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THE LINEUP IS SET. NOW STEP UP TO THE PLATE. ⚾️🔥
15 sessions. 24.25 CME/CEU. Live exams, real cases and elite faculty.
BSM2026 | Nov 18–20 | Steinbrenner Field + live virtual
Register by Sept 30. Rates rise 20% Oct 1.
BaseballSportsMedicine.org
#BSM2026
@aossm1972 TheAMSSM @ACSMNews @NATA1950
@APTAtweets @APTA_Sports @NSCA
@pbats @MLB @MLBNetwork @MLBPA
@USABaseball @Yankees @drchrisahmad
@DrivelineBB @MikeReinold @EricCressey
@PitchingNinja
15 sessions. 24.25 CME/CEU. Live exams, real cases and elite faculty.
BSM2026 | Nov 18–20 | Steinbrenner Field + live virtual
Register by Sept 30. Rates rise 20% Oct 1.
BaseballSportsMedicine.org
#BSM2026
@aossm1972 TheAMSSM @ACSMNews @NATA1950
@APTAtweets @APTA_Sports @NSCA
@pbats @MLB @MLBNetwork @MLBPA
@USABaseball @Yankees @drchrisahmad
@DrivelineBB @MikeReinold @EricCressey
@PitchingNinja
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⚾ WANT A CAREER IN BASEBALL SPORTS MEDICINE?
YOU NEED TO BE A PART OF THIS MEETING.
If your ambition is to care for baseball athletes, lead their rehabilitation, improve their performance, or advance the science behind the game, make BSM2026 a priority.
Learn from clinicians ionals doing the work. Hear how they evaluate injuries, navigate difficult cases, challenge assumptions, and approach the decisions that shape an athlete’s season.
Bring the questions you can’t answer yet. Meet people whose experience can expand your thinking. Put yourself in the conversation.
For students, residents, and fellows, this is an opportunity to connect your training to the career you want.
For established professionals, it’s an opportunity to sharpen what you bring to the athletes and organizations counting on you.
Three days of baseball-specific education. Live demonstrations. Expert panels. Real cases. Conversations across medicine, surgery, rehabilitation, and performance.
🔥 GIVE YOUR BASEBALL SPORTS MEDICINE AMBITIONS A MAJOR LEAGUE PUSH.
📅 November 18–20, 2026
📍 George M. Steinbrenner Field | Tampa, FL
💻 Attend in person or live virtually
Make the commitment. Register today.
baseballsportsmedicine.org/registration/ 🔗
Link in bio 👆
#BSM2026 #BaseballSportsMedicine #SportsMedicine #AthleticTraining #BaseballPerformance
YOU NEED TO BE A PART OF THIS MEETING.
If your ambition is to care for baseball athletes, lead their rehabilitation, improve their performance, or advance the science behind the game, make BSM2026 a priority.
Learn from clinicians ionals doing the work. Hear how they evaluate injuries, navigate difficult cases, challenge assumptions, and approach the decisions that shape an athlete’s season.
Bring the questions you can’t answer yet. Meet people whose experience can expand your thinking. Put yourself in the conversation.
For students, residents, and fellows, this is an opportunity to connect your training to the career you want.
For established professionals, it’s an opportunity to sharpen what you bring to the athletes and organizations counting on you.
Three days of baseball-specific education. Live demonstrations. Expert panels. Real cases. Conversations across medicine, surgery, rehabilitation, and performance.
🔥 GIVE YOUR BASEBALL SPORTS MEDICINE AMBITIONS A MAJOR LEAGUE PUSH.
📅 November 18–20, 2026
📍 George M. Steinbrenner Field | Tampa, FL
💻 Attend in person or live virtually
Make the commitment. Register today.
baseballsportsmedicine.org/registration/ 🔗
Link in bio 👆
#BSM2026 #BaseballSportsMedicine #SportsMedicine #AthleticTraining #BaseballPerformance
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New Podcast: I discuss the factors that impact rehabilitation timelines, and emphasize the need to view each case as unique. Whether you’re an athlete, coach, or fitness/rehab professional, there are some important nuggets in here. ericcressey.com/csp-elite-base…
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Some risk factors announce themselves.
