I just got back from the Sports Medicine Symposium of the Americas in Houston, Texas. This was a great opportunity to hear some of the top therapists and orthopedic surgeons in the country present together on current advances in treatment of the shoulder, knee, hip, and ankle. Represented were team surgeons and therapists from multiple professional and college level programs including, of course, the Houston Astros/Texans/and Rockets to name a few. Of particular interest for me was hearing the latest in ACL prevention, hip/labral problems, PRP, and scapular evaluation and treatment. It is always refreshing to get to a great learning opportunity like this to motivate continual progress in your own practice. Even though I left my ten gallon hat in Texas, I look forward to applying what I've learned to assist my patients here in central Illinois. Oh, by the way, if you plan on travelling to Houston watch the movie Tin Cup, as the landscape in the movie pretty much sums up what it is like down there. (L)
