By Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush Daniel Quealy, 65, of Clarendon Hills has always been active, having played organized sports from grade school through college. His competitive juices eventually led him to play softball and racquetball and participate in marathons and triathlons. All of these things made Dan feel alive. Over time, knee pain became his ultimate challenge. It became so severe that he depended on a daily regimen of aspirin just to get through a day. Eventually, the pain reached…

By Bryan Toporek of Education Week The National Federation of State High School Associations’ board of directors approved a rule change earlier this week that requires each state’s member federation to adopt a limit on the number of pitches that baseball players can throw during a game. Previously, the NFHS required each state association to have “a pitching restriction policy to afford pitchers a reasonable rest period between pitching appearances,” which were mostly based on the number of…

By Newswire of The Gold Standard Sports medicine experts in Illinois are leading a pre-emptive strike against high school overpitching in the U.S. Concerned that only eight states have pitch count regulations for high school pitchers (Minnesota, Colorado, Alabama, Arizona, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Vermont, Oklahoma), sports medicine physicians at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush are joining forces with athletic trainers and pitching experts calling for all states to regulate pitch count for what they…

Chicago winters can be icy and that can mean dangerous slips and falls. Dr. Gregory Nicholson of Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush talks with a patient with a broken collarbone sustained in a fall and offers tips to prevent injuries from falls.

In this ABC7 Chicago story, Dr. Brian Forsythe and Dr. Gregory Nicholson of Midwest Orthopaedics address how to prevent shoulder overuse injuries among youth athletes. Also featured is baseball player Rich Mascheri who experienced a shoulder injury and is in recovery to return to playing at a professional level.