Others have been hiding in the pitcher’s hand all along.
In a study of 189 professional baseball players, those who had undergone Tommy John surgery had significantly smaller hand spans. Two measurements stood out: thumb-to-pinky span and dex.
Why might that matter?
A smaller hand may have to work harder to create and maintain the same grip. Greater muscular effort can accelerate fatigue in the flexor-pronator muscles, the dynamic shield helping protect the elbow.
When that shield tires, more stress reaches the UCL.
Among the smaller-handed players under 21 studied, 57% had already undergone UCL reconstruction.
That number should not label an athlete or determine their future. Hand size is not destiny. It is information, and information gives us an opportunity to plan more intelligently.
You cannot change the hand.
You can change the plan.
Early screening. Individualized pitch design. Coaching built around the athlete in front of you, not the athlete a system assumes.
The risk may be written in the hands.
The response belongs to all of us.
GETTING CUT
Know More. Risk Less. Perform Longer.
Learn more at gettingcut.org 🔗
Follow @gettingcut_baseballuclinjuries 📲
#GettingCut #UCLInjury #TommyJohnSurgery #PitchingHealth #BaseballParents #BaseballCoaches #YouthBaseball #SportsMedicine #ArmCare #PitchDesign
Others have been hiding in the pitcher’s hand all along.
In a study of 189 professional baseball players, those who had undergone Tommy John surgery had significantly smaller hand spans. Two measurements stood out: thumb-to-pinky span and dex.
Why might that matter?
A smaller hand may have to work harder to create and maintain the same grip. Greater muscular effort can accelerate fatigue in the flexor-pronator muscles, the dynamic shield helping protect the elbow.
When that shield tires, more stress reaches the UCL.
Among the smaller-handed players under 21 studied, 57% had already undergone UCL reconstruction.
That number should not label an athlete or determine their future. Hand size is not destiny. It is information, and information gives us an opportunity to plan more intelligently.
You cannot change the hand.
You can change the plan.
Early screening. Individualized pitch design. Coaching built around the athlete in front of you, not the athlete a system assumes.
The risk may be written in the hands.
The response belongs to all of us.
GETTING CUT
Know More. Risk Less. Perform Longer.
Learn more at gettingcut.org 🔗
Follow @gettingcut_baseballuclinjuries 📲
#GettingCut #UCLInjury #TommyJohnSurgery #PitchingHealth #BaseballParents #BaseballCoaches #YouthBaseball #SportsMedicine #ArmCare #PitchDesign
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1/2 -- THE NAME ON THE DOOR MAY BE MINE. BUT THE STANDARD BELONGS TO ALL OF US.
We recently shared a simple truth: no comeback has one author.
Today, I want you to meet some of the people helping our patients write theirs.
Great sports medicine is never one appointment, one n. It is a connected journey built through expertise, communication, education, precision, and trust.
Frank Alexander, MS, ATC, is the bridge between treatment and recovery, evaluating athletes, answering the difficult questions, guiding postoperative care, and serving as a dedicated Tommy John Coach.
Billy Wagner, MS, PA-C, helps connect the clinic, operating room, and recovery process. His clinical precision and experience as a former collegiate athlete allow him to understand both the medical journey and the mindset required to return.
Yael Simpser, DNP, FNP-BC, brings individualized, athlete-centered care to every stage, helping diagnose and manage injuries, navigate complex cases, and support patients throughout rehabilitation.
Different roles. Different strengths. One shared standard...
We recently shared a simple truth: no comeback has one author.
Today, I want you to meet some of the people helping our patients write theirs.
Great sports medicine is never one appointment, one n. It is a connected journey built through expertise, communication, education, precision, and trust.
