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  • An Elite College Pitcher with an Uncommon Injury: Mason Erla

    An Elite College Pitcher with an Uncommon Injury: Mason Erla

    When Mason Erla, a 6’ 4” talented right-handed pitcher stepped up to the mound on February 26, 2017, he didn’t know it would be the last time he would play for several months.

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  • College Quarterback & Comeback Kid: Daniel Santacaterina

    College Quarterback & Comeback Kid: Daniel Santacaterina

    In the spring of 2015, Daniel Santacaterina was on top of his game. As a high school senior with a ticket to Northern Illinois University (NIU) as a star quarterback, he couldn’t wait to get on campus.

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  • A Muralist Reclaims His Artistic Career: Timm Etters

    A Muralist Reclaims His Artistic Career: Timm Etters

    Timm Etters stood high up on scaffolding, squeezing the trigger of his spray gun with his right hand, when he suddenly felt a tearing sensation rip through his elbow.

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  • A Yogi Gets Back to Handstands: Donna Thomas

    A Yogi Gets Back to Handstands: Donna Thomas

    Donna Thomas spends her life in motion. After 18 years in various instructor roles at luxury athletic resort Life Time, she considers being a personal trainer part of her DNA.

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  • An Award-Winning Conductor Gets Back to the Music: Jerry Blackstone

    An Award-Winning Conductor Gets Back to the Music: Jerry Blackstone

    As a Grammy-award-winning choral conductor, Jerry Blackstone was resigned to the fact that his shoulder hurt —it felt like a foregone conclusion as part of his career.

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  • American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons
  • American Orthopaedic Association
  • Arthroscopy Association of North America
  • American Medical Association
  • SECEC-ESSSE
  • New England Shoulder and Elbow Society
  • American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
  • American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons