Dr. Rocco Monto

Raymond Rocco Monto, MD, is a board certified orthopedic surgeon with a practice in Nantucket, Massachusetts. He is a team physician for the United States soccer team and spokesperson for the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. He has won numerous orthopedic research awards and has lectured throughout the U.S. and Europe.

An Orthopedic Surgeon’s Perspective on CrossFit

In WOD We Trust? The Growing Pains of CrossFit CrossFit has a problem: Success. Twelve thousand worldwide affiliates, two million participants, a Reebok...

2015-09-17|Training|

Why Tommy John Surgery Is Ruining Pitchers

No single medical procedure has had more impact on a sport than Tommy John surgery on baseball. Thirty-seven years after the first procedure to repair a pitcher’s torn elbow ulnar [...]

2015-06-10|Baseball, Sports Injuries|

5 Things You Can Do to Prevent Muscle Injuries

Muscle injuries are unpredictable. You can be going about your business, playing your sport or working out like you normally do, and then you feel a sharp pain. And it [...]

2015-03-19|Soccer, Sports Injuries|

The Future of Sports Injury Rehabilitation

Can you heal a torn hamstring in two weeks instead of six, come back from a ligament sprain in half the time or even return from a severe knee injury [...]

2015-01-19|Recovery, Sports Injuries|