Frank Alexander, MS, ATC, is the bridge between treatment and recovery, evaluating athletes, answering the difficult questions, guiding postoperative care, and serving as a dedicated Tommy John Coach.
Billy Wagner, MS, PA-C, helps connect the clinic, operating room, and recovery process. His clinical precision and experience as a former collegiate athlete allow him to understand both the medical journey and the mindset required to return.
Yael Simpser, DNP, FNP-BC, brings individualized, athlete-centered care to every stage, helping diagnose and manage injuries, navigate complex cases, and support patients throughout rehabilitation.
Different roles. Different strengths. One shared standard...
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2/2 -- Every patient deserves to feel informed.
Every family deserves to feel supported.
Every athlete deserves a plan built around their goals.
I am incredibly proud of this team—and grateful for the expertise, energy, and humanity they bring to our patients every day.
The t.
The mission is the same.
INSIDE THE GAME. PROTECTING THE DREAM.
#InsideTheGame #TeamAhmad #SportsMedicine #Orthopedics #AthleteCare #PatientCenteredCare #ReturnToSport #TommyJohnSurgery #AthleticTraining #PhysicianAssistant #NursePractitioner
Every family deserves to feel supported.
Every athlete deserves a plan built around their goals.
I am incredibly proud of this team—and grateful for the expertise, energy, and humanity they bring to our patients every day.
The t.
The mission is the same.
INSIDE THE GAME. PROTECTING THE DREAM.
#InsideTheGame #TeamAhmad #SportsMedicine #Orthopedics #AthleteCare #PatientCenteredCare #ReturnToSport #TommyJohnSurgery #AthleticTraining #PhysicianAssistant #NursePractitioner
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The great Mike Reinold, DPT making the “why” as valuable as the “how.” ⚾🔥
Mike has a remarkable ability to turn complex rehabilitation concepts into clear, practical teaching. Every exercise has a purpose. Every progression has a rationale. And the details deserve attention.
2025 captures that quality beautifully: an experienced clinician explaining the thinking behind the drills, helping others look deeper and ask better questions.
That’s the spirit of Baseball Sports Medicine: Game-Changing Concepts, bringing the baseball medical and performance community together to share knowledge and advance care.
🎓 Sports Medicine specialists --- come build your understanding of the game and the clinical decisions behind it.
📅 November 18–20, 2026
📍 George M. Steinbrenner Field | Tampa, Florida
💻 Attend in person or join LIVE virtually
Learn the why. See the how. Join us at BSM 2026.
🔗 Register at BaseballSportsMedicine.org
#BSM2026 #BaseballSportsMedicine #MikeReinold #SportsMedicine #SportsPhysicalTherapy
Mike has a remarkable ability to turn complex rehabilitation concepts into clear, practical teaching. Every exercise has a purpose. Every progression has a rationale. And the details deserve attention.
2025 captures that quality beautifully: an experienced clinician explaining the thinking behind the drills, helping others look deeper and ask better questions.
That’s the spirit of Baseball Sports Medicine: Game-Changing Concepts, bringing the baseball medical and performance community together to share knowledge and advance care.
🎓 Sports Medicine specialists --- come build your understanding of the game and the clinical decisions behind it.
📅 November 18–20, 2026
📍 George M. Steinbrenner Field | Tampa, Florida
💻 Attend in person or join LIVE virtually
Learn the why. See the how. Join us at BSM 2026.
🔗 Register at BaseballSportsMedicine.org
#BSM2026 #BaseballSportsMedicine #MikeReinold #SportsMedicine #SportsPhysicalTherapy
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⚾ TWO WEEKS. ONE NEXT STEP.
Make BSM 2026 part of your training.
In just 14 days, Baseball Sports Medicine: Game-Changing Concepts begins three days of education connecting assessment, surgical decision-making, rehabilitation, throwing science, and performance.
🩺 Watch nstrations.
🧠 Follow real cases and challenging clinical discussions.
