By Daniel Clearfield, DO, MS, FAOASM | December 4, 2023 | General Sports Medicine | Tagged: sports medicine, wrestling, ncaa | 0 Comments
I first met Tom (Dr. Allen) as a medical student who had an interest in sports medicine, but more specifically taking care of the wrestling athlete. H...
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By Daniel Clearfield, DO, MS, FAOASM | May 11, 2023 | OMM / Osteopathy, General Sports Medicine, Teaching | Tagged: mental health, body mind spirit, world mental health month, osteopathic principles | 0 Comments
It is World Mental Health Month! Body, MIND, & Spirit: these three critical things constitute the first principle of Osteopathic Principles &...
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By Daniel Clearfield, DO, MS, FAOASM | February 26, 2023 | General Sports Medicine, Orthobiologics, Conditions | Tagged: hamstring, hamstring injury, pain in the butt, hamstring pain | 0 Comments
“Pain in the butt,” a phrase that we typically use to describe someone or something that is very annoying, but it originated from a sensation of p...
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By Daniel Clearfield, DO, MS, FAOASM | October 21, 2022 | OMM / Osteopathy, Conditions, General Sports Medicine, Orthobiologics | Tagged: OMT, omm, back pain, ribs, rib pain, PRP, rib fracture, stem cell, upper back pain, osteopathic, cell therapy, regenerative medicine, shockwave | 0 Comments
“Ribs, I had ribs for lunch, that’s why I’m doing this.” — Ron Burgundy Let’s talk about rib pain. For those unaware, we have 12 sets of r...
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By Daniel Clearfield, DO, MS, FAOASM | September 18, 2022 | General Sports Medicine | Tagged: united world wrestling, freestyle wrestling, women's wrestling, men's wrestling, greco roman wrestling, wrestling, usa wrestling, olympic wrestling | 2 Comments
As I watched the completion of the United World Wrestling World Championships today, I reflect back on my recent trip with the team. In July 20...
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By Daniel Clearfield, DO, MS, FAOASM | July 6, 2022 | General Sports Medicine, Orthobiologics, Teaching, OMM / Osteopathy, Conditions | Tagged: buttock pain, back pain, low back pain, si joint, prolotherapy, sacroiliac, PRP, sacroiliac joint, stem cell therapy, regenerative medicine | 0 Comments
“Pain in the butt,” a phrase that we typically use to describe someone or something that is very annoying, but it originated from a sensation of p...
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By Daniel Clearfield, DO, MS, FAOASM | June 2, 2022 | General Sports Medicine, Insurance, Teaching, OMM / Osteopathy | Tagged: biotensegrity, joint pain, osteopathic principles, trigger point, trigger point injection, structure, function, concussion | 0 Comments
As a practicing Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) I have been taught in the philosophy of Osteopathic Principles & Practice (OPP). One of these ...
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By Daniel Clearfield, DO, MS, FAOASM | February 22, 2022 | OMM / Osteopathy, General Sports Medicine, Teaching | Tagged: theragun, omm, knee pain, myofascial pain, trigger point, trigger points, trigger point injection, foam roller, lacrosse ball, theracane, OMT | 3 Comments
Toilet knees. Heard of it?! Well, if you are saying no, it is because I am not aware of anyone coining the phrase for this injury yet. Man...
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By motion-is-medicine | May 27, 2021 | General Sports Medicine | Tagged: wrestling, jujitsu, mma, ufc, mixed martial arts, combat sports, ear pain, sports medicine, ear trauma, auricular hematoma, cauliflower ear, procedure | 0 Comments
Last month we wrapped up the USA Wrestling Olympic Trials. Along with this, we wrapped up severalears as well! Auricular hematoma, bleeding between th...
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By Daniel Clearfield, DO, MS, FAOASM | January 28, 2021 | General Sports Medicine, Orthobiologics | Tagged: non-operative, bone marrow aspirate, non-operative orthopedics, micronized fat, orthopedic, adipose stem cell, orthopedics, orthobiologics, MSK US, osteopath, platelet rich plasma, musculoskeletal, OMT, PRP, musculoskeletal US, stem cell, musculoskeletal ultrasound regenerative injection therapy, osteopathic, RIT, osteopathic principles, regenerative medicine, stem cell therapy, sports medicine, BMA | 1 Comments
Platelet rich plasma (PRP) has emerged as the latest and greatest treatment for musculoskeletal conditions in the last couple of decades! PRP can be u...
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