Summer Injury Prevention

Summer Injury Prevention

Happy Summer and Happy Fourth of July! With increasing temperatures, we often see an increase in injuries. Emergency rooms across the country see an increase in fractures, strains, dehydration, and heat exhaustion. Whether you’re hitting the lake, the bike path,...
Summer Injury Prevention

What a Year…

Andrew Patton, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine at Orthopedic Specialists of Louisiana in Shreveport/ Bossier City. Dr. Patton recently celebrated his first year in practice and we decided to ask him a few questions about his first year at...
Summer Injury Prevention

ACL Injuries in Young Athletes

Young athletes… I was one and as an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine, I treat a lot them. With an increase of sports participation in young adults, we have consequently seen an increase in sports injuries in these young athletes. Of those injuries,...