Campbell Clinic
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Clear conversations on bones, joints, and recovery.
The Now and Future of Orthopaedics turns clinic work into clear, practical medical conversation. Sam Coates speaks with Campbell Clinic physicians, researchers, therapists, and athletic trainers about procedures, recovery decisions, sports injuries, spine care, and the systems behind patient outcomes.
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The Now and Future of Orthopaedics presents Campbell Clinic’s medical work through calm, explanatory interviews. It is not a quick-tip health show. Episodes tend to take one subject and follow it from anatomy or diagnosis into treatment decisions, recovery expectations, and broader consequences for patients. Sam Coates keeps the questions direct. The guests supply the depth. A conversation about Tommy John surgery separates UCL repair from the common belief that surgery can create velocity in a healthy elbow. A spine episode explains why endoscopic surgery and minimally invasive surgery are related ideas, but not interchangeable ones. The discussion of physical therapy widens recovery beyond the injured knee, hip, foot, or shoulder to include the whole person trying to regain movement. Research episodes show how studies are designed, how patients are screened, and why comparable groups matter when outcomes are measured. Athletic training is framed as immediate care, especially for high school athletes whose health can shape future opportunities. Pediatric orthopedics brings the stakes into sharper focus, with stories about disability, walking, growth, and long-term care. The residency and foundation episodes add institutional memory, tracing teaching, research, service, and the spread of orthopaedic knowledge beyond one clinic. The show’s rhythm is measured. It gives explanations time to develop, then brings them back to concrete patient impact. Medical terms appear, but they are usually followed by plain-language context. The tone is serious without becoming cold. Its recurring interest is the gap between what people think orthopaedic care does and what careful clinicians actually weigh before acting. For listeners curious about sports medicine, surgery, rehabilitation, medical training, or orthopaedic research, it offers a useful inside view of how decisions are made before, during, and after treatment.
Made for: This show is for patients, parents, athletes, clinicians, and medical learners who want orthopaedic topics explained with care and practical context. It especially suits listeners interested in how treatment choices are weighed, not just what procedures are called.
What sets it apart: The show combines specialist access with a patient-impact frame, moving from surgical technique and research design to what recovery means in daily life. It is unusually comfortable correcting myths without turning the conversation into hype.
Over a century years old, Campbell Clinic physicians are the recognized national and international leaders in the field of orthopaedics. This Campbell Clinic podcast will highlight the Now and Future of orthopaedics. Our physicians are integrating the latest orthopaedic treatments and medical advancements in musculoskeletal care through their continued and ongoing clinical research, innovation, teaching, and the writing of the Campbell’s Operative Orthopaedic textbook.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Clear interviews turn orthopedic research, treatment choices, and athletic care into practical explanations while preserving the limits and tradeoffs behind each decision.
Sam Coates builds The Now and Future of Orthopaedics around interviews with Campbell Clinic physicians and staff, making specialized decisions understandable without sanding away their uncertainty.
Robots lose their magic trick once you hear what "minimally invasive" actually means.
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A sober look at Tommy John myths, diagnosis, and the treatment tradeoffs that matter most.
Tommy John surgery is handled as a straightforward look at the myths and realities around UCL injury, including the mistaken idea that surgery should be used to boost performance. Dr.
A practical look at how orthopedic research shapes care.
The episode follows orthopedic research from the clinic outward, with Margaret Knack laying out the ordinary mechanics that make studies usable: screening patients, checking eligibility, and keeping participants as similar as possible so results hold up.
A clear look at how spine care can offer options beyond fusion.
This piece presents modern spine surgery as a problem-matching exercise rather than a default move toward fusion. Dr. Chad Campion draws a careful line between minimally invasive and endoscopic approaches, and treats endoscopic surgery as one tool among several instead of a…
A clinic history that ends where patients meet the system.
Campbell Clinic comes across as a place where orthopedic knowledge is taught, shared, and pushed outward. The episode traces Dr. Campbell's trip to Europe, his return to the South, and the reach of a textbook translated into seven or eight languages, while also touching the…
A focused look at athletic training, school sports, and why on-field care matters.
This episode follows Thaddeus Avery, Director of Athletic Training at Campbell Clinic, as he traces a full-circle path from being an injured high school athlete who first came to Campbell Clinic to leading a team that serves schools across Memphis, Tennessee.
Practical anesthesia safety, one case at a time.
Surgery, mentorship, and life in training.
Sam Coates opens by pushing back on the myths around Tommy John surgery.
GLP-1 medications are a surgical safety concern here because Margaret Knack says they can raise aspiration risk during anesthesia, and Campbell Clinic is still working through what that means for orthopedic patients.
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The conversation opens on a challenge in medicine: not everybody has equal access to information or technology.
Physical therapist Carie McPhail discusses the evolution of PT, emphasizing holistic patient care and new technologies like dry needling and shockwave therapy.
Thaddeus Avery sits down with Sam Coates.
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Celebrating 100 years of the Campbell Clinic Residency Program with reflections from three key physicians on its history and impact.
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