Andrews Sports Medicine's Victory Over Injury Podcast Series explores the depths and peels back the layers of the often overlooked and largely unknown side of sports medicine: INJURY - digging into recovery and the mindset it takes to achieve victory over injury.
In episode #8 of Victory Over Injury presented by Andrews Sports Medicine, Dr. Michael K. Ryan takes a special deep dive into the life, career and experience of Dr. Lyle Cain, co-founder and managing partner of Andrews Sports Medicine.
Dr. Cain is one of the most respected sports medicine specialists in the world, specializing in orthopaedic surgery of the knee, shoulder, and elbow. He has operated on all types of athletes at the highest levels of elite, Olympic and professional competition and is recognized as one of Major League Baseball's "Super Surgeons."
Dr. Cain has served as team orthopedic surgeon for The University of Alabama Athletics program since 2000, and was recently honored as the SEC's Team Physician of the Year.
He is also an orthopaedic consultant for Jacksonville State University, the University of West Alabama, Birmingham-Southern College and the Birmingham Barons (Chicago White Sox AA affiliate). A Birmingham, Alabama, native, Dr. Cain received his medical degree from The University of Alabama School of Medicine in 1994.
Dr. Cain serves on the board of trustees for the American Baseball Foundation and American Sports Medicine Institute, and is the fellowship director for the ASMI Orthopaedic Surgery Sports Medicine Fellowship. He is responsible for training sports medicine surgeons of the highest caliber. He is also on the Board of Directors of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM).
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A special thank you to our producer, Ed Hill, and our intern, James Harris, UAB School of Medicine (Class of 2023) for helping make this podcast series possible.
Episode Notes
- 00:03:30 – Growing up in Mountain Brook, AL
- 00:05:17 – Playing youth sports
- 00:07:00 – Pursuit of medical career
- 00:12:09 – Influences that led to a career in orthopaedic surgery
- 00:14:40 – Campbell Clinic residency
- 00:18:27 – Andrews Sports Medicine Fellowship
- 00:21:10 – Dr. James Andrews & Dr. Bill Clancy’s influence
- 00:23:33 – Friendship with Dr. Jeff Dugas
- 00:24:43 – Staying in Birmingham, AL
- 00:26:08 – “You don’t need to worry about that”
- 00:26:48 – Early years at Andrews Sports Medicine
- 00:29:20 – Listen to the patient
- 00:30:30 – Have a routine in surgery
- 00:31:04 – 1,000 tiny knives
- 00:33:15 – Pre-plan for all potential problems
- 00:34:30 – Nervousness vs. confidence
- 00:36:47 – The ones that didn’t go well
- 00:38:45 – Drew Brees’ “career-ending” injury
- 00:42:30 – Brees joins the Saints
- 00:44:17 – Becoming the Alabama Crimson Tide’s team surgeon
- 00:47:04 – First meeting with Coach Nick Saban
- 00:51:00 – Working alongside Jeff Allen
- 00:53:54 – Medical staff as a recruiting tool
- 00:57:20 – Kenyan Drake
- 01:03:24 – Eddie Jackson
- 01:04:30 – Julio Jones
- 01:07:34 – Book answer is not always the answer
- 01:07:49 – Tua
- 01:08:57– Making sure it’s snug
- 01:09:59 – Is Tua injury prone?
- 01:14:20 – Alabama sidelines experience with family
- 01:15:12 – 2018 CFP National Championship
- 01:16:55 – The Cain family
- 01:20:16 – Passion for turkey hunting
- 01:26:20 – Covid-19
- 01:31:00 – Catapult GPS system
- 01:35:02 – Interesting gifts from a patient
- 01:37:00 – Ryder Cup experience
- 01:39:55 – Power of positive thinking