🤝 Learn from the perspectives of the professionals caring for baseball athletes.
Choose how you’ll join us:
🏟 IN PERSON — TAMPA
George M. Steinbrenner Field
Students / Residents / Fellows: $475
💻 LIVE VIRTUAL — VIA ZOOM
Attend in real time from wherever you train.
Virtual registration: $495
📅 November 18–20, 2026
Explore the program. Choose your format.
Make today the day you register.
👉 REGISTER NOW through the link in our bio.
BaseballSportsMedicine.org 🔗
Share this invitation with your classmates, residency, fellowship, or sports medicine interest group.
#BSM2026 #BaseballSportsMedicine #SportsMedicine #MedicalStudents #ResidentPhysician #SportsMedicineFellowship
Make BSM 2026 part of your training.
In just 14 days, Baseball Sports Medicine: Game-Changing Concepts begins three days of education connecting assessment, surgical decision-making, rehabilitation, throwing science, and performance.
🩺 Watch nstrations.
🧠 Follow real cases and challenging clinical discussions.
🤝 Learn from the perspectives of the professionals caring for baseball athletes.
Choose how you’ll join us:
🏟 IN PERSON — TAMPA
George M. Steinbrenner Field
Students / Residents / Fellows: $475
💻 LIVE VIRTUAL — VIA ZOOM
Attend in real time from wherever you train.
Virtual registration: $495
📅 November 18–20, 2026
Explore the program. Choose your format.
Make today the day you register.
👉 REGISTER NOW through the link in our bio.
BaseballSportsMedicine.org 🔗
Share this invitation with your classmates, residency, fellowship, or sports medicine interest group.
#BSM2026 #BaseballSportsMedicine #SportsMedicine #MedicalStudents #ResidentPhysician #SportsMedicineFellowship
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Getting better begins with the willingness to look honestly at your own performance.
The conversation you could have handled better. The preparation you rushed. The feedback that was uncomfortable to hear.
Each offers an opportunity, if you’re willing to examine it.
In adership, experience becomes more valuable when we reflect on it, seek feedback, and make specific changes to how we work.
The next step toward mastery may begin with a simple admission: I can do this better.
linktr.ee/drchrisahmad 🔗 || Learn More ✅
#Mastery #SurgicalMastery #ContinuousImprovement #Leadership #MedicalEducation #DrChristopherAhmad
The conversation you could have handled better. The preparation you rushed. The feedback that was uncomfortable to hear.
Each offers an opportunity, if you’re willing to examine it.
In adership, experience becomes more valuable when we reflect on it, seek feedback, and make specific changes to how we work.
The next step toward mastery may begin with a simple admission: I can do this better.
linktr.ee/drchrisahmad 🔗 || Learn More ✅
#Mastery #SurgicalMastery #ContinuousImprovement #Leadership #MedicalEducation #DrChristopherAhmad
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1/2 -- Lead the room. Design the career.
October explored how we lead. November asks what we’re building.
The Daily Surgeon opens Surgical Career Architecture with three lessons:
• Begin with the end in mind.
• Play the long game.
• Get a coach.
“You don’t drift your way ”
— Christopher S. Ahmad, MD
Carry October’s clarity into November’s choices.
dailysurgeon.com 🔗
Mastery is built daily.
#TheDailySurgeon #SurgicalEducation
October explored how we lead. November asks what we’re building.
The Daily Surgeon opens Surgical Career Architecture with three lessons:
• Begin with the end in mind.
• Play the long game.
• Get a coach.
“You don’t drift your way ”
— Christopher S. Ahmad, MD
Carry October’s clarity into November’s choices.
dailysurgeon.com 🔗
Mastery is built daily.
#TheDailySurgeon #SurgicalEducation
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2/2 -- Define your contribution. Recognize when yes builds opportunity and when no protects focus. Seek the feedback that helps you keep growing.
“You don’t drift your way to a meaningful career.”
