For many athletes who experience debilitating injury to their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) – the ligament that keeps the knee in place – getting back to the same level of performance is difficult. But doctors at the Roger Clemens Institute for Sports Medicine & Human Performance at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center offer an innovative surgery that can help these athletes return to play – and still maintain a healthy knee decades down the line. It’s called the double-bundle ACL... [More Info]

THE long spring windup is over. Major League Baseball begins its 2007 season tonight, and for the league’s 360 pitchers, the challenge not only will be to win, but to stay out of the doctor’s office over the course of the 162-game regular season.

Texans rookie Charles Spencer has a metal plate and about eight screws in his knee. The fracturethat ended his season after just two starts has healed.

Team physicians must address the physical and psychological issues related to athletic activity.

Doctors say too much playing time and a lack of preventative measures during training increase the odds that girls will continue to endure these potentially career-ending injuries. "In almost every sport, there are year-round leagues, and that doesn't always allow time for training," Texans physician Dr. Walter Lowe said. "If these young women don't have four to six weeks between seasons to devote to physical training, they should at least incorporate 10-15 minutes of that training in their

Green Bay - Green Bay Packers wide receiver Javon Walker has chosen Houston Texans team physician Walter Lowe to repair the torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee and will undergo surgery Friday in Houston. Walker said he decided to go with Lowe because he was part of a medical group that had operated on his right shoulder after the 2003 season. Lowe will be in charge of Walker's surgery and rehabilitation, which means the Packers will have a very limited role in overseeing his... [More Info]

Rockets guard Bob Sun on Thursday underwent what the team deemed to be successful arthroscopic knee surgery, though no estimates were made about when Sura could resume workouts. Sura, 32, said Wednesday the condition in his right knee could be career- threatening, describing Thursday's procedure to remove particles as the key to whether he could play again. But the Rockets were optimistic the surgery, his second since the end of the season, would correct problems. "There were just a lot... [More Info]

NEW YORK - Liezel Huber was at her home in Cypress on Sunday, buried in Hurricane Katrina relief work and trying desperately to pretend the U.S. Open women's doubles final wasn't going on without her. "I don't want to think about it," she said, "because once I start to cry, I don't know when I'll stop." Five days after Huber and Cara Black won the Wimbledon championship - Huber's first major title - she blew out her knee in a World Team Tennis match and won't be able to return to the... [More Info]

Astros first baseman Jeff Bagwell said Sunday he will undergo an operation next month described as a "last-chance option" to repair his injured right shoulder and salvage his baseball career. If the procedure succeeds, Bagwell hopes to play the last month of this season and return for 2006, the final year of his contract. "I have to do it," Bagwell said at a news conference before Sunday's AstrosGiants game at Minute Maid Park. "It's the only way I can continue to play this game. "I... [More Info]