Sports Equipment, 19786 Hwy 105 W, Ste 170, Montgomery, Tx., 77356 (Located in The Colannades At Lake Conroe Shopping District)

Rico’s Mexican Grill The Woodlands, 314 Sawdust Rd., The Woodlands, Tx., 77380

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Emily Garza has played through the pain.  She has played with torn ligaments on her right thumb and a fractured left thumb.  Her right throwing shoulder has also been injured through the rigors of athletics.

Being a catcher does not afford one the luxury of comfort and tranquility in the sport of softball.  Foul tips to the hands, collisions at the plate, endless squatting, and the south Texas heat all contribute to the charm of sports’ busiest receiver.

Garza recently recovered from a partially torn meniscus of her right knee, suffered at a national softball tournament in the summer of 2011.  Garza was playing for the Select Texas Hawks softball team of Spring Klein.

“The injury was from a collision at the plate of our national tournament,” says Garza, a 2011 1st Team All-District catcher as a freshman for the Magnolia Lady Bulldogs.

“I knew my knee was hurt right after the collision,” said Garza.

“My coach (Dick Haskell of the Texas Hawks) basically told me to shut it down for the rest of the summer.”

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St. Lukes The Woodlands Hospital – TEKTONIC Athletic Development and Rehabilitation continues its strong affiliation with the sport of baseball by offering off season throwing sports performance programs for baseball players and other shoulder-centric athletes such as quarterbacks.

Also designed for athletes recovering from injuries the Sports Physical Therapy department and Athletic Development department are led by staff members well geared in the sport of baseball.

Dr. Andrew Arthur, DPT, PT, OCS, STC, CSCS is a former collegiate pitcher who knows the difficulties of playing through arm pain and is one of only 3 physical therapist in the state of Texas to earn the prestegious Sports Therapy Certification.

Jay Pierson, MS, ATC, LAT, CSCS, PES has worked in the Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals organization in a training capacity and earned a Master of Science degree in Sports Physiology from Texas A&M University at College Station.

TEKTONIC Athletic Development and Rehabilitation is a department of St. Luke’s The Woodlands Hospital. For more information about TEKTONIC’S Sports Performance programs and its Sports Physical Therapy clinic call (936) 266-3130.

Houston Memorial's Mason Stewart is a Division 1 Football Prospect who recently trained at the TEKTONIC Sports Facility.

Recent All District honors includes many athletes who have trained at the TEKTONIC Sports facility of St. Luke’s The Woodlands Hospital

TEKTONIC Athletic Development and Rehabilitation would like to congratulate our alumni athletes on all of their recent success with high school post season honors:

Brionne Smith, Sr., Decaney High School, 1st Team All District Volleyball 14-5A.

Emily Phillips, Sr., The Woodlands High School, 1st Team All District Volleyball 14-5A.  Committed to Colorado College.

Maddie Slater, Jr., The Woodlands High School, 1st Team All District Volleyball 14-5A.  Committed to Northwestern University.

Hannah Bullock, Sr., Oak Ridge High School, 1st Team All District Volleyball 14-5A.

Taylor Erwin, Sr., College Park High School, 2nd Team All District Volleyball 14-5A.  Committed to Emory University.

Mason Stewart, Sr., Houston Memorial High School, 1st Team All District, 19-5A.

TEKTONIC Sports is a department of St. Luke’s The Woodlands Hospital.  For the latest in Athletic Development, Sports Physical Therapy and Human Performance visitTektonicSports.com/blog andStLukesWoodlands.com/Tektonic.

To set up your Initial Athletic Assessment or for further questions about off-season sport specific training contact TEKTONIC Atheltic Development and Rehabilitation at (936) 266-3130.

Recover and prevent injuries for the upcoming season

The TEKTONIC off season throwing program is designed for pitchers and position players

The long baseball and softball season is finally over.  You have played in as many as 80 games and if you are a baseball pitcher you have thrown over 10,000 pitches including bullpen sessions and side work.  Your arm has been through the ringer and if you are fortunate you have experienced limited or no arm pain or injury.

Consider yourself lucky.

Position players for baseball and softball are overlooked in the dynamics of throwing injuries but are as much at risk for ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) and rotator cuff tears as their pitching counterparts.

If your shoulder and elbow joints are not properly trained going into your upcoming season you are just as likely to injure your throwing arm during the season.

PREPARING FOR THE SEASON

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The Legends of the Fall Northside continues December 15 with the latest on the best athletes and stories north of Hwy 1960.

On The Cover

Kylie Randall of Magnolia High School.

Zach Wright of College Park High School.

Rachel Harvey of Montgomery High School.

Garrett Hope of The Woodlands High School.

Inside Feature Stories:

Nicole Iadamarco of The Woodlands returns from injury.

Jesse Jones becomes Magnolias All Time Leading Scorer.

Pick up your issue of the VYPE Magazine North Side supplement at TEKTONIC Athletic Development and Rehabilitation a department of St. Luke’s The Woodlands Hospital.