Brian Cole MD

03/07/2026

The High Price Of “Playing Through It”: Why Delaying Care For Minor Injuries Backfires

Pushing through a minor sports injury can lead to longer recovery, higher costs, and serious complications. Learn why early evaluation protects your long-term health....

Pushing through a minor sports injury can lead to longer recovery, higher costs, and serious complications. Learn why early evaluation protects your long-term health.

03/06/2026

How Golf Simulators Support Injury Recovery and Swing Rehabilitation

Recovering from a golf injury? Learn how golf simulators help you safely rebuild your swing with data-driven feedback and a gradual return-to-play plan....

Recovering from a golf injury? Learn how golf simulators help you safely rebuild your swing with data-driven feedback and a gradual return-to-play plan.

03/05/2026

Red Light Therapy for Sports Injury Recovery: What the Evidence Shows

Red light therapy is gaining ground in sports medicine for muscle recovery, tendon healing, and inflammation modulation. Here's what current research shows for athletic rehabilitation....

Red light therapy is gaining ground in sports medicine for muscle recovery, tendon healing, and inflammation modulation. Here's what current research shows for athletic rehabilitation.

03/04/2026

How Anxiety and Muscle Tension Affect Athletic Performance — and What Active Adults Can Do About It

That stubborn tightness across your shoulders after a stressful week. The tension headache that shows up the morning after a high-stakes competition. The lower back stiffness with no clear physical cause. For a lot of active adults, these get written off as training fatigue — when they are often the body's direct response to psychological stress. Anxiety and muscle tension in athletes is a well-documented but frequently overlooked factor in both injury risk and recovery....

Chronic anxiety raises muscle tone, disrupts sleep, and increases injury risk in athletes. Learn how to address the stress-tension cycle and protect your performance and recovery.

03/02/2026

Strong joints start with smart nutrition. The key players? Hydration, omega-3s, antioxidants, Vitamin D, and protein. When you fuel your body right, every step feels stronger and more confident. Your path to better joint health begins with the choices you make at mealtime.

The Sports Medicine Weekly Blog & Podcast with Dr. Brian Cole offers insights on nutrition strategies for optimal joint health.

03/01/2026

Preventing the Most Common Fractures in Children Athletes

Learn how to prevent common pediatric sports fractures, protect growth plates, recognize early warning signs, and keep young athletes safe with proper training and supervision....

Learn how to prevent common pediatric sports fractures, protect growth plates, recognize early warning signs, and keep young athletes safe with proper training and supervision.

02/27/2026

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02/27/2026

Designing a Functional Training Space for Injury-Resilient Athletes

Learn how to design a functional training space that reduces injury risk, improves movement quality, and supports balanced loading, recovery, and long-term athletic durability....

Learn how to design a functional training space that reduces injury risk, improves movement quality, and supports balanced loading, recovery, and long-term athletic durability.

02/26/2026

Serve Up a Longer Life: Tennis & Longevity

Brian J. Cole, MD, MBA breaks down research from the Copenhagen City Heart Study showing how tennis and other sports are associated with increased life expectancy and long-term health benefits....

Brian J. Cole, MD, MBA breaks down research from the Copenhagen City Heart Study showing how tennis and other sports are associated with increased life expectancy and long-term health benefits.

02/25/2026

Fibermaxxing: The Viral Nutrition Trend Is More Than Just Hype

Brian J. Cole, MD, MBA breaks down the fibermaxxing trend, explaining the science behind increasing fiber intake, its health benefits, and how to do it safely without digestive side effects....

Brian J. Cole, MD, MBA breaks down the fibermaxxing trend, explaining the science behind increasing fiber intake, its health benefits, and how to do it safely without digestive side effects.

02/25/2026

Celebrating Sarah Warren: A Hometown Skier on the Olympic Stage
As the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics come to a close, we couldn't be more proud watching Sarah Warren compete on the world stage as a member of Team USA's speed skating team.
Sarah was a patient of Dr. Cole's years ago after a significant knee injury that threatened her skating career. Her dedication through recovery proved early on that she had the mindset of a champion — and her journey since has been a testament to that.
What makes her story particularly special is that Sarah later returned to Midwest Orthopedics at Rush as a clinical intern, and has shared that her care with Dr. Cole was life-changing. Our entire team holds that close.
Sarah is a true hometown success story, and we are honored to have played a role in her journey. Congratulations, Sarah, on representing your country so well in Italy.

02/24/2026

Thank you for taking the time to share your experience and kind words, CW!