— Christopher S. Ahmad, MD
The Daily Surgeon • November 1
For medical students, surgeons at every stage: carry October’s clarity into November’s choices.
Save this as your monthly reset. Share it with someone building their surgical future.
Explore The Daily Surgeon at dailysurgeon.com 🔗
Follow @thedailysurgeon_365 📲
Mastery is built daily.
#TheDailySurgeon #SurgicalEducation #SurgicalLeadership #SurgicalResidency #MedicalStudents
“You don’t drift your way to a meaningful career.”
— Christopher S. Ahmad, MD
The Daily Surgeon • November 1
For medical students, surgeons at every stage: carry October’s clarity into November’s choices.
Save this as your monthly reset. Share it with someone building their surgical future.
Explore The Daily Surgeon at dailysurgeon.com 🔗
Follow @thedailysurgeon_365 📲
Mastery is built daily.
#TheDailySurgeon #SurgicalEducation #SurgicalLeadership #SurgicalResidency #MedicalStudents
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1/2 -- A throwing program is not a countdown. It is a workload prescription.
Return to throwing cannot be defined by time alone.
Our research team used biomechanical workload data from 238,611 throws by healthy collegiate pitchers to develop interval throwing frameworks across , 12 weeks, 5 months and 7 months.
The principle connecting them is simple: rebuild throwing capacity through a deliberate progression of distance, volume and intensity while limiting abrupt workload spikes.
But data does not clear an athlete.
Read the research:
doi.org/10.26603/001c.… 🔗
#SportsMedicine #BaseballMedicine #ReturnToThrowing #PitchingInjuryPrevention #SportsMedicineResearch
Return to throwing cannot be defined by time alone.
Our research team used biomechanical workload data from 238,611 throws by healthy collegiate pitchers to develop interval throwing frameworks across , 12 weeks, 5 months and 7 months.
The principle connecting them is simple: rebuild throwing capacity through a deliberate progression of distance, volume and intensity while limiting abrupt workload spikes.
But data does not clear an athlete.
Read the research:
doi.org/10.26603/001c.… 🔗
#SportsMedicine #BaseballMedicine #ReturnToThrowing #PitchingInjuryPrevention #SportsMedicineResearch
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2/2 -- Progression must still be guided by the complete clinical picture:
• Pain response
• Range of motion
• Strength
• Throwing tolerance
• The athlete’s individual recovery
A throwing program provides the framework. Clinical judgment determines how it is applied.
The the process. The athlete remains the decision.
Read the research:
doi.org/10.26603/001c.… 🔗
#SportsMedicine #BaseballMedicine #ReturnToThrowing #PitchingInjuryPrevention #SportsMedicineResearch
• Pain response
• Range of motion
• Strength
• Throwing tolerance
• The athlete’s individual recovery
A throwing program provides the framework. Clinical judgment determines how it is applied.
The the process. The athlete remains the decision.
Read the research:
doi.org/10.26603/001c.… 🔗
#SportsMedicine #BaseballMedicine #ReturnToThrowing #PitchingInjuryPrevention #SportsMedicineResearch
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The operation begins the repair. Rehabilitation protects the result.
In this standout insight from the Baseball Sports Medicine video library, Martin J. O’Malley, MD explains why Achilles tendon recovery demands far more than a successful procedure.
The details matter.
The d sometimes, the smartest way forward is to go slower.
This is the caliber of practical, experience-driven education that defines Baseball Sports Medicine: Game-Changing Concepts, where world-class experts examine the decisions that shape outcomes from diagnosis and surgery through rehabilitation and return to performance.
⚾ November 18–20, 2026
📍 George M. Steinbrenner Field | Tampa, Florida
💻 Attend in person or live virtually
🎓 24.25 CME/CEU contact hours
The next clinical conversation starts here.
