by Gil Salisbury | Jun 21, 2018 | News & Events, Nicholas A. Abidi, MD
Laguna Seca fans! This weekend, 6/23 & 6/24, Dr. Abidi will be at the race track helping out the Medical Staff!
Consecutive successes put van der Mark and Lowes in an extraordinary position as WorldSBK heads stateside
Three wins in four races, a first 1-2 in seven years, both riders topping the rostrum – could the mood in the Pata Yamaha team get any better? Perhaps, with a similar performance at Laguna Seca. The MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship has been rocked by the YZF-R1s in the past two races, and going into the GEICO US Round the message couldn’t be clearer: let the good times roll.
Neither rider has a long history of US successes, but neither did at Brno or Donington Park either. The one closest to reaching Laguna glory was Michael van der Mark (Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team) back in 2016, when he finished Race 1 in fourth place – just ahead of Alex Lowes (Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team), a few months before becoming teammates.
The Brit took 118 races to open his win count in WorldSBK, but that stunning Brno triumph showed that it should not take 118 more for number two. Consistency has been the name of the game for Lowes this season, scoring points in every race so far, even when not taking regular podium positions. If he can keep the momentum from his Czech victory going and step up at Laguna, the sky is the limit for the 27-year-old in the six remaining rounds.
It also helps that Lowes, as is the case with most of the riders, loves the Californian track: “It’s a fantastic circuit and place to come and race. The famous corkscrew section is lots of fun… The TV really doesn’t do the gradient justice! In general, it’s a tricky track and hard to get a good setting but lately, we have been working better and better as a team and it just makes me so excited to get there and keep on working!”.
Van der Mark couldn’t follow his Donington double with another win, but his second place in Race 2 means that he is now third in the WorldSBK standings and just 9 points behind Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) in second.
The Dutchman has always finished in the top 10 in the US. With a faster bike now accompanying his huge talent, what is the goal for van der Mark this year? “Last year my results were not great here but this year the bike has improved so much, as we could see at the last couple of rounds, so I am really confident we can fight for the podium again”.
Could the Yamaha men win a race for a third weekend in a row? Find out with all the action from California available thanks to the WorldSBK VideoPass.
http://www.worldsbk.com/en/news/2018/Can%20the%20Yamaha%20duo%20keep%20momentum%20going%20at%20Laguna
by Gil Salisbury | Jun 7, 2018 | News & Events
Join Kevin Murray, MD, Sports Medicine Orthopedic Specialist, at Saint Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy on June 20th from 6:30 PM – 8 PM. He will be giving a free educational community lecture on how to be a “Lifelong Athlete.” He’ll touch on topics that will help maximize function, activity, and quality of life so that you can stay active into your later years!
All activity levels are welcome and can use this material in their day-to-day lives. Dr. Murray, himself, is an athlete and regularly plays hockey. He likes to stay active and wants to continue to stay active!
Looking forward to seeing you there!
by Gil Salisbury | Jun 5, 2018 | News & Events
We’ve started a segment on our social media platforms and website called “Joint of the Month.” Each month, we will highlight a different joint on the body and our physicians that are trained in caring for that joint. Doctors will be highlighted multiple times because many of our physicians have many different specialties. Follow us to keep up with our regular posts!
Kicking off the segment is Foot & Ankle!
Say hello to Dr. Erica Fisk, who is one of our Foot & Ankle specialists! Dr. Fisk graduated from the Indiana University School of Medicine in 2010. She completed her orthopedic residency at The Ohio State University. After that, she went on to Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, to get her Fellowship in Foot & Ankle surgery. If you’d like to read more about Dr. Fisk, click the link, but stay tuned for more fun info to come! https://www.orthonorcal.com/our-doctors/erica-g-fisk-md/
Introducing one of our Foot & Ankle specialists, Dr. Nicholas Abidi. A brief tid-bit about him is that the went to the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and graduated in 1991. He completed his residency at The Rothman Institute at Jefferson. Lastly, he did his Fellowship in Foot & Ankle surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Howard Hughes Medical Institute Molecular Biology at the National Institutes of Health. If you’d like to read more about him, click the link to his bio page and stay tuned for more info!
https://www.orthonorcal.com/our-docto…/nicholas-a-abidi-m-d/
As a part of “Joint of the Month,” we’ll be showing before and after x-rays of actual patients of the physicians! Take a look at Dr. Abidi’s case:
A local high school football player who believed that he sprained his ankle during a kickoff. Unfortunately, he had sustained a talar body fracture. These fractures are generally at a higher risk of non-union due to the poor blood supply to the talus. Due to his age, and acceptable alignment of the fracture, he had a non-operative treatment done through fiberglass casting. With the use of a custom brace, he is now able to walk comfortably, and looks forward to returning to play next season.
Before & After
This is a 48-year-old female who fell and twisted her left ankle. She sustained a complex intra-articular injury also known as a PILON fracture. These injuries can have as high as a 25% complication rate due to damage to the skin and joint surface.
Dr. Abidi was able to combine a minimally invasive percutaneous solution on the lateral side of the ankle which allowed him to perform a successful one stage solution to the severely damaged medial side of the ankle.
The patient has been able to heal the bone and soft tissues without incident and is able to perform all normal activities of daily living. This is a severe injury. Her future may require more surgery for hardware removal or arthritis, that will depend on part upon usage, weight and genetics. But so far, she has been set up for success given the initial injury and subsequent surgical management.
Before & After
50-year-old Professional Factory Team Motorcycle rider who originally sustained a talus fracture. He underwent appropriate surgical management at another center. A year post-op due to a lack of blood supply to the talus bone, he developed collapse and painful ankle and subtalar osteoarthritis. He underwent fusion of the ankle and subtalar joints at the same time using autogenous bone graft and synthetic recombinant PDGF-BB growth factor. After casting and bracing, he was able to get back on the motorcycle and back to work as an instructor and demonstration rider. Most recently, we had him fitted with an IDEO carbon graphite brace, which was developed for post-traumatic lower extremity blast injuries for soldiers. Look at him fly!
Before, After, & Now
This patient suffered from severe post traumatic ankle arthritis. Rather than ankle fusion surgery, Dr. Abidi performed a total ankle replacement, which allowed the patient to retain range of motion in her ankle. This patient is extremely grateful! After 6 months following her surgery, she is back to exercising, dancing, and working comfortably as a high school teacher.
Before & After
Stay Tuned! Next Month (June) – Elbow
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by Gil Salisbury | May 31, 2018 | News & Events, Nicholas A. Abidi, MD
Dr. Nicholas Abidi was a guest on Michael Olson’s Food Chain Radio Show to speak about the Opioid Epidemic in the United States. Click the link to listen to the segment: www.metrofarm.com. (#1149: Managing Pain)
“In one year of the Opioid Epidemic– 2016– the United States lost more people than in did in the entire nineteen years of the Viet Nam War. And so we pause to ask…
Can we manage pain without killing ourselves with opioids?
Michael Olson’s Food Chain Radio Show hosts orthopedic surgeon Dr. Nicholas Abidi, and palliative care specialist Dr. William Morris, for a conversation about managing pain.
Topics include the relationship of pain management and healing; why the United States lost control over its opioid use; and how doctors are now managing pain with and without opioids”
by Gil Salisbury | May 31, 2018 | News & Events
Dr. Jeffrey D. Coe, one of our Spine specialty surgeon, spoke at this years annual California Orthopedics Association meeting & QME Course.This annual meeting helps orthopedic offices learn about different ways their practice can be more productive and cost-efficient. To learn more about the California Orthopedics Association and how it helps our orthopedists, visit their website at https://coa.org/.
