Earlier this month, Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush began offering patients bundled payments for orthopedic care. The Chicago-based orthopedic practice is the first academic practice and is among the first orthopedic groups in the nation to offer patients these kinds...read more
PURPOSE: To determine if shoulder and elbow kinematics, pitching velocity and accuracy, and pain change during a simulated baseball game in adolescent pitchers. METHODS: Adolescent male pitchers aged 13 to 16 years were included. Pitchers were excluded if they had...read more
Dr. Nikhil Verma traveled to Jeju, South Korea for the International Congress of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. During his time there, Dr. Verma spoke on shoulder pain in overhead throwing athletes, rotator cuff tears and SLAP tears. Dr. Verma’s...read more
Over the past decade there has been a dramatic rise in the number of shoulder and elbow injures to adolescent baseball pitchers. Fatigue has been shown to be a significant cause of injuries in adolescent baseball pitchers. As such,...read more
Options for Patients Without Health Insurance, International Patients, and Cash Pay Patients Dr. Verma participates in the MOR Package Pricing program providing healthcare bundled payments for domestic and international patients who prefer to pay cash for their procedures. There are a variety...read more
Background Shoulder and elbow injuries are a common cause of pain, dysfunction, and inability to play in overhead throwers. Pitch velocity plays an integral part in the etiology of these injuries; however, the demographic and biomechanical correlates with throwing...read more
