Dr. Beau Sasser's Sports Medicine Blog 49 Result(s) Page 1 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 Next Go Play in the Dirt Jun 22, 2020 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System “Because I’m an old Southern woman, and we’re supposed to wear funny-looking hats and ugly clothes and grow vegetables in the dirt.”~Ouiser Boudreaux in Steel Magnolias I first started gardening when I was a young boy, visiting my grandmother O’Quinn’s house during the summer. My grandmother, or Me’mom as I called her, never, ever, let me inside the house ... Keep Reading #IRunWithMaud May 15, 2020 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom’d, And the great star early droop’d in the western sky in the night, I mourn’d, and yet shall mourn with ever-returning spring. ~Walt Whitman Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince, And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest ~Hamlet: Act 5.2. 397-98 We all have some connection to this tragedy. For me, and many of you, it’s ... Keep Reading Coronavirus: What To Do at Home? Apr 13, 2020 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System “You bid me write to amuse the tedious hours, And save from withering my poetic powers; Hard is the task, my friend, for verse should flow From the free mind, not fettered down. . .” ~Ovid. Trist. Lib. V. Elegy Xii, by William Cowper “Corona, Corona where art thou? Furtively, I glance away from the sink. Was that a cough?” ~Beau Sasser, M.D. Now that I’m in ... Keep Reading Back Pain . . . Oy! My Lumbago! Mar 13, 2020 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System I’m not a back guy, but I know back pain. This last episode that laid me horizontal in bed was probably from lifting my 14-year-old Golden Retriever, helping her up and down the steps. Once she’s on flat ground, she putters out like any other nonagenarian. However, when she gets to the stair landing, she looks back at me as if to say, “Listen, when you’re 99, you tell me ... Keep Reading Resolving to Listen in 2020: Top Podcasts of the New Year Feb 17, 2020 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System “Resolutions? ME?? Just what are you implying? That I need to change?? Well, Buddy, as far as I’m concerned, I’m perfect the way I am!” ~Calvin and Hobbes I know I’ve been off the grid for a while. It would be nice if I could say I’ve been simmering my creative juices, mulling over different topics of life while secluded in some quaint cabin off the beaten path. ... Keep Reading 'Tis the Season to Give Thanks Dec 11, 2019 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System Too many people who I run into grimace when I mention the holidays. My lack of blogging is a direct result of the holiday season. In the words of Willy Wonka, “So much time and so little to do. Wait a minute. Strike that. Reverse it.” Our to-do list is already long, our Christmas list makes it longer and our time frame is finite. So in this time of pressured holiday joviality, jib-jab ... Keep Reading Do I Need a Total Knee Replacement? Oct 17, 2019 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System “I replaced three joints in my hips and one in my knee. I’m hoping that other knee doesn’t have to be done. It’s one of the toughest things to overcome.” ~Phil Jackson “I figured my body always would be able to repair itself. I think all of us believe that – until you begin to age and get hit with deteriorating joints. ~Lee Majors This blog is an outlier ... Keep Reading To Evacuate or Not to Evacuate Sep 23, 2019 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System “To be, or not to be: that is the question Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles. . .” William Shakespeare—Hamlet (III, i) I’m not a good card player. I came to this conclusion in 1989 during Hurricane Hugo. Every weather bureau and meteorologist said that Hugo was bearing down ... Keep Reading Be a Fan Aug 8, 2019 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System “Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.” ~Mike Singletary With the waning of summer, and hopefully, some of this oppressive heat, comes the onset of a new school year. Target and Wal-Mart flyers are jammed between pages of the Brunswick News, advertising BACK TO SCHOOL DEALS! Parents on a mission for back-to-school gear are easy to spot. ... Keep Reading Dog Days of Summer Jul 17, 2019 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System “Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it. In rainy weather the streets turned to red slop; grass grew on the sidewalks, the courthouse sagged in the square. Somehow it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summer’s day; bony mules hitched to Hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. Men's stiff collars ... Keep Reading 49 Result(s) Page 1 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 Next
