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Dr. Charles Garten II, MD

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As a sports medicine specialist, Charles E. Garten II, M.D. manages both nonoperative orthopaedic and sports medicine injuries at Myers Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center. His clinical interests include acute injuries and overuse injuries among athletes of all levels and all sports, exercised-induced medical injuries and illnesses, sports and orthopaedic injuries, and the use of musculoskeletal ultrasound for diagnosing injuries and guided procedures. Dr. Garten is a diplomat of the American Board of Family Medicine and has a Certificate of Added Qualification in Sports Medicine. He grew up in Oak Ridge, Tennessee before attending the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis.

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  • Atlanta Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center

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  • Sharecare News
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    Heading Soccer Balls Tied to Damaging Brain Changes

    TUESDAY, June 11 (HealthDay News) -- Sophisticated scans reveal that soccer players who head the ball a lot show changes in the white matter of their brain that mirror those seen in traumatic head injuries.

    In addition, they face a higher risk of developing thinking and memory problems, t...Full Article

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    Football Concussion Risk Highest During Games, Not Practice: Study

    WEDNESDAY, June 5 (HealthDay News) -- Youth football players are much more likely to suffer concussions in games than during practice, and older players have a much higher risk of concussion than younger players, a new study finds.

    Researchers looked at nearly 500 players, aged 8 to 12, o...Full Article

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    Focus on One Sport Raises Young Athletes' Injury Risk: Study

    FRIDAY, April 19 (HealthDay News) -- Young athletes who train intensely for one sport are at greatly increased risk for severe overuse injuries such as stress fractures, a new study finds.

    For example, children and teens who play a sport for more hours per week than their age -- such as a...Full Article

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    Olympic Medalists May Also Claim 'Survival Advantage'

    FRIDAY, Dec. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Olympic medal winners live longer than people in the general population, but athletes who do high- or moderate-intensity sports have no survival advantage over those who do low-intensity activities such as golf, according to two new studies.

    In one stud...Full Article

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    Cardiac Screening for All Young Athletes Carries Big Price Tag: Study

    MONDAY, Nov. 26 (HealthDay News) -- A new study suggests it would be wildly expensive -- more than $10 million per life saved -- to require American high school and college athletes to undergo heart testing to weed out those at risk for fatal cardiac complications from playing sports.

    Th...Full Article

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    Too Much or Too Little Activity Can Spur Knee Problems

    MONDAY, Nov. 26 (HealthDay News) -- For middle-aged adults trying to protect their knee health, it may be best to avoid extreme ends of the exercise spectrum, such as too much high-impact exercise or too little physical activity, researchers have found.

    While p...Full Article

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    Consistent Criteria for Sports Concussion Might Aid Diagnosis

    FRIDAY, Oct. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Standards used to diagnose concussion in college athletes are inconsistent and require clearer definitions and better tools to make the diagnosis, researchers report.

    Their five-year study included 450 male and female athletes who played on football and...Full Article