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Aggressive Therapy Keeps Athletic Dreams on Track

Max Diaz’s entire future hinged on how well — and how quickly — he could recover from a catastrophic elbow dislocation. A champion high school wrestler, he was facing the end of his athletic career if he couldn’t get back to the mat before he graduated. This story has a happy ending. As Max heads off to college this month on a full scholarship and as the holder of an All American title, he is grateful to pediatric orthopedic surgeon Roger Saldana, M.D. of Miami Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Institute for treatment that allowed him to save his senior season and keep his athletic dreams on track. “Dr. Saldana affected the whole course of Max’s future,” said Max’s mother, Jessica Snyder. “He was very blessed to have such a great surgeon and great people helping him recover.” Max was injured during a pre-season national contest that he had hoped would set the tone for his all-important senior year at Miami Coral Park High School. His match came to a sudden end when, in an improper maneuver, his opponent applied pressure to the back side of his elbow, causing it to buckle in the wrong direction. [Transcript] [Logo] [Upbeat music] [Maxwell Diaz, Patient] I went to Iowa for a tournament called Preseason Nationals and throughout the wrestling match, I tried to get on my hands and legs to escape from the bond position. And the opposing wrestler chopped my elbow against the joint and it just gave and I fell down. [Roger Saldana, MD, Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon] Maxwell is a high level wrestler and in a match he dislocated his elbow, then that caused a lot of disruption of the soft tissue and structures in the inside part. [Image of Xray showing Maxwell's injury]] And for him, especially our typical Tommy John surgery, this procedure gets you off for almost a year. In Max, that wasn't an