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
Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush sports medicine specialist, Dr. Nikhil Verma recently talked with Chicago ABC7 News about the anterior collateral ligament (ACL) and lateral collateral ligament (LCL) knee injuries suffered by Chicago Cubs player, Kyle Schwarber....read more
Dr. Nikhil Verma at Rush (MOR) is one of three Chicago shoulder surgeons actively recruiting patients with rotator cuff injuries to participate in a clinical trial using stem cell injections. Criteria for patients is as follows: • Age 18...read more
New research from Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush has found that fatigue can affect pitching mechanics and potentially result in injuries. “Our study simulated a 90-pitch game for 28 elite, adolescent pitchers and we investigated how their shoulder and elbow...read more
At the 2016 AAOS Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida, Dr. Verma spoke on shoulder instability, rotator cuff repair and how to track and record patient outcomes....read more
Here’s what we know: Since 2005, teams have seen at least four members of their pitching rotations make 30 starts apiece in a single season a total of 30 times. Twelve organizations have never done it at all in...read more
