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The Sports Docs Podcast

Sports medicine is a constantly evolving field, with hundreds of new articles published each month on the topic. This ever-growing wealth of information can make it challenging to stay updated on the newest approaches and techniques, and to know which data should actually change your practice. Join orthopedic surgeons, Dr. Catherine Logan and Dr. Ashley Bassett, as they chat about the most recent developments in sports medicine and dissect through all the noise.On each episode of The Sports Docs

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172: ACL 2.0: Playbook for Reducing Retear Risk

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2026/04/13

Live from the Arthrex Team Physician Controversies Conference In this episode of The Sports Docs Podcast, Dr. Ashley Bassett and Dr. Catherine Logan sit down LIVE from the Arthrex Team Physician Controversies with two leading ACL experts—Dr. Pat Smith and Dr. Aaron Krych—to discuss strategies to reduce failure after ACL reconstruction. The conversation highlights the evolution of ACL surgery, focusing on graft selection, fixation, biologic augmentation, and mechanical protection, with an emph...

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171: Next-Gen Knees: Modern Cartilage Restoration

The Sports Docs Podcast ·

2026/04/06

Live from the Arthrex Team Physician Controversies Conference 🎧 Episode Summary In this episode of The Sports Docs Podcast, Dr. Ashley Bassett and Dr. Catherine Logan sit down LIVE from the Arthrex Team Physician Controversies with cartilage restoration expert Dr. Travis Maak to discuss the modern surgical management of knee cartilage defects. The conversation focuses on diagnostic workup, surgical decision-making, and cutting-edge cartilage restoration techniques, including Autocart,

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170: A League of Their Own: Advancements in UCL Surgery

The Sports Docs Podcast ·

2026/03/30

Modern Surgical Management of Elbow UCL Tears Live from the Arthrex Team Physician Controversies 🎧 Episode Summary In this episode of The Sports Docs Podcast, Dr. Ashley Bassett and Dr. Catherine Logan sit down LIVE from the Arthrex Team Physician Controversies with two leaders in sports medicine—Dr. Neal ElAttrache and Dr. Jeffrey Dugas—to discuss the modern management of ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) injuries in throwing athletes. Highlights Changing UCL Injury Landscape Incr...

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169: Seeing is Believing: The Evolution of...

The Sports Docs Podcast ·

2026/03/23

Live from the 10th Annual Arthrex Team Physician Controversies Conference 🎧 Episode Overview In this episode of The Sports Docs Podcast, Dr. Ashley Bassett and Dr. Catherine Logan sit down LIVE from the Arthrex Team Physician Controversies Conference to explore how next-generation arthroscopic imaging is transforming the way orthopaedic surgeons diagnose and treat injuries. Joined by Dr. James Voos—Chairman of Orthopedics at University Hospitals and Head Team Physician for the Cleveland...

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168: ATSD – Should I have Surgery for my Type III AC...

The Sports Docs Podcast ·

2026/03/16

Welcome to another episode of Ask The Sports Docs. We get a lot questions from our listeners each week and they’re great questions, so rather than responding individually we thought we’d do these mini episodes where highlight some of the best questions and our responses. So, let’s get started! Today, we’re tackling the question: “Should I have surgery for my type III AC joint separation?” If you are a sports medicine or shoulder surgeon, you’ve definitely had this conversation with your patie...

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167: Overtime – How Many Patella Dislocations is Too...

The Sports Docs Podcast ·

2026/03/09

Welcome to Overtime with the Sports Docs. On each of these mini episodes, we chat about a new article or new surgical technique in the field of sports medicine. We’ll give you our quick take on the most recent data and how this data will impact our practice. Today, we’re chatting about recurrent patellar instability, and specifically the risk of progressive cartilage damage in the setting of repeat patella dislocation events. We’re going to review an article from the August 2024 issue of AJSM...

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166: ATSD – Do Guardian Caps Actually Decrease...

The Sports Docs Podcast ·

2026/03/02

Welcome to another episode of Ask The Sports Docs. We get a lot questions from our listeners each week and they’re great questions, so rather than responding individually we thought we’d do these mini episodes where highlight some of the best questions and our responses. So, let’s get started! Today’s Ask The Sports Docs focuses on a question that we get asked a lot on the sideline, in locker rooms and by parents of our young contact sport athletes: Do you recommend the use of Guardian Caps t...

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165: Overtime – Long-term Outcomes of Arthroscopic...

The Sports Docs Podcast ·

2026/02/23

Today, we’re diving into a paper that reviews the long-term outcomes following arthroscopic Bankart repair and challenges some of the historical narratives around this procedure. The study that we are reviewing today is titled “Long-term Outcomes of a Contemporary Arthroscopic Bankart Repair Technique in Patients With Traumatic Anterior Shoulder Instability: A Minimum 10-Year Follow-up.” This is a minimum 10-year follow-up study looking at modern arthroscopic Bankart techniques using at leas...

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164: Game Plan: Pickleball (Reboo)

The Sports Docs Podcast ·

2026/02/16

Welcome to another episode of Game Plan! It has been a while since we have done one of these Game Plan episodes so to quickly review: These episodes are specifically designed for patients. They are designed to hopefully answer some of the questions you have about the most common sports medicine conditions, injury prevention and treatment options. Today we’re talking about pickleball – the fastest growing sport in the United States. From 2019- 2021, the number of pickleball players increased f...

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163: Ask The Sports Docs: What is the Optimal Timing...

