February 6, 2020 by John Fernandez
New Robotic-Arm Tech for Knee Replacements...
Robotic-arm assisted surgery for total or partial knee replacements is becoming more...
Watch Now: South Miami Grey Ghosts Sign...
Members of the South Miami Grey Ghosts unlimited weight class (ages 11-14) football team have signed a pledge to be responsible when it comes to...
October 13, 2014 / 1 min read
Watch Now: Doc Talk With FIU Football
For more than two decades, Keith Hechtman, M.D., from Doctors Hospital Center for Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, has been helping student-athletes at FIU stay on...
October 13, 2014 / 1 min read
The Truth About Pain
Most of us have experienced a sharp, fleeting pain somewhere in our body that causes us to stop whatever we’re doing and try to pinpoint...
October 13, 2014 / 2 min read
Student Athletes Learn About Concussion Prevention and...
Concussions aren’t just hitting football players. Recent statistics show that female athletes who play soccer, basketball and lacrosse are just as susceptible to this traumatic...
October 1, 2014 / 2 min read
Watch Now: Miami Heat Stars Talk Health...
Miami HEAT stars Chris “Birdman” Andersen, Mario Chalmers and Norris Cole sat down for a candid conversation with Doctors Hospital CEO Nelson Lazo and HEAT...
September 24, 2014 / 1 min read
Beat the Heat: Safe Strategies for Back-to-School...
For millions of young athletes, back-to-school signals the start of intensive athletic training for fall sports – in sultry August temperatures. To safeguard kids against...
August 12, 2014 / 3 min read
The Perils of High Heels: Fashion vs....
For a recent mid-summer black-tie wedding, I wore four-inch stiletto heels. After several hours, my feet ached, and I noticed a small knot on the...
July 30, 2014 / 2 min read
Stress in the City, Pet Therapy &...
When it comes to modern living, Miami may have it all — plus an unhealthy dose of stress. That’s the word from researchers who placed...
June 27, 2014 / 2 min read
NBA Fans Guide: 10 Things to Do...
Mixed emotions hit the rim in my household when the 2014 NBA season ended a few weeks ago. Of course, we are proud of the...
June 24, 2014 / 3 min read
Unfair Odds: Girls more prone to knee...
The number of sports-related knee injuries sustained by young athletes has increased nearly 400 percent over the past 10 years, especially among young females, say...
June 12, 2014 / 4 min read