Register now: baseballsportsmedicine.org 🔗
#BSM2026 #BaseballSportsMedicine #SportsMedicine #AchillesTendon #AchillesRupture #Orthopedics #OrthopaedicSurgery #PhysicalTherapy #SportsRehabilitation #AthleticTraining #ReturnToSport #MedicalEducation #CME #Tampa
In this standout insight from the Baseball Sports Medicine video library, Martin J. O’Malley, MD explains why Achilles tendon recovery demands far more than a successful procedure.
The details matter.
The d sometimes, the smartest way forward is to go slower.
This is the caliber of practical, experience-driven education that defines Baseball Sports Medicine: Game-Changing Concepts, where world-class experts examine the decisions that shape outcomes from diagnosis and surgery through rehabilitation and return to performance.
⚾ November 18–20, 2026
📍 George M. Steinbrenner Field | Tampa, Florida
💻 Attend in person or live virtually
🎓 24.25 CME/CEU contact hours
The next clinical conversation starts here.
Register now: baseballsportsmedicine.org 🔗
#BSM2026 #BaseballSportsMedicine #SportsMedicine #AchillesTendon #AchillesRupture #Orthopedics #OrthopaedicSurgery #PhysicalTherapy #SportsRehabilitation #AthleticTraining #ReturnToSport #MedicalEducation #CME #Tampa
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1/2 -- The finish line marks the end of the race. It does not mark the end of the medical plan. Congratulations to the 2026 NYC marathon runners...
After 26.2 miles, soreness, stiffness and fatigue can be expected. The important question is how those symptoms behave next.
Are g, or becoming more focused, more intense or more limiting?
Post-marathon recovery begins by rebuilding the basics:
💧 Rehydrate according to your individual needs
🥗 Refuel with balanced nutrition
😴 Prioritize quality sleep
🚶 Introduce gentle, low-impact movement
Pay attention to pain or swelling that is not improving, a new limp, altered movement, instability or loss of motion. Those changes deserve a proper evaluation.
Chest pain, severe breathing difficulty, fainting or confusion require urgent medical attention.
There is no prize for racing through recovery. Respect the work your body has performed, allow it time to respond, and return to running gradually.
Recovery is part of the achievement.
Save this carousel and share it with a runner who earned their medal this weekend.
**Independent runner education. This post does not diagnose an injury. Follow individualized guidance from your healthcare team.
#TeamAhmad #nycmarathon
After 26.2 miles, soreness, stiffness and fatigue can be expected. The important question is how those symptoms behave next.
Are g, or becoming more focused, more intense or more limiting?
Post-marathon recovery begins by rebuilding the basics:
💧 Rehydrate according to your individual needs
🥗 Refuel with balanced nutrition
😴 Prioritize quality sleep
🚶 Introduce gentle, low-impact movement
Pay attention to pain or swelling that is not improving, a new limp, altered movement, instability or loss of motion. Those changes deserve a proper evaluation.
Chest pain, severe breathing difficulty, fainting or confusion require urgent medical attention.
There is no prize for racing through recovery. Respect the work your body has performed, allow it time to respond, and return to running gradually.
Recovery is part of the achievement.
Save this carousel and share it with a runner who earned their medal this weekend.
**Independent runner education. This post does not diagnose an injury. Follow individualized guidance from your healthcare team.
#TeamAhmad #nycmarathon
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⚾ BEFORE YOUR NEXT UCL CASE.
Athletic Trainers. Physicians. Physical Therapists. Strength & Conditioning Experts. Medical students. Residents. Fellows...
The decisions you’re learning to make deserve a closer look.
In 16 days, Baseball Sports Medicine: Game-Changing Concrgical, rehabilitation, and performance perspectives for three days of baseball-specific education.
Explore the questions shaping elbow care:
🩺 Repair, reconstruction, or hybrid, and why?
📊 What do outcomes reveal about pitching performance and progression in play?
🔎 How are complications and revision cases evaluated?
⚾ How do rehabilitation decisions connect the operating room to throwing progression?
