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Covering hot topics and recent research in the world of the young athlete relevant to healthcare professionals. Hosted by Dr. Mark Halstead

Mark Halstead

St. Louis, MO USA


    • May 29, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 42m AVG DURATION
    • 156 EPISODES

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    The Pediatric Sports Medicine Podcast is an incredible resource for anyone involved in pediatric sports medicine. This research-based podcast provides clinically relevant information that is easily digestible and practical for professionals working in this field. The guests on the show share studies and break down the information in a way that is both informative and engaging. The host does a fantastic job of asking insightful questions and providing recaps and highlights of each discussion. In a field where it can be challenging to find extra time to review research, this podcast provides a free and convenient resource for staying up-to-date on best practices. As an athletic trainer, I am grateful for this podcast's ability to provide valuable information while fitting into my busy schedule.

    One of the best aspects of The Pediatric Sports Medicine Podcast is the engaging host and guests who bring their expertise to the table. The discussions are detailed enough to give sports medicine providers insight into specific topics but also broken down well enough for non-sports providers and parents of young athletes to learn from as well. This inclusive approach makes it accessible to a wide range of listeners, allowing everyone to benefit from the wealth of knowledge shared on the show.

    While it is difficult to find many faults with this podcast, one potential downside could be that some episodes may not cover topics that are relevant or interesting to every listener. With such a diverse range of subjects covered, there may be certain episodes that are not as applicable or engaging depending on individual interests or professional focus. However, given the breadth of topics covered by The Pediatric Sports Medicine Podcast, there is still likely something valuable for everyone within its extensive library.

    In conclusion, The Pediatric Sports Medicine Podcast is an essential listen for anyone working in pediatric sports medicine or interested in learning more about this field. With its clinically relevant information presented in an easily digestible format, this podcast provides an invaluable resource that can help professionals stay up-to-date with best practices. Additionally, the engaging host and diverse range of topics covered make it an enjoyable and educational experience for both sports medicine providers and those outside the field. I highly recommend this podcast to anyone looking to expand their knowledge in pediatric sports medicine.



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    Latest episodes from Pediatric Sports Medicine Podcast

    The Athlete with Mononucleosis

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2025 43:36


      Infections in athletes can be a challenge. No one likes to feel sick, especially someone who is ready to compete in a sport or participate in an event. Some infectious diseases raise more concern when dealing with athletes. Infectious mononucleosis is one of those […]

    Profiles in Pediatric Sports Medicine — Dr. Claire Leblanc

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 27:39


      We are continuing our series of podcasts called “Pediatric Sport Medicine Profiles.” We all know there have been some significantly instrumental individuals who have been influential in this landscape whether it be training many of us, people who have completed critical research, those who […]

    AI in Sports Medicine

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 53:31


      Artificial Intelligence. As a child of the 80s, I remember fondly one of my favorite movies and its subsequent sequels about when the machines gain self-awareness and take over. If you are too young and don't recall that movie, perhaps you remember the catch […]

    National Athletic Trainers Month 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2025 48:57


      Welcome to National Athletic Training Month 2025. Each year we highlight several athletic trainers to talk about their roles, some interesting cases, struggles, and advice for those starting out in the field. Today on the podcast, I am joined by two athletic trainers who […]

    Swollen Joints — Where Rheumatology and Sports Medicine Collide

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2025 38:49


      In sports medicine, we see a lot of swollen joints. Typically, they are from an injury, but not every single swollen joint is from something structurally damaged. It may be an inflammatory issue. How do we tease this out as sports medicine professionals? Our […]

    Profiles in Pediatric Sports Medicine – Dr. Joseph Congeni

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2025 40:03


      We are continuing our series of podcasts called “Pediatric Sport Medicine Profiles.” There have been some individuals who have been significantly influential in this pediatric sports medicine, whether it be training many of us, people who have completed critical research, those who have been […]

    Do Guardian Caps Help Reduce Concussion?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2025 28:32


      You may have noticed the large puffy extensions on some football helmets in recent years. They are kind of hard to miss. The NFL recommended the Guardian Caps to certain positions for preseason in 2022 and extended their use recently now allowing them for […]

    Twenty Years in Pediatric Sports Medicine: A Reflection

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2025 39:34


      We are in our sixth year of the podcast and I'm in the middle of my 20th year as a sports medicine physician. Twenty years flew by which means I've probably passed the halfway point in my medical career, unless I feel inspired to […]

