Dr. Spyros Panos: Famous sports injuries

Orthopedic surgeons like Dr. Spyros Panos would agree that while some sport injuries are causes of accidents, many others are results of poor coaching, training, mastery of the sport, and the misuse of sports equipment. Moreover, PowerBar.com shares that half of all sports injuries affect the legs, including ankle sprains, anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries, and joint dislocations. Over the years, sports injuries are prevailing and are becoming legendary, one way or another.

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Here are two of the most celebrated sports mishaps:


1. At 6’ 1 and 225 pounds, Bo Jackson became one of the most powerful and feared athletes during the height of his career.

Dr. Spyros Panos subspecialty interests include sports medicine, the branch of medicine which manages and treats sports-related injuries.

He played professional football for the Oakland Raiders and pro baseball for the Kansas City Royals until a hip joint injury, which subsequently ended his football career. This happened in 1991 while he was tackled during a Raiders’ playoff victory over Cincinnati Bengals. The injury deteriorated, even after treatments, resulting to the condition called avascular necrosis, prompting his physicians to do hip replacement.

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2. During a 2003 Fiesta Bowl, Willis McGahee, the running back for the Miami Hurricanes was dashing in a game at the Ohio State’s linebacking core, when an opponent’s forearm hit his knee. McGahee’s body continued to sprint but his knees remained on the ground, tearing three of his ligaments. Despite this gruesome injury, he still excelled in the NFL and is considered one of the league’s better backs in spite the injury.

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