Dr. Beau Sasser's Sports Medicine Blog 46 Result(s) Page 1 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 Next 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 Be Safe Around the Watering Hole May 17, 2019 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System “High and fine literature is wine, and mine is only water; but everybody likes water.” ~Mark Twain Childhood memories are often murky. Do I remember the event? Did someone tell me about that moment? Was I really there, or did I only hear someone else’s story and integrate it into my past? To this day, my mother and I still debate about salmon croquettes. She swears that when I ... Keep Reading Now What Am I Gonna Do With All This Extra Time? Apr 4, 2019 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System “I’m in a hurry to get things done. Oh, I rush and rush until life’s no fun. All I gotta do is live and die, but I’m in a hurry and don’t know why.” ~ Alabama “Gov-mint do take a bite, don’t she.” ~Payroll Employee in Raising Arizona I’m halfway through Lent, and I can honestly say I’ve been a good boy. I haven’t stared at a ... Keep Reading Lent...Is it really a sacrifice? Mar 8, 2019 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System “There’s something about it that makes sense, Lent. You give something up, and everything’s more joyful.” ~Elaine Stritch “I get a little behind during Lent, but it comes out even at Christmas.” ~Frank Butler I can already see the headshaking, the visceral displeasure as my editor, Melody, reads the title of this blog. I can practically hear her mumbling sigh, ... Keep Reading 46 Result(s) Page 1 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 Next