The Sports Docs Podcast ·

2026/02/09

We get a lot questions from our listeners each week and they’re great questions, so rather than responding individually we thought we’d do these mini episodes where highlight some of the best questions and our responses. So, let’s get started! Today’s Ask The Sports Docs focuses on timing of ACL reconstruction surgery. Our patients, and their families, frequently ask… how long can I wait to have the surgery? To answer that question, we’re going to review an article, hot off the press in...

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162: Overtime: Peptides, PR, and Patient Demand:...

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2026/02/02

Welcome to Overtime with the Sports Docs. On each of these mini episodes, Catherine and I chat about a new technique or treatment option in the field of sports medicine. We’ll give you our quick take on the most recent data and how this data will impact our practice. Today we’re tackling a topic that’s coming up more and more in clinic, locker rooms, and social media—injectable peptide therapy. Specifically, we’re going to walk through a recent AJSM narrative review by Mayfield and colleague...

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161: Overtime – Platelet Concentration Explains PRP...

The Sports Docs Podcast ·

2026/01/26

Welcome to Overtime with the Sports Docs. On each of these mini episodes, we chat about a new article or new surgical technique in the field of sports medicine. We’ll give you our quick take on the most recent data and how this data will impact our practice. Today, we’re talking about one of the hottest topics in sports medicine — platelet rich plasma for lateral epicondylitis. If you’ve ever wondered why PRP seems to work great for some patients… and not at all for others — this paper give...

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160: Dr. Kevin Farmer on Athletic Shoulder Injuries:...

The Sports Docs Podcast ·

2026/01/19

Today’s episode is going to focus on two common athletic shoulder injuries that we see in American football – traumatic anterior shoulder dislocations and acromioclavicular joint injuries. We’ll dive into the acute on-field management followed by treatment thereafter, including nonoperative and surgical treatment options. We are joined today by Dr. Kevin Farmer, a Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Florida, a team physician for the University of Florida gators and the...

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159: Dr. Winston Gwathmey – Mindset in Surgery (Part II)

The Sports Docs Podcast ·

2026/01/12

Our conversation picks back up with an article titled “Mental toughness in surgeons: Is there room for improvement?” This paper was published in the December 2019 issue of the Canadian Journal of Surgery and evaluates mental toughness among general surgery residents and staff surgeons using the Mental Toughness Index. The authors found that staff surgeons score significantly higher across all domains—including self-belief, attention and emotion regulation, optimism, buoyancy, and adversity ca...

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158: Dr. Winston Gwathmey – Mindset in Surgery (Part I)

The Sports Docs Podcast ·

2026/01/05

On today’s episode we’re focusing on mindset skills, emotional regulation and mental toughness and feel that orthopedic surgery with Dr. Winston Gwathmey, an orthopedic surgeon at UVA. We start off our discussion today with an article from the September 2022 issue of the Journal of Surgical Research titled “Emotional Regulation in Surgery: Fostering Well-Being, Performance, and Leadership.” This article reviews the critical role of emotional regulation as a trainable cognitive skill tha...

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157: The Best of 2025 (The Sports Docs Podcast)

The Sports Docs Podcast ·

2025/12/29

2025 has been a year of real growth for our show! We’ve seen our listenership expand, our community of colleagues grow, and our impact reach more clinicians, athletes and sports medicine professionals than ever before. That only happens because of you—our listeners—who show up every week curious, engaged, and committed to elevating care in sports medicine. This year also brought a milestone we’re incredibly proud of: The Sports Docs Podcast has been nominated for Best Clinical Education Podca...

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156: Overtime – Hip Return to Sport Index (RSI)

The Sports Docs Podcast ·

2025/12/22

Welcome to Overtime with the Sports Docs. On each of these mini episodes, Catherine and I chat about a new article or new surgical technique in the field of sports medicine. We’ll give you our quick take on the most recent data and how this data will impact our practice. Today, we’re breaking down a new study looking at the Hip–Return to Sport after Injury score, or Hip-RSI, and whether it can help us evaluate psychological readiness to return to sport after surgical repair of a proxima...

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155: Injury Report: Meniscus Tears in the NFL

The Sports Docs Podcast ·

2025/12/15

Today we’re breaking down a common but sometimes career-altering knee injury in professional football – the meniscus tear. We’ll cover how often these happen in the NFL, how players present, what treatment choices look like, timelines for returning to play, and critically – how meniscal injury affects performance and career length But first, a quick refresher: The menisci are two C-shaped fibrocartilage discs in each knee (medial and lateral) that help distribute load, absorb shock, and stabi...

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154: Overtime – ACL Tunnel Widening

The Sports Docs Podcast ·

2025/12/08

On each of these mini episodes, Catherine and I chat about a new article or new surgical technique in the field of sports medicine. We’ll give you our quick take on the most recent data and how this data will impact our practice. Today, we’re discussing a brand-new paper hot off the press titled: “Predictors of Tunnel Widening After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction” published in the November 2025 issue of AJSM. This study digs into why femoral and tibial tunnels enlarge after A...

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153: Dr. Sara Edwards – The Thrower’s Shoulder (Part 2)

The Sports Docs Podcast ·

2025/12/01

Our conversation picks back up with an article titled “Patient Outcomes and Return to Play After Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair in Overhead Athletes.” This systematic review, published in the January 2023 issue of JOT, analyzed 20 studies comprising 692 patients with an average follow-up of 40 months. The authors found that arthroscopic cuff repair led to significant improvements in patient reported outcomes as well as improved shoulder elevation. Overall, 75% of athletes return...

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