These are among the conversations on the BSM 2026 program. Bring your curiosity, and the questions you’re carrying from your training.
📅 November 18–20, 2026
🏟 George M. Steinbrenner Field | Tampa, Florida
🎓 Students / Residents / Fellows: $475 in person
💻 Live virtual via Zoom: $495
Choose your format. Make your next move.
👉 REGISTER TODAY through the link in our bio.
BaseballSportsMedicine.org 🔗
Share this with your sports medicine interest group.
#BSM2026 #BaseballSportsMedicine #SportsMedicine #OrthopaedicSurgery #MedicalStudents #ResidentPhysician #SportsMedicineFellowship #UCL
Athletic Trainers. Physicians. Physical Therapists. Strength & Conditioning Experts. Medical students. Residents. Fellows...
The decisions you’re learning to make deserve a closer look.
In 16 days, Baseball Sports Medicine: Game-Changing Concrgical, rehabilitation, and performance perspectives for three days of baseball-specific education.
Explore the questions shaping elbow care:
🩺 Repair, reconstruction, or hybrid, and why?
📊 What do outcomes reveal about pitching performance and progression in play?
🔎 How are complications and revision cases evaluated?
⚾ How do rehabilitation decisions connect the operating room to throwing progression?
These are among the conversations on the BSM 2026 program. Bring your curiosity, and the questions you’re carrying from your training.
📅 November 18–20, 2026
🏟 George M. Steinbrenner Field | Tampa, Florida
🎓 Students / Residents / Fellows: $475 in person
💻 Live virtual via Zoom: $495
Choose your format. Make your next move.
👉 REGISTER TODAY through the link in our bio.
BaseballSportsMedicine.org 🔗
Share this with your sports medicine interest group.
#BSM2026 #BaseballSportsMedicine #SportsMedicine #OrthopaedicSurgery #MedicalStudents #ResidentPhysician #SportsMedicineFellowship #UCL
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An injured athlete brings more than an injury into the room. They bring uncertainty about their season, their future, and a sport that helps define who they are.
“Sit down next to them and talk to them eye-to-eye.”
— Dr. Christopher Ahmad
That simple act matters. Take a seat. Explain clearly. Give difficult news with honesty, and leave room for questions.
The athlete deserves to understand what comes next, and to know they have someone beside them through it.
Trust is built in these moments.
Inspired by Dr. Ahmad’s interview with Columbia Magazine, “MVP: Most Valuable Physician.”
#PatientCare #SportsMedicine #DoctorPatientRelationship #Orthopedics #DrChristopherAhmad
“Sit down next to them and talk to them eye-to-eye.”
— Dr. Christopher Ahmad
That simple act matters. Take a seat. Explain clearly. Give difficult news with honesty, and leave room for questions.
The athlete deserves to understand what comes next, and to know they have someone beside them through it.
Trust is built in these moments.
Inspired by Dr. Ahmad’s interview with Columbia Magazine, “MVP: Most Valuable Physician.”
#PatientCare #SportsMedicine #DoctorPatientRelationship #Orthopedics #DrChristopherAhmad
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ATTENTION NYC MARATHON RUNNERS ---- Months of training deserve more than a race-day strategy. They deserve a medical plan.
For every runner preparing to take on the TCS New York City Marathon, readiness extends beyond pace, nutrition, hydration, and footwear.
Before reaching te your emergency contact
✓ Complete the medical information on your bib
✓ Carry any essential information you may need
✓ Review the official medical resources available along the course
✓ Share a meeting and communication plan with your supporters
And if something feels unusual or concerning during the race, do not wait for it to become overwhelming. Slow down, stop, alert race personnel, and use the official medical support available to you.
You have trained for the distance. Take a few minutes to prepare for the unexpected.
NYC Marathon runners, Team Ahmad has your race-day checklist covered.
Save this carousel. Share it with a runner. Add medical readiness to the race plan.
