PT Project Sponsor in the NY Times

I have personally seen Dr Neely on many occasions and can attest to his excellent advice regarding injury management and prevention. It’s good to see he is getting some recognition in the NY Times! Well done.

Congratulations to Dr. Neely and NY Sports Med for their media mention in the NY Times…well done. I have a question

“Triathlons are much better for the body than long-distance running”

This is a loose statement that was probably cherry picked by the reporter. Are we talking about the knees, hips, low back, etc. It is important to always talk in specifics about topics of this nature to provide good quality information to readers. Triathletes are actually very prone to low back and neck pain which is most likely related to a more aggressive position on the bike as well as swimming. Would be curious to hear more of Dr. Neely’s thoughts on this topic as he is a sharp physician who sees a good number of endurance athletes.

Hope everyone is having a good weekend.

Yes, in our defense the reporter interviewed Dr. Neely for 45 minutes for this article. There was certainly 100’s of good/better quotes to use. When it comes down to it, the Times will run what the Times wants to run – we certainly didn’t have any control over what content they chose to use.

Let’s be clear about triathlon injuries. The evidence clearly shows triathlon has the same none traumatic injury rate as running but has a higher traumic rate and a higher death rate. That means train and race smart and carefully.

Bruce,I am not entirely sure what your comments mean. I’d suggest perhaps re-reading your posts before submitting them.

Final thoughts…I just wanted to commend Dr. Mike Neely again for this accomplishment. I have done interviews before and as Adam mentioned, reporters will cherry pick whatever they want to make the story. Nonetheless, Dr. Neely seems to provide medical services for a good number of middle aged endurance athletes and has a good command of the medical issues, injury patterns, and needs of this unique group of athletes.

Onward!

Thank you so much for your support.

While talking to the reporter, the point I was trying to make was that a benefit of triathlon training over sole long distance running is that if the triathlete sustains a running injury, the triathlete may still be able to reap the benefit of sport specific training by continuing to bike or swim if able, where as a long distance runner who is injured may not be able to continuing running while rehabbing.

I am a huge fan of both long distance running and triathlons.

As Chris, Ben, and Adam mentioned above (and thank you so much for your support, guys), I had a very long interview with Ms. Gardner about the recent popularity of triathlon training for the 40+ athlete. I am very grateful that Ms. Gardner and The NY Times mentioned me in their article. Clearly I could have made my point better. This is a good take home point for me —- be more clear to get the right message across in interviews (and when talking to patients).