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• Vital Signs: Safety: Helmets’ Face Shields Found to Be Sturdy

  Plastic face shields that attach to helmets are strong enough to protect players’ eyes from even the most powerful blows, a new study finds. Posted Monday, November 24, 2008 5:21 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Medicine and Health, Accidents and Safety, Helmets, Eyes and Eyesight, Sports Medicine

• C. Harmon Brown, Pioneer Sports Doctor, Is Dead at 78

  Dr. Brown helped develop the field of sports medicine, including doing influential research on the effects of strenuous exercise on the female body. Posted Friday, November 14, 2008 9:23 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Deaths (Obituaries), Women, Sports Medicine, Brown, C. Harmon

• Gallinari Will Seek Additional Opinions

  New tests have revealed no significant changes in Danilo Gallinari’s sore back, and the Knicks are sending him to a string of specialists to find an answer. Posted Wednesday, November 12, 2008 11:35 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Basketball, New York Knicks, Gallinari, Danilo, Sports Medicine

• Injuries Prevent the Nets From Setting a Rotation

  One nagging and significant concern for the Nets is who will start at center for Wednesday’s season opener against the Wizards in Washington. Posted Sunday, October 26, 2008 10:07 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Basketball, New Jersey Nets, Washington Wizards, Sports Medicine

• Vital Signs: Exercise: Program Reduces a Knee Injury in Women

  A program of strengthening exercises may help guard against a knee injury that sidelines many female athletes, a study says. Posted Monday, October 13, 2008 7:37 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Athletics and Sports, Women, Medicine and Health, Knees, Sports Medicine, anterior cruciate ligament

• N.F.L. Roundup: Westbrook Practices and Is Expected to Play

  For the first time in two weeks he running back Brian Westbrook was at practice and is expected to play in Sunday’s game against the Redskins. Posted Saturday, October 04, 2008 12:03 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Washington Redskins, Sports Medicine, Westbrook, Brian, Philadelphia Eagles

• Jeffries’s Injury Further Complicates the Knicks’ Plans

  After cracking his left fibula Thursday afternoon, Jared Jeffries may not return to play until late November. Posted Friday, October 03, 2008 11:37 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Basketball, New York Knicks, Sports Medicine, Jeffries, Jared

• Boldin Injured in Helmet-to-Helmet Hit

  Arizona Cardinals receiver Anquan Boldin was carted off the field after suffering a hit late in Sunday’s game by Jets safety Eric Smith. Posted Sunday, September 28, 2008 11:25 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: New York Jets, Accidents and Safety, Helmets, Sports Medicine, Arizona Cardinals, Boldin, Anquan, Mount Sinai Medical Center

• 12 Athletes Agree to Give Their Brains to Concussion Study

  A dozen athletes, including six N.F.L. players, have agreed to donate their brains after their deaths for research on the long-term effects of concussions. Posted Tuesday, September 23, 2008 8:09 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Athletics and Sports, Brain, Concussions, Medicine and Health, Sports Medicine

• Carney Leaves Footprint on Giants

  John Carney, like the Giants, is perfect this season: nine attempts and nine makes while serving as the stand-in for the injured Lawrence Tynes. Posted Sunday, September 21, 2008 11:11 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Football, New York Giants, Sports Medicine, Carney, John, Tynes, Lawrence

• Phys Ed: Unhappy Feet

  Planter fasciitis, stress fractures, bunions — unglamorous ailments that we all too often ignore. The care and feeding of your lowliest appendages. Posted Thursday, September 11, 2008 11:19 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Medicine and Health, Sports Medicine, Feet

• Injury to Jets’ Nugent Underlines the Value of Football Specialists

  The injury sustained by the Jets’ kicker, Mike Nugent, trains the spotlight on N.F.L. specialists, who operate on the fringe of teams, in near anonymity, at least until they make mistakes. Posted Monday, September 08, 2008 11:00 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Football, New York Jets, Sports Medicine, Nugent, Mike

• If Kicker Is Hurt, It’s All Feet on Deck

  When the kicker Mike Nugent sustained an injury on Sunday, a safety, a quarterback and a punter prepared to step in. Posted Sunday, September 07, 2008 10:52 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Football, New York Jets, Sports Medicine, Nugent, Mike

• Glavine to Learn if Career Is Over

  A medical examination this week to determine the source of Tom Glavine’s elbow pain, will decide if the pitcher retires from baseball. Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 11:29 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Atlanta Braves, Glavine, Tom, Sports Medicine

• Red Sox Turn to a Veteran and a Rookie Knuckleballer

  With Tim Wakefield on the disabled list and Clay Buchholz pitching erratically, the Red Sox have reached out to a pair of very different arms. Posted Tuesday, August 12, 2008 11:53 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Byrd, Paul, Sports Medicine, Buchholz, Clay, Zink, Charlie, Wakefield, Tim