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Rob
Gornowski-Suprascapular Nerve Injury
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 Rob
Gornowski is a Sophomore First Baseman on the Baseball team. Over
the summer, he awoke with left shoulder pain and saw a doctor,
had and MRI, EMG, and x-rays with no definitive diagnoisis. This
injury occured in his non-throwing shoulder. He returned to Stockton
for the Fall Semester and began rehab here. He also had a second
opinion which resulted in a diagnoisis of a suprascapular nerve
injury. Upon evaluation in that athletic training room, it was
noted that Rob suffered from severe atrophy (muscle degeneration)
of the infraspinatus muscle. This muscle is responsible for external
rotation of the shoulder. Because of the atrophy, he also experienced
weakness with that movement. Rob began his rehab just working
on range of motion exercises to help reestablish the movments.
He was cleared to throw a baseball on October 31, 2005 by his
Orthopedist and he continued to work on his rehabilitation. Because
nerve re-growth is approximatly 1 inch per month, we began using
muscle re-education electrical stimulation on his infraspinatus
muscle to ellicit a contraction. We have had some success up to
this point using this technique. Rob has been able to progress
with his rehabiliation using resistance tubing and regaining full
range of motion. He still exhibits significant muscle atrophy,
but as the nerve growth progresses, he should regain his muscle
mass. Rob was cleared to participate fully on January 9, 2006.
He is the starting first baseman and hit his first carreer home
run on February 26 against Roanoke College.
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Night
Rehab Hours-Spring 2006
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The night rehabiliation hour for the Spring 2006
season are as follows:
-Monday 7:00pm-10:00pm: Chris Klenk, Med, ATC, CSCS
-Wednesday 7:00pm-10:00pm: Dave Heyel, ATC, CSCS
-Thursday 7:00pm-10:00pm: Tracy Pienkos, MPT, ATC
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 Cara
is a Junior Outfielder for the Softball team. She has been working
back from a Medial Collateral Ligament (MCL) sprain of her Right
knee. The MCL is the stablilizing ligament on the inside of the
knee. Cara feel on ice and injured her knee on January 7. She was
diagnoised with a grade 2 MCL sprain and began rehab after returning
to school from winter break. Her rehab initially focused on regaining
the range of motion that she lost due to pain and swelling. We did
this by passivly flexing her knee within her pain tolerance. We
then focused her rehab on increasing the strength of her quadricep
and hamstring musculature. This was accomplished by resistance exercise
in the pain free range, including straight leg hip flexion, knee
extension, knee flexion, and hip abduction. When Cara was pain free
and her strength had increased, we moved on to functional activity.
This included straight ahead running and agilities. Cara worked
some softball specific skills into her rehabilitation and slowely
worked back into activities with them team. She began with throwing
and conditioning, working up to fielding and hitting. Cara is now
participating fully with the team while working on maintenace rehab.
She continues to work on the strength of her thigh musculature.
She has played in 7 games so far this season, starting 3 and is
posting a batting average of .200.
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All
These Tests....WHY?!?
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As first year student athletes for the majority of our sports
you will be required to take two tests for the athletic training
department. These tests are both tests that will give us a baseline
score prior to suffering a concussion. We will then readminister
the tests if you suffer a concussion afterwards and compare the
scores to give us more objective data. The two tests are:
-BESS Test (Balance Error Scoring System):  This
test is a balance test. The test is done in three positions, first
on the floor and second on the AirEx Pad. Your balance can be
affected if you suffer a concussion.
-The Impact Concussion Test: This test is a computer test
that focuses on testing the mental aspects that may be affected
if you suffer a concussion such as immediate memory, delayed memory
recall and reaction time.
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