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Volume 1 • Issue 1 • 2026 • Sports Medicine
President's Message: The Power of Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Mariam Hakim-Zargar, MD, MPH — President, Connecticut State Medical Society
Picking Up Pickleball Might Be Picking Up Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Corinne Rivard, DO  and  Gianpaolo Rufo, DO
A Clinical Review of Herpes Gladiatorum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Timothy Huang, MD  and  Gianpaolo Rufo, DO
State of the Athletic Training Profession in Connecticut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Connecticut Athletic Trainers Association (CATA)
Bring Back the Three-Sport Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Samuelson Osifo, MD  and  Amit Lahav, MD
Scapular Winging and Multi-Directional Shoulder Instability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Mercedes A. Himmons, PhD, LAT, ATC, CES, PES  |  Anthony Eacuello, LAT, ATC  |  Eric Padegimas, MD  |  Jordan Gruskay, MD
Getting Your Athlete Back to the Field After ACL Injury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Andrew Toce M. Ed., MBA, LPC, CMPC and Gianpaolo Rufo D.O.
Andrew Toce M. Ed., MBA, LPC, CMPC |  Gianpaolo Rufo D.O.
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