Sports Medicine

Done in a snap
[Nov. 7, 2009] Whenever Davey Shields Jr. isn't on a bareback horse, you can usually find him on the golf course.

Matt's Miracle
[Nov. 5, 2009] Matt was severely injured while riding in a saddle bronc event at the Sidney Rodeo when his foot became entangled in the stirrup causing the horse to fall ...

Help is ready at the rodeo
[Oct. 23, 2009] A week ago in Waco, Texas, Jared Keylon's bareback ride ended badly. He got hung up on the wrist rope, dragged through the dirt by the horse and then ...

Rodeo Attitude Member Cody Stephens Has Rehospitalized with AML Leukemia
[Oct. 20, 2009] On Monday October 19, 2009, Cody was admitted to Kansas University Medical Center. Cody has relapsed and the AML Leukemia has returned... By Ann Brumback Director, Rodeo Attitude Sports Medicine

Garretson battles through pain to fight bulls, protect riders
[Oct. 3, 2009] Joe Garretson is your typical athlete, able to do spectacular things with his body. He’s also an atypical athlete, able to do them even though he’s been battered, bruised, broken and bloodied... By Ted Harbin

Snyder is PBR's iron man
[Sep. 19, 2009] Bull riding is notoriously dangerous. Although there are no official injury rate statistics, on this month's PBR injury report, there are seven of the top ...

Surgery Gives Arizona Cowboy a Chance
[Aug. 18, 2009] Since four years of age, Joseph Kimball, 46, has been an Arizona cowboy with dreams of becoming a professional roper. By Carmelle Malkovich

Training for a Pounding
[Aug. 6, 2008]

Helmet Use on the Rise in Rodeo
[Jan. 30, 2008] Another concluded that head trauma accounts for about half of all serious bull riding injuries. Brandenburg studied head-injury data from 81 cowboys during ...

Conference highlights prevention of rodeo injuries
[Jan. 18, 2008] A group of medical experts are in Oklahoma City this week focusing on ways to prevent rodeo injuries.

Dr. Mark Brandenburg, an emergency room physician from Tulsa, is 1 of the organizers of the Second International Rodeo Medicine Conference in Oklahoma City. He says he became interested in rodeo

Rodeo injuries common, but preventable
[Oct. 5, 2007] The rough-and-tumble world of rodeo puts competitors at a high risk of injury, but better prevention efforts and a little less machismo might help, according to a new report. (Note - Report calls for more medical staff at events.)

International registry aims to round up rodeo injuries
[Aug. 23, 2007] In order to improve the health of those who participate in rodeos, physicians and health care personnel who provide care in this setting launched last month a registry to record the most devastating injuries that occur in this sport. Work is also underway to analyze some of the medical-related data that already exist and set up a conference to bring together those who work in this area.

Chiropractor sees rodeo from different angle
[Aug. 23, 2007] While watching the Ponoka Stampede the cowboys get tossed and thrown around like rag dolls. The average spectator never hears about the aches and pains that these professional cowboys endure. One Ponoka resident, chiropractor Brandy Frenette got to see the other side of the cowboys as she volunteered with the Canadian professional rodeo sports medicine team.

QuikClot Helps Rider Complete NFPB Federation Finals
[Jul. 26, 2007] Rodeo Attitude has spoken to the participants in the use of this product and endorses it and recommends the reading of his article and visiting the web site.