Throughout much of the country, heat and humidity are starting to become the norm. As we inch closer to fall and especially with football […]By Mark Halstead

Let's Connect! Send us a Text Message. In this episode of the Heart Light Sessions podcast, Jenee Halstead interviews Mark Lipman, a singer-songwriter and mental health counselor. They discuss the topic of magic and how it weaves into Mark's life, creativity, and songwriting. Mark shares his journey through a spiritual awakening as a young adult, w…

Let's Connect! Send us a Text Message. In this episode of the Heart Light Sessions podcast, Jenee Halstead interviews Hailey Magee, a certified coach who specializes in helping people break free from people-pleasing patterns and master the art of self-advocacy. They delve into the challenges of setting boundaries and the common belief that our wort…

Youth sports can have many benefits to use. However, the world of youth sports, in some situations, has taken a life of its own. […]By Mark Halstead

Let's Connect! Send us a Text Message. Brittany Gordine shares her powerful journey through body dysmorphia and eating disorders, revealing how her struggles began and the factors that contributed to her disordered eating. She discusses her experiences in treatment centers and the limitations of traditional methods, emphasizing the need for a parad…

On a regular basis in sports medicine, we are faced with ethical dilemmas. Whether or not we should allow kids to play certain sports […]By Mark Halstead

Let's Connect! Send us a Text Message. Welcome to the Heart Light Sessions where we explore consciousness and transformation. In this episode, join us on a journey with Iman Kamel, a luminary in visionary guidance and healing, as she shares insights from Egyptian cosmology and her experiences with the Blue Lotus. Discover the transformative power o…

Today on the Pediatric Sports Medicine Podcast we are going to tackle a topic that I would predict that all of us do not […]By Mark Halstead

Let's Connect! Send us a Text Message. In this episode of the Heart Light Sessions podcast, Jenee Halstead interviews Ruby Rose Fox about the Muscle Music, her trauma-informed nervous system gym for artists. They discuss the power of polyvagal theory education as a tool to positively impact artistic performance and creativity. Ruby shares her perso…

We are back to finish out Brain Injury Awareness Month looking at another component of the SCAT6. Today we are going to tackle what […]By Mark Halstead

Let's Connect! Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Jenee interviews Keren-Or Atari, a master teacher and healer in the Mayan Curandero Lineage. Keren-Or shares her awakening journey and discusses the importance of courage on the path of personal mastery and expanding one’s consciousness. She emphasizes the significance of developing a strong c…

March means two things in the world of sports medicine, not counting March Madness. The first is National Athletic Training Month. The second is […]By Mark Halstead

We are turning the page from our leap year month into March of 2024. It’s time for National Athletic Training Month again. Each year […]By Mark Halstead

Dr. Jason Zaremski is an Associate Professor in the Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation at the University of Florida. Dr. Zaremski received his medical […]By Mark Halstead

If you are coming out of fellowship now, you have requirements for training in the use of ultrasound, both diagnostically and for injections. During […]By Mark Halstead

As we all know, the world of youth sports today can sometimes be described as sheer chaos for some families. The frequent travel for […]By Mark Halstead

Happy New Year everyone! It’s 2024. Sports Medicine had an interesting year and I thought I’d take a brief moment to review some of […]By Mark Halstead

A common question I get in clinic when seeing patients for concussion is “what is the best helmet out there for my son or […]By Mark Halstead

The hip. It’s an area in orthopedics that has seen exponential growth in research over the last several decades. I don’t recall ever talking […]By Mark Halstead

The 6th Concussion in Sport Group Meeting was last year around this time and earlier this year in June of 2023 the updated guidance […]By Mark Halstead

There are a handful of knee injuries that are seen commonly in the adolescent age group. Patellar dislocations and subluxations rank high on that […]By Mark Halstead

I wanted to try something new today with the podcast. As I’ve become older and more seasoned, I’ve had a growing interest in history […]By Mark Halstead

I think any of us who are involved in sports medicine and the care of young athletes appreciates those in the media who just […]By Mark Halstead

If you are involved even a little bit with concussion care, you are probably aware that the latest Concussion in Sport Group reports came […]By Mark Halstead

One of the things I have loved about doing this podcast is the ability to educate people. But it’s not only for the education […]By Mark Halstead

It’s Springtime. Baseball season is underway. I don’t know about you, but my offices are a never-ending stream of young throwers from about February […]By Mark Halstead

Fractured collarbones. When I first started my career, the party line for a fractured clavicle was if both ends of the collarbone were in […]By Mark Halstead

We are continuing with our Profiles in Pediatric Sports Medicine series with our next guest as a recently retired physician from the East Coast. […]By Mark Halstead

What do you think about when you hear someone say Long Term Athlete Development? Do you picture the elite club travel team athlete competing […]By Mark Halstead

It is March 2023, and it is National Athletic Training Month again. We are in year three of doing a special episode highlighting athletic […]By Mark Halstead

When I did my training, the standard party line was that if a skeletally immature patient has an ankle injury, is tender over the […]By Mark Halstead

Mindfulness. We hear this word a lot these days. The Merriam-Webster dictionary definition of mindfulness is the practice of maintaining a nonjudgmental state of […]By Mark Halstead

In the world of sports medicine, I’m sure there are many who would question whether Esports should be considered an actual sport. Interestingly, I […]By Mark Halstead

Ice Hockey. Although many think of it as a regional sport, with indoor ice rinks, hockey can be played pretty much anywhere. Having lived […]By Mark Halstead

We want to start off the New Year with a new feature to the Podcast. I’m calling it “Pediatric Sports Medicine Profiles.” There have […]By Mark Halstead

If you hadn’t heard of commotio cordis prior to this past week, you likely have now. On January 2, 2023, Damar Hamlin of the […]By Mark Halstead

We’re back from a little hiatus. I don’t know about you, but it’s been a super busy fall with sports injuries. I’ve seen some […]By Mark Halstead

When I give lectures on growth plate problems, I often present a slide with an x-ray of a knee in a kid who hasn’t […]By Mark Halstead

What kind of reaction do you get when you read a news article reading about a grade-school kid who’s running a marathon? It typically […]By Mark Halstead

I remember the excitement I had receiving my first sideline team bag as a fellow at Vanderbilt. It was certainly a sturdy bag as […]By Mark Halstead

Groin pain. Literally can be a pain to deal with as a sports medicine professional. The source and location of the pain can be […]By Mark Halstead

While recently browsing through Twitter, I noticed a debate in the athletic training twitter world about whether or not icing is beneficial following an […]By Mark Halstead

If I was a cleverer Podcast host, I would have timed this better and had my 50th episode coincide with this. But – alas […]By Mark Halstead

As sports medicine professionals, we interact with athletes at all levels. I was one of a handful of sports medicine physicians who started from […]By Mark Halstead

Athletes with trouble breathing are nothing new. Obviously, athletes may get winded with deconditioning or just a really hard work out. But what about […]By Mark Halstead

Iron Deficiency is an often under recognized source of reduced performance and fatigue particularly in female athletes. Endurance athletes seem to experience this more […]By Mark Halstead

It is March 2022, and it is National Athletic Training Month. Last year we did an episode with 3 athletic trainers with whom I’ve […]By Mark Halstead

Back pain in the young athlete. It’s something we often don’t think twice about in adults, but in kids, back pain in the active […]By Mark Halstead

On February 22, 2002, at 2:22PM the airwaves of Madison, Wisconsin would never be the same again. College student radio could finally be considered […]By Mark Halstead

It’s almost been 2 decades since I entered the world of pediatric sports medicine. It’s been over 30 years since I was in high […]By Mark Halstead