[Video] Orthopedic procedures are trending: Is pickleball the culprit? Summus September 28, 2023

[Video] Orthopedic procedures are trending: Is pickleball the culprit?

Seniors playing pickleball

Multiple health plans have announced that they are experiencing an increase in orthopedic procedures in older adults. Some attribute it to latent demand post-COVID. Others suggest it’s from the “pickleball” trend.

In our latest video, Mary Mulcare, MD, Summus Chief Medical Officer, and, Samuel Taylor, MD, Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery, discuss rising orthopedic procedures in older adults, the popularity of pickleball, and what older adults can do to prevent and recover from injury. 

Watch the video: https://gosummus.info/pickleball-0923

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