    The AAP Policy Statement on Safety in Cheerleading

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2024 32:38


      If you are involved with sports medicine, you have no doubt interacted with someone involved in cheerleading. From young ages, our youth are participating […]

    In Memorium: Profiles in Pediatric Sports Medicine – Dr. Stephen Rice

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024 63:36


      I wanted to take a moment to express my condolences to the Rice family as I found out just a little bit earlier today […]

    Olympic Medicine

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2024 26:00


      If you are like me, you love the Olympics. Winter or Summer, it doesn't matter. Watching the best of the best athletes from around […]

    Exertional Heat Stroke

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2024 36:36


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

    The AAP Clinical Report on Overuse Injuries, Overtraining, and Burnout

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2024


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

    Ethical Issues in Sports Medicine

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2024 52:36


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

    Athletic Performance and Sleep

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2024 29:31


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

    A Review of the SAC (Standardized Assessment of Concussion) — Brain Injury Awareness Month

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2024 31:28


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

    A Review of The Maddocks Questions — Brain Injury Awareness Month

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2024


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

    National Athletic Trainers Month 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2024 63:47


      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 […]

    Are Weighted Balls Safe?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2024 22:39


      Dr. Jason Zaremski Bio Dr. Jason Zaremski is an Associate Professor in the Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation at the University of Florida. Dr. […]

    Ultrasound in Pediatric Sports Medicine

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2024 31:32


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

    I Love to Watch You Play with Asia Mape

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2024 42:33


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

    2023 Sports Medicine Year In Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2024 15:10


      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 […]

    Helmets and Headgear in Sports

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2024 31:13


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

    Research Review: The Hip

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2023 21:08


      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 […]

    Is the Concussion Return to Play Protocol Too Complicated?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2023 16:11


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

    Patellar Instability

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2023 28:51


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

    The History of Osgood-Schlatter

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2023 30:45


      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 […]

    Safer Sidelines with Stephanie Kuzydym

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2023 49:53


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

    The Amsterdam Concussion Guidelines

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2023 65:53


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

    Adaptive Sports

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2023 54:36


      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 […]

    Research Review: Baseball

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2023 77:20


      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 […]

    Clavicle Fractures in Adolescents: What are the FACTS?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2023 39:48


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

    Profiles in Pediatric Sports Medicine: Dr. Stephen Rice

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2023 60:46


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

    Long Term Athlete Development

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2023 69:17


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

    National Athletic Training Month 2023: “Vanderbilt Edition”

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2023 72:45


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

    Salter Harris I Fibula Fractures: Fact vs Fiction

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2023 51:36


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

    Mindfulness

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2023 32:52


      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 […]

    ESports Medicine

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2023 53:35


      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 […]

    Research Review: Hockey

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2023 47:33


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

    Research Review: Hockey

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2023 47:33


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

    Profiles in Pediatric Sports Medicine: Dr. Bernard Griesemer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2023 40:47


      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 […]

    Profiles in Pediatric Sports Medicine: Dr. Bernard Griesemer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2023 40:47


      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 […]

    Commotio Cordis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2023 30:48


      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 […]

    Commotio Cordis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2023 30:48


      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 […]

    Research Review: Tennis

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2022 36:49


      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 […]

    Research Review: Tennis

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2022 36:49


      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 […]

    Research Review – The Apophysis

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2022 22:22


      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 […]

    Research Review – The Apophysis

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2022 22:22


      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 fully finished their growth. I outline where the physis, or the growth plate, is. Then we show the metaphysis, or the area between the growth plate and the shaft of … Continue reading Research Review – The Apophysis →

    Should Kids Run Marathons?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2022 27:28


      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 doesn’t get news coverage because it doesn’t happen often, but if you look at comments on social media there are often lots of comments about the cruelty of it. The … Continue reading Should Kids Run Marathons? →

    Should Kids Run Marathons?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2022 27:28


      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 […]

    What’s In Your Sideline Bag?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2022 49:22


      I remember the excitement I had receiving my first sideline team bag as a fellow at Vanderbilt. It was certainly a sturdy bag as I still have it and it has held up better than any bag I've purchased since then. It was stocked with various supplies and over the years has seen things … Continue reading What’s In Your Sideline Bag? →

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