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Dr. David Geier is Director of MUSC Sports Medicine and an orthopaedic surgeon. He writes a bi-weekly sports medicine column for The Post and Courier. Check out his website, drdavidgeier.com.

GEIER COLUMN: Sports medicine blurs line between healing and cheating

By David Geier
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 12:04 a.m.
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Consider the following medical procedure. A doctor removes blood from an athlete. He isolates and concentrates certain components...

Geier column: Lakers' coach not to blame for Kobe Bryant's season-ending injury

By David Geier
Thursday, April 18, 2013 12:01 a.m.
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What was expected to be a star-studded dream season in Tinseltown has instead been a year-long nightmare. Dwight Howard and Steve...

GEIER COLUMN: What Stephen Strasburg can teach young pitchers

By David Geier
Thursday, March 28, 2013 12:01 a.m.
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The abrupt end to the season of Washington Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg was one of the most controversial stories in baseball...

GEIER COLUMN: Athletic trainers play vital role in sports safety

By David Geier
Thursday, March 7, 2013 12:01 a.m.
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A female soccer player lies motionless on the field seconds after a mid-air collision with another player. A young offensive...

GEIER COLUMN: Are X Games getting too dangerous?

By David Geier
Friday, February 8, 2013 12:01 a.m.
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The death of 25-year-old freestyle snowmobile star Caleb Moore shocked participants and fans across the world. It marked the...

GEIER COLUMN: Would you let your child play football?

By David Geier
Friday, February 1, 2013 12:07 a.m.
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Just days before the biggest event in football, and probably all of sports, President Barack Obama shared an opinion that might...

Real grass vs. artificial turf

By David Geier
Friday, January 25, 2013 12:14 a.m.
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It would be bad if losing a player to a torn ACL hurt a team's playoff chances. It would be worse for two teams to suffer these...

GEIER COLUMN: Should RGIII have been cleared to play?

By David Geier
Thursday, January 10, 2013 12:01 a.m.
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The picture is becoming clearer regarding Robert Griffin III.

GEIER COLUMN: Remarkable recovery of Houston's Hayden

By David Geier
Friday, November 30, 2012 12:18 a.m.
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University of Houston cornerback D.J. Hayden was discharged from Memorial Hermann Hospital on Nov. 12, just six days after he...

GEIER COLUMN: Is the future of football in jeopardy?

By David Geier
Friday, November 16, 2012 12:21 a.m.
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Three NFL quarterbacks were knocked out of games with concussions last Sunday. Was the rash of concussions an aberration, or was...

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