Dr. Melissa Leber speaks with former professional tennis player, Mal Washington, about training methods, overuse and overtraining in athletes.
During the 2018 US Open Health Desk presented by Mount Sinai, Dr. Melissa Leber, Director of Emergency Department Sports Medicine at the Mount Sinai Health System, discusses complete care for athletes and how they can avoid overtraining and injury.
Dr. Melissa Leber quoted in the NY Times about how the humidity is affecting play
Dr. Melissa Leber, a tournament doctor, said that roughly half of the juniors and professionals have complained of heat distress over the past several days. “We have never been so popular,” she said of the tournament’s medical staff.
Dr James Gladstone talks about heat related injuries during the US Open
“When it’s 90 degrees out there and it really feels like over a hundred — especially on the courts, they’re almost like saunas — they’ve got to pay special attention to staying well-hydrated,” Dr. James Gladstone, medical services provider at the 2015 U.S. Open and co-chief of sports medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, told CBS News.
Alexis Colvin, MD, Keeps Players at the Top of Their Game
When athletic powerhouse Serena Williams steps onto the tennis court at the 2015 U.S. Open, Alexis Colvin, MD, will be on hand, ready to provide medical care to Ms. Williams and the rest of the athletes, should any orthopaedic issues arise.
Dr. Colvin, who acts as a United States Tennis Association (USTA) physician during the U.S. Open, is also the chief medical officer for the USTA, team physician for the U.S. Fed Cup team, and an associate professor of sports medicine in the department of orthopaedic surgery at New York City’s Mount Sinai Hospital. As a sports medicine specialist, Dr. Colvin relishes her work with the USTA, and aims to help tennis players of all levels improve their playing ability while avoiding injuries.
Dr. Alexis Colvin talks to CBS News about injury prevention
Everyone’s talking tennis, now that the US Open Tennis Championships is in full swing.
The Aug. 26 tournament, held in Flushing Meadows, Queens, brings world-class athletes to New York City to compete in one the sport’s major grand slam events. While most people at the tournament will be watching to see who wins, one doctor will be sitting on the sidelines making sure nobody gets injured.
Dr. Alexis Colvin is a surgeon and assistant professor of orthopaedics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, serves as chief medical officer for the United States Tennis Association (USTA) and the US Open tournament.
Dr Alexis Colvin speaks with the US Open
Dr. Colvin speaks with the US Open health desk about the benefits and risks of tennis.
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