TONIGHT–the OGRCC, Old Greenwich Riverside Community Center, will host Preventing Throwing Injuries, a free seminar for parents and their children who play baseball. ONS sports medicine and shoulder specialist Dr. Paul Sethi will discuss arm injuries often associated with “throwing sports” and what can be done to help keep young athletes on the playing field and out of the operating room. Professional pitching coaches Mitch Hoffman and Frank Ramppen of Bobby Valentine Sports Academy will also be on hand to talk about training and conditioning techniques.

Preventing Throwing Injuries will take place at Greenwich Civic Center, 90 Harding Road, Old Greenwich. Call or email to register- 203-637-3659 or ogrcc.execasst@yahoo.com Admission is FREE, but reservations are required.

Dr. Paul Sethi is a Board-certified, fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist with ONS and Greenwich Hospital. During his fellowship training at the renowned Kerlan Jobe Orthopedic Institute in Los Angeles, he served as assistant team physician for several California professional sports teams including the Los Angeles Dodgers, Lakers and Kings and the University of Southern California football team. He is currently team physician for Greenwich, Brunswick and Iona Prep high school boys’ sports. Dr. Sethi applies the same standards to assess the condition of high school athletes as he does for professional players.

Mitch Hoffman is CEO of Bobby Valentine Sports Academy. He is certified by the NPA, National Pitching Association, as a pitching instructor and teacher and is a member of The Fairfield County Sports Commission.

Frank Rampen is co-founder of Bobby Valentine Sports Academy. He is a former member of the Minnesota Twins and served as bench coach for the 2005 Japanese and Asian Champions, The Chiba Lotte Marines.

Check out this interview in the Greenwich Citizen with Dr. Katherine Vadasdi. She recently presented a talk at Greenwich Academy about sports injuries and injury prevention in female athletes.  She sat down with Rob Kelly of from Greenwich Citizen to discuss injuries that seem to be inherent in female athletes and why some of these injuries are on the rise. Read the article>

It is hard to believe that today is the final day of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. The last day of competition at the Oval was yesterday with the Men’s Team pursuit teams winning gold for Canada and silver for USA. Read the rest of this entry »

The Games are winding down as events are finishing, but the excitement continues – from the womens’ hockey team final with Canada winning the gold to the close finish of the team pursuit competitions in short and long track speed skating. Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last day of competition at the Oval and it will be the Canadian and USA teams competing for the gold medal in team pursuit. Read the rest of this entry »

Today is a relatively quiet day at ROO while the teams train for the final event of this 2010 Olympics. The event is the Team Pursuit, with Preliminaries on Friday 26th and finals on Saturday.

Various teams train at this time with coaches advising their athletes. Here are US women skaters with their coach on the side. Read the rest of this entry »

It was a winning Wednesday for Canadian women in long track and short track speed skating, as well as bobsled. The bronze medal win by 6-time Olympic medalist Clara Hughes in the 5000 meter race was quite special for me to see. Read the rest of this entry »

I feel very fortunate to be working at the Richmond Olympic Oval. It is a first rate venue. Here’s the view from the Legacy Lounge; quite a different perspective from my usual view from my medical position on the field of play.

The athletes’ facilities in the ROO include separate team rooms, either one country per room, or four countries to a room, depending upon the size of the team. Read the rest of this entry »

It is training day at the ROO today so it’s quieter around here than it has been over the past week.  I am presently working in the Athlete Medical clinic, entering data on the athletes I have seen today but in a short while,  I’ll be relieving the other doc on duty on the Field of Play. Read the rest of this entry »

Saturday the 20th was a long day at the Oval, beginning with the a training session for all skaters, and finishing with the Men’s 1500 meter race that started at 4:15 p.m.

My “ride” to work every morning is the efficient Canada Line train, which travels from the Vancouver Waterfront to Richmond where the Oval is located, or to the Airport. I inadvertently discovered there are two separate lines… Read the rest of this entry »

Today was another beautiful day in Vancouver, and I had an opportunity to explore more of the Olympics outside the ROO.

I headed down to the Waterfront early to see the Cauldron ahead of the ever-growing Olympic crowds.  I was greeted in the Canada Line Station by two of the four Games mascots, Quatchi (a sasquatch), and Miga a sea bear. Read the rest of this entry »