**Independent runner education. Always follow current NYRR guidance and individualized advice from your healthcare team.
#nycmarathon #teamahmad
For every runner preparing to take on the TCS New York City Marathon, readiness extends beyond pace, nutrition, hydration, and footwear.
Before reaching te your emergency contact
✓ Complete the medical information on your bib
✓ Carry any essential information you may need
✓ Review the official medical resources available along the course
✓ Share a meeting and communication plan with your supporters
And if something feels unusual or concerning during the race, do not wait for it to become overwhelming. Slow down, stop, alert race personnel, and use the official medical support available to you.
You have trained for the distance. Take a few minutes to prepare for the unexpected.
NYC Marathon runners, Team Ahmad has your race-day checklist covered.
Save this carousel. Share it with a runner. Add medical readiness to the race plan.
**Independent runner education. Always follow current NYRR guidance and individualized advice from your healthcare team.
#nycmarathon #teamahmad
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🎃⚾ THE SCARIEST CASES DESERVE THE STRONGEST TEAM.
The difficult diagnosis. The complicated recovery. The return-to-play decision that deserves another perspective.
This Halloween weekend, make plans to join the conversation at Baseball Sports Medicine: Game-Changing Concepts al cases, expert panels, practical demonstrations, and discussion connecting surgery, rehabilitation, throwing science, and performance—with the people who help move baseball medicine forward.
Whether you’re an experienced clinician or a student, resident, or fellow building your future in sports medicine, bring your curiosity—and your toughest questions.
📅 November 18–20, 2026
📍 George M. Steinbrenner Field | Tampa, FL
💻 Attend in person or live virtually
The next challenging case is coming. Keep building the knowledge and connections you’ll bring to it.
🎟️ baseballsportsmedicine.org
#BSM2026 #BaseballSportsMedicine #SportsMedicine #AthleticTraining #MedicalEducation
@EricCressey @MikeReinold @CresseySP
@aossm1972 @AOSSMjournals @TheAMSSM @AAOS1
@NATA1950 @APTAtweets @NSCA @ACSMNews
@PBATS @USABaseball @ABCA1945
@AMAmedstudents @AMSANational @AMWAStudents
@USFHealthMed @UCFMed @UFMedicine
The difficult diagnosis. The complicated recovery. The return-to-play decision that deserves another perspective.
This Halloween weekend, make plans to join the conversation at Baseball Sports Medicine: Game-Changing Concepts al cases, expert panels, practical demonstrations, and discussion connecting surgery, rehabilitation, throwing science, and performance—with the people who help move baseball medicine forward.
Whether you’re an experienced clinician or a student, resident, or fellow building your future in sports medicine, bring your curiosity—and your toughest questions.
📅 November 18–20, 2026
📍 George M. Steinbrenner Field | Tampa, FL
💻 Attend in person or live virtually
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A radar gun shows velocity. It cannot show what the body had to overcome to produce it.
Cold tightens muscles and reduces grip feel. Heat drains endurance. Humidity changes the baseball. Altitude changes pitch behavior.
Then the smallest environment takes over:
Slicker ball → arm activation → more elbow torque.
The pitch may look the same. The physiological cost may be completely different.
“The UCL does not know where it is. It only knows what it is being asked to tolerate.”
The same workload is not always the same workload.
Geography is destiny—until you plan for it.
GETTING CUT
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#GettingCut #UCLInjury #PitchingHealth #Baseball #SportsMedicine
Cold tightens muscles and reduces grip feel. Heat drains endurance. Humidity changes the baseball. Altitude changes pitch behavior.
Then the smallest environment takes over:
Slicker ball → arm activation → more elbow torque.
The pitch may look the same. The physiological cost may be completely different.
“The UCL does not know where it is. It only knows what it is being asked to tolerate.”
The same workload is not always the same workload.
Geography is destiny—until you plan for it.
GETTING CUT
gettingcut.org 🔗
#GettingCut #UCLInjury #PitchingHealth #Baseball #SportsMedicine
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