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MSK Matters

A student-run journal that focuses on anything that ties back to movement!

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MSK Matters

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Read current and back issues of our student run journal about the musculoskeletal system

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MSK Matters

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Summer 2025

IN THIS ISSUE:

Pg 4 Beyond the Skin: Restoring Strength and Mobility in Hidradenitis Suppurativa By: Rebecca Metellus - GCSOM

Pg 5 Cryocompression in Action: A Personal and Clinical Perspective on Accelerated Knee Rehabilitation By: Evan Florey - GCSOM

Pg 6 The Applications of AI to Knee Arthroplasties By: George James - GCSOM

Pg 8 Enhancing Research Literacy and Career Interest Through an Orthopedic Journal Club for Medical Students By: Brendan Fitzgerald - GCSOM

Pg 10 “Staying Vertical”: One Woman’s Blueprint for Lifelong Movement in Florida By: Olivia D'Alessio - NSU KPCOM

Pg 12 Beyond the Joint: Bridging the Gap Between Symptoms and Scans in Orthopedic Practice By: Philip Zitser, Ilana Kolomiyets - NSU KPCOM

Pg 13 Stretching: The Lost Art of Recovery By: Vivian Calderon - NSU KPCOM

Pg 14 We Survived the 75 Hard By: Alexandra Daily and Chad Gentry - NSU KPCOM

Pg 15 One Step Behind My Grandmother By: Ria Ahuja - NSU KPCOM

Pg 16 Bridging Public Health and Clinical Medicine: A Commitment to Holistic, Preventive Care By: Jenna Handal - NSU KPCOM

Pg 17 Psychiatric Comorbidity in Multiple Sclerosis Patients By: Carlos Menendez - NSU KPCOM

Pg 18 Managing recovery: An in-depth perspective into stroke rehabilitation By: Isabelle Casado - NSU KPCOM

Pg 19 Built to Move: Lifting, Dancing, and Living with Herniated Discs By: Pierina Barletti - NSU KPCOM

Pg 20 Integrating Medical Marijuana into Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Management: Efficacy, Barriers, and Functional Outcomes By: Erica Glants, Joseph Gofman, Emma Newquist, Joshua Hirsch, Ranga C. Krishna - NSU KPCOM

Pg 22 Vitamin B6 as Supplemental Nutrition in Reducing Stress in Graduate Education By: William Le, Mina Marie Garcia, Mary Allen Reyes - NSU KPCOM

Pg 24 One Step at a Time By: Lia Michele Smerina - NSU KPCOM

Pg 25 The Medicine of Movement By: Shauna Barton - NSU KPCOM

Pg 26 The Elbow Epidemic By: Aaron LaMont - NSU KPCOM

Pg 28 The Water’s Cure: How Swimming Shaped My Strength and Recovery By: Ilana Kolomiyets - NSU KPCOM

Pg 29 Boxing, Bones, and Balance: How Boxing Strengthened My Medical Journey By: Emma Woldenberg - NSU KPCOM

Pg 30 The Pickleball Paradox: Increasing Ligament Tears in Grandma and Grandpa By: Kishan Patel - NSU KPCOM

Pg 32 Engineering Strength and Well-being for Individuals with Limb Difference By: Ethan Boyle - GCSOM

Pg 34 Radial Tunnel Syndrome: Reconsidering an Underdiagnosed Musculoskeletal Condition By: Roshni Raj - GCSOM

Pg 36 Prevention of Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injuries among Elite and Youth Alpine Skiing Athletes By: Eric Mole - GCSOM

Pg 38 Return to Sport After Shoulder Surgery: A Comprehensive Literature Review By: Brendan Colleran - GCSOM

Pg 40 ACL Repair: Personal Lessons Learned by a Medical Student By: Thomas Ahlin - GCSO


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