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Karen Sutton, MD, FAAOS

@karensuttonmd

HSS Sports Medicine Surgeon | Head Team Physician, US Lacrosse | Team Physician, US Ski & Snowboard | FAAOS | Ironman Triathlete

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👩🏼‍⚕️ Key questions to ask your surgeon about ACL reconstruction 🔑 What graft will be used for the surgical procedure? 🔑 What should I plan with physical therapy? 🔑 What is the potential timeline for return to sport? #sportsmedicine #acl #aclsurgery #ilooklikeasurgeon

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👩🏼‍⚕️ Monday Morning Minute ~ Fall Sports 🏈 ⚽️🏐🏑 FALL SPORTS 🔸Check & refit safety equipment and purchase new safety gear if needed 🔸Check footwear 🔸Hydration & electrolytes 🔸Pre-nutrition and recovery #sportsmedicine #fallsports #sportssafety #ilooklikeasurgeon

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👩🏼‍⚕️ As a surgeon, I have many roles to play, operating, researching, diagnosing and treating patients, presenting and publishing, sports coverage, teaching future surgeons and today… ✨ Assisting in the development of new orthopaedic products and techniques.

👩🏼‍⚕️ As a surgeon, I have many roles to play, operating, researching, diagnosing and treating patients, presenting and publishing, sports coverage, teaching future surgeons and today…
✨ Assisting in the development of new orthopaedic products and techniques.
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👩🏼‍⚕️ Monday Morning Minute ✨ ▫️Lateral extra-articular tenodesis (LET) is a procedure that is complementary to an ACL surgery by increasing rotational stability, decreasing re-tear rates, and improving return to play. #sportsmedicine #ilooklikeasurgeon #acl

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👩🏼‍⚕️ Monday Morning Minute ~ NYC Marathon Week ✨ 🍀 Good luck runners! ▫️ Stay on target with hydration and electrolytes this week. ▫️ Your foam roller is your best friend! ▫️ Start gathering your race day gear, #nycmarathon #sportsmedicine #ilooklikeasurgeon #runlikeagirl

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👩🏼‍⚕️ Monday Morning Minute ~ Marathon Recovery 🌟 🎉 CONGRATULATIONS NYC MARATHON RUNNERS!! ▫️Sleep is one of THE BEST recovery tools! ▫️Protein helps to fuel your muscles after you pushed them to the limit ▫️Easy walk or run day after

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👩🏼‍⚕️ Monday Morning Minute ✨ Questions to ask your surgeon before surgery~ ▫️What are the conservative optjons, if any, outside of surgery? ▫️What are the risks of surgery? ▫️What is the rehabilitation plan after surgery? #aclsurgery #sportsmedicine #ilooklikeasurgeon

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👩🏼‍⚕️ AO Sports ~ Advanced Knee Injuries and Deformities 🌟 🔹It was an honor serving as faculty in Davos, Switzerland 🔹We held the first ever session on “Surgical consideration and guide to operating on female athletes” and covered innovations, challenges and future research

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👩🏼‍⚕️ Monday Morning Minute ⛷️ Ski/Snowboard Safety Tips on a new mountain or challenging terrain ❄️ Ski/snowboard with a buddy in case of injury ❄️ Double check helmet fit & boots and bindings ❄️ Know the mountain or keep access to a trail map and contact for ski patrol

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👩🏼‍⚕️ Monday Morning Minute 🇺🇸 Congratulations to Mikaela Shiffrin for her 100th win and Paula Moltzan for 🥉! 💫 Reflecting on my own career and I am grateful for inspirational people in my life, the enjoyment I receive from being a surgeon, and the incredible team I have at work!

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🇺🇸 Our country should live by the same ethics that we practice under as physicians. 🇺🇸 The Hippocratic Oath contains these principles such as gratitude, compassion, justice, honesty, humbleness, sanctity, integrity, confidentiality, and respect for human life and dignity.

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👩🏼‍⚕️ Monday Morning Minute 👏 Congratulations to the Tokyo Marathon finishers! 🔑 Transition from ❄️ sports to 🌺 spring sports 🔑 Ankles - give them some love 🔑 Ankles - Strengthening,range of motion,& proprioception 🍀 Good luck! #ilooklikeasurgeon #sportsmedicine #springsports

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👩🏼‍⚕️ Monday Morning Minute 💫 Happy International Women’s Day ~ dedicated this reel to my Mom and my daughter 💗 💫 Orthopaedic Surgery has only 6% women surgeons 💫 Tips to become an Orthopaedic surgeon: great mentors and creating a plan for your goals #internationalwomensday

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Congratulations to Michael L. Parks, MD, FAAOS, hip and knee surgeon at HSS, who was named second vice president of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Board of Directors. aaos-annualmeeting-presskit.org/2025/awards-an…

Congratulations to Michael L. Parks, MD, FAAOS, hip and knee surgeon at HSS, who was named second vice president of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (<a href="/AAOS1/">AAOS</a>) Board of Directors.

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👩🏼‍⚕️ Monday Morning Minute ✨ PLATELET RICH PLASMA 🩸 Platelet rich plasma is a knee injection that we give made from the patient’s own blood and injects growth factors to increase healing of cartilage injuries and decreases inflammation and pain @hspecialsurgery AAOS AOSSM

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👩🏼‍⚕️ Monday Morning Minute 💤SLEEP💤=RECOVERY NREM ~ slower brain waves, relaxed muscles, and a slow heart rate which helps with muscle repair, building bone REM ~ more active brainwaves, increased heart rate, and loss of muscle tone which helps with creative thinking and stress