As a team physician for the BU intercollegiate athletic program, what type of injury is most common?
Dr. Schepsis: Knee-related injuries depend on the sport. In football or basketball, there are a lot of ligament injuries, ACL injuries, and meniscal injuries (menisci are the cushions/shock absorption that sit between the bones). There are also several problems with the knee cap (patella), which becomes softened (a condition known as chondromalacia) as well as unstable and maligned. There is a spectrum of injuries that we see and it typically depends on the sport. There are certain sports where you see more upper-body injuries and others where you see more lower-body injuries. It really is sport-dependent. Knee1: Are there any particular success stories you can think of where an athlete recovered beyond expectations? Dr. Schepsis: There are a number of them. One is an 18-year old female basketball player, who was a senior in high school and had aspirations of playing Division 1. She not only tore the ligament in her knee, but she lost the meniscus/cartilage as well as a major portion o
