Dr. Beau Sasser's Sports Medicine Blog 44 Result(s) Page 1 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 Next '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 Fore! A few helpful warm up tips before hitting the links Feb 15, 2019 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System “He’s a Cinderella story. A former assistant groundskeeper about to become the Master’s champion. It looks like a mirac. . . it’s in the hole!” ~Carl Spackler, Caddyshack “As you walk through the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.” ~Ben Hogan I should be a golfer. I’m not saying I would’ve been a good ... Keep Reading Get Off that Attic Ladder: Tips to Reduce Your Risk of Falling Jan 17, 2019 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System It has taken me a number of years—heck, a solid forty years plus—to realize that when my mom calls me to help her with something, the count-down clock starts ticking. Her call might entail just a subtle remark about retrieving the Christmas ornaments from the attic or getting a punch bowl out from a high cabinet above the refrigerator. Following our conversation, I usually place her ... Keep Reading 44 Result(s) Page 1 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 Next
