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Posts by Andrew Nathanson, MD, FACEP, FAWM

Message from the Editor, 2022

Oct 15, 2022 ~ Author Andrew Nathanson, MD, FACEP, FAWM

2022 has been a year of transitions for the SMA. Our fearless leader for the last decade, Mary Showstark, PAC stepped down from her role as executive director and is being replaced by Kure beach heavy, Deric Weiss, MD, currently residing in Wilmington, NC. Mary helped transition us into the digital age and navigated us through

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Posted in Letter from the Editor

The Old Man and the Sea: Video on Surfiatrics from the 2022 World Congress on Extreme Sports Medicine, University of Colorado, Boulder

Oct 15, 2022 ~ Author Andrew Nathanson, MD, FACEP, FAWM

Video Link: www.healio.com/news/orthopedics/20220524/video-nathanson-offers-advice-for-aging-surfers-to-maximize-enthusiasm-for-the-sport

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Posted in Chronic Surfing Injury

Common Surfing Injuries: Video on Surfing Injuries from the 2022 World Congress on Extreme Sports Medicine, University of Colorado, Boulder

Oct 15, 2022 ~ Author Andrew Nathanson, MD, FACEP, FAWM

Video link: www.healio.com/news/orthopedics/20220524/video-nathanson-discusses-common-surfing-injuries-says-surfing-is-safer-than-soccer

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Posted in Acute Surfing Injury

Letter from the Editor

Oct 08, 2021 ~ Author Andrew Nathanson, MD, FACEP, FAWM

Since its inception, hundreds, or perhaps thousands of years ago, when the first person laid on a wooden plank and rode a wave to shore, the sport of surfing has been in a continuous state of evolution. The heavy wooden boards ridden by ancient Hawaiians were eventually modified to include a single tail fin. Boards became […]

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Letter from the Editor

Sep 19, 2020 ~ Author Andrew Nathanson, MD, FACEP, FAWM
surfer being arrested

All Covid, all the time, or at least that’s what it feels like to me as an emergency physician on the East Coast of the US. But of course, whatever you do and wherever you surf, the global pandemic has affected you. And, unfortunately, it seems far from over. Way back in May, I asked my wizened uncle, 92-year-old professor emeritus […]

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Letter from the Editor

Sep 16, 2019 ~ Author Andrew Nathanson, MD, FACEP, FAWM
Surf-medicine shack, Cape Cod, MA

In this 32nd volume of Surfing Medicine we take a glimpse at the future and respect the past. Surfing injuries at the Pipeline Masters is an analysis of data collated by surf doc Leland Dao, DO, who has long been that contest’s medical director. Arguably the most prestigious event on the WSL Championship Tour, the best surfers in […]

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A Non-Healing Surf-Wound

Sep 16, 2019 ~ Author Andrew Nathanson, MD, FACEP, FAWM

A 48-year-old surfer sustained a 1cm linear laceration to his anterior lower leg while surfing. The waves were 3-4 feet the water temperature was 58℉ (14℃), and turbid. The surfer stated he was surfing over a rocky bottom, bumped his leg against something, and continued surfing. Upon removing his wetsuit, he noted a small linear […]

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Posted in Case Report, Chronic Surfing Injury

Letter from the Editor

Aug 31, 2018 ~ Author Andrew Nathanson, MD, FACEP, FAWM
La Mort by Henri Bonnart III

As we pull together this Summer 2018 issue of Surfing Medicine the common theme that emerges from the great blue abyss is death. Try as we may to avert our gaze, there seems to be no avoiding it. “No other option” is a beautifully rendered, heartfelt, true story about a near-death surfing experience in Mexico […]

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Letter from the Editor

Sep 07, 2017 ~ Author Andrew Nathanson, MD, FACEP, FAWM
“The Fountain of Youth” by Lucas Cranach the elder (1546).

A wizened old surfer observing idle young groms once said, “Youth is wasted on the young” – or perhaps it was Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw. No matter. The fact is, that as we get older, we yearn for the flexibility, strength and quickness of our youth. True that 60 is the new 50, and […]

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Posted in Letter from the Editor

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