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| November 1, 2007 | Young proves he can go the distance
An MRI exam was to be evaluated late Wednesday by Dr. Robert Watkins, the NFL's foremost neck specialist. Watkins saved Lynch's career following the 2003 season with a surgical procedure that removed a bone spur from the neck, and he will probably... |
| October 31, 2007 | Broncos notes: Lynch in wait-and-see mode
Lynch did not practice Wednesday. He underwent a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exam Tuesday and those results were sent to noted neck and spine specialist Dr. Robert Watkins in California, who performed surgery on Lynch's neck after the 2003... |
| October 31, 2007 | Broncos notes: Lynch waits to hear from doctor after suffering stinger
Lynch didn’t practice Wednesday as he and the team waited for Dr. Robert Watkins, a neck specialist in Los Angeles who performed Lynch’s surgery, to examine the test results. Lynch hurt himself tackling Packers running back Ryan Grant in the second... |
| October 2, 2007 | A's Look Ahead
To begin, the team will monitor players more thoroughly in the offseason. At the top of the watch list is Chavez, who is recovering well from shoulder surgery but is scheduled to see back specialist Dr. Robert Watkins in today, according to Beane.... |
| October 1, 2007 | Devotees find blue and white fitting for more than one occasion
...Big Al can't play. He has a neck injury. A neck injury so serious, he flunked a physical by the New York Giants. A neck injury so serious, he has yet to be cleared by a physician, Dr. Robert Watkins, renowned as a neck and spinal specialist.... |
| September 27, 2007 | Injury Report
I'm no expert on special teams or on spinal injuries, so I talked to people who are. Dr. Robert Watkins doesn't think there's much more to be done. "It's a matter of technique," he said. "Dipping the head is poor technique and players are taught from... |
| September 13, 2007 | Hashmarks Medical Expert Checks In
As Bills tight end Kevin Everett continues to make a remarkable recovery from what appeared to be a catastrophic injury, we were fortunate enough to reach one of the nation's top neck and spine specialists, Dr. Robert Watkins, of the Centinela... |
| August 18, 2007 | Tennis practice twist: back pain
The fact that the tennis players were symptom-free doesn't surprise Dr. Robert Watkins Jr., an orthopedic spine surgeon at the Marina Spine Center in Marina del Rey, Calif. "Certainly all that stress while they're growing can be hard on their... |
| August 4, 2007 | Notes: D-backs stay on wire
Success: Byrnes said that Randy Johnson's surgery went even better than expected. The Big Unit had a herniated disc in his back repaired by Dr. Robert Watkins on Friday in Los Angeles. "I think we're encouraged, and I think the surgery went pretty... |
| July 28, 2007 | Unit out for year
Johnson, 43, will travel next week to Los Angeles, where Dr. Robert Watkins will perform his third surgical procedure on Johnson's back.
Randy Johnson's season came to an end Friday.
The Diamondbacks left-hander will undergo another surgery to... |
| July 26, 2007 | Injury cascade rolls on
He had back trouble much of the second half of 2006 and, Crosby said, Dr. Robert Watkins diagnosed a small fracture in a vertebrae after the season. "I don't know what to say," Crosby said, clearly downcast. "I did all I could in the offseason and... |
| March 8, 2007 | Tough Break: Oakland A's Bobby Crosby
Team doctors had told Crosby he had a sacroiliac-joint strain. Second and third opinions suggested Crosby had fractured the L-5 vertebra, and Dr. Robert Watkins, the spinal surgeon who operated on Randy Johnson and Kevin Brown, confirmed... |
| December 18, 2006 | Houston Rockets Guard Tracy McGrady
"... he was declared out for [Sunday's] game against the Clippers and almost certainly for Wednesday's in Portland. McGrady saw Dr. Robert Watkins, the specialist who examined him after his back injury in March, and will see him again Tuesday, hoping... |
| November 10, 2006 | Shane Doan's nagging back injury
The Coyotes captain, who missed just three games combined the past three seasons, ... However, this week the injury has gotten worse, so Doan will fly to Los Angeles today to be evaluated by specialist Dr. Robert Watkins, who also treated Gretzky... |
| October 13, 2006 | Spinal cord injuries
Obviously, neck, spine and head injuries are very serious. In this week's Special Section on sports injuries, Dr. Robert Watkins, a member of the Association of Professional Team Physicians (PTP) and a spinal consultant for many Los Angeles-based... |