Sports medicine is taking the spotlight in basketball and baseball these days. The leagues are plagued by multiple injuries — from minor to major, life-threatening scares.
Keeping up with the Jones fracture
In recent weeks, we’ve seen some severe sports injuries. Cleveland Browns’ Alex Mack broke his leg and Oklahoma City Thunder’s Kevin Durant just suffered what’s known as a Jones fracture, just to name a few. A Jones fracture occurs an inch or two down the fifth metatarsal, or the bone on the outside of the […]
Foot injury will likely knock Iowa State out of Final Four contention
Iowa State basketball player George Niang recently suffered a fracture to his fifth metatarsal. Today I spent some time talking to Ray Horner about this injury and the likelihood that it may derail Iowa State’s hopes to advance to the Final Four.
