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September 15, 2023 News & Events

$725k+ Grant Award to Research Physical Activity Promotion in Adults with Multiple Sclerosis

SEATTLE—The National Multiple Sclerosis  Society (NMSS) awarded $725,000 to a collaborative effort between the UW Medicine’s Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Rehabilitation and Wellness Research Center in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and The Sports Institute in the Department of Neurological Surgery. This funding will support research to evaluate physical activity promotion in adults with MS using ExerciseRx, a digital health platform. ExerciseRx enables healthcare teams to prescribe and monitor customized and safe movement goals for their patients. Researchers will also assess outcomes including fatigue, pain, sleep, depression, physical functioning, falls, and social participation.  The principal investigator of this research study is Dawn...

July 31, 2023 News & Events

Wake Up Your Senses With A Walk In The Rain

In honor of the Rain Day Festival in Waynesburg, PA, Dr. Cindy Lin, clinical associate professor of rehabilitation medicine in the field of sports and spine medicine, and associate director of clinical innovation at The Sports Institute at UW Medicine, joined the Weather Channel to talk about the benefits of walking in the rain. It is important to be physically active every day, but inclement weather is a common barrier to outdoor activity. Meteorologists Paul Goodloe and Jennifer Lopez discussed with Dr. Cindy Lin the health values of walking in the rain, the proper attire needed, and proper safety precautions to take.   "Walking...

June 16, 2023 News & Events

Dr. Stan Herring among group updating concussion guidelines

"New detection, treatment and retirement are important advances,” Herring says. Changes in the approach to sports concussions are highlighted in the new Consensus Statement on Concussion in Sports, the work of more than 100 researchers and head-injury specialists from around the world. Published June 14 in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, the document updates guidelines last issued in 2017. “Our work has produced several new papers that will improve the diagnosis and management of sports concussions,” said Dr. Stanley Herring, a sports medicine specialist at UW Medicine who was a member of the group. "These works are an important advancement in sports medicine and will help...

May 24, 2023 News & Events

Superman, Meet Super Stan: Dr. Stanley Herring, Real-life Brain Safety Superhero

Dr. Stanley Herring is a true superhero. His engaging sense of humor and ability to connect with others has endeared him to patients and coworkers alike, but his powers are greater even than that. His work in sports medicine has improved and saved countless lives, empowered innumerable success stories, and paved the way for future developments in understanding, preventing, and treating brain injuries. Throughout his career, Dr. Herring has managed the care of thousands of patients and contributed to over 100 scientific manuscripts. He championed the creation of The Sports Institute at UW Medicine, where he serves as senior medical advisor,...

May 1, 2023 News & Events, Uncategorized

$1M+ Grant Award to Research ExerciseRx As Part of Cancer Care Through ‘The Get Moving’ Clinical Trial

The Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN) awarded their first-ever Translational Clinical Trial Award (TCTA) to a collaborative effort between The Sports Institute at UW Medicine, UW Departments of Urology and Rehabilitation Medicine, and Fred Hutch Cancer Center. These funds will support a randomized controlled trial evaluating a home-based (p)rehabilitation with ExerciseRx in patients with bladder cancer, aka "The Get Moving" Clinical Trial.  This research collaboration is led by Principal Investigators Dr. Sarah Psutka, Associate Professor of UW's Urology in the Department of Urology and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and Dr. Cindy Lin, founder of ExerciseRx, Associate Director of Clinical Innovation at...

January 26, 2023 News & Events

With Damar Hamlin in mind, every high school should have an athletic trainer

What happened to Damar Hamlin is rare in sports. It is great he received immediate, effective care, but what if he were not an NFL player? What if he were playing for your local high school? Would an athletic trainer have been nearby to administer the same timely care? ...

January 9, 2023 News & Events

How to Start Exercising: A Beginner’s Guide to Getting Started

Originally by HealthDay Sit less, move more. We know: it's easier said than done. Between work, family obligations, a social life, hobbies and maybe even some time to yourself, it can be hard to squeeze exercise into an already packed schedule. If you don't currently have a consistent workout routine, we're here to help with some tips from experts on how to start exercising so you can start making it a part of your life. The health benefits of exercise The physical, mental and emotional health benefits of exercise can't be ignored. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institute on Aging,...

December 31, 2022 News & Events

UW study: Prescribe more physical activity, shrink health care costs

Originally by Seattle Times Widespread medical efforts to prescribe more physical activity or more regularly check in on patients’ activity levels could significantly reduce the nation’s health care costs, according to a new study from the University of Washington’s School of Medicine. The findings, published this month in the Journal of Physical Activity and Health, show that “sufficiently active” UW Medicine clinic patients who were surveyed between January 2018 and December 2020 were much less likely than inactive patients to visit a primary care doctor, go to an emergency room or be admitted to the hospital. Researchers went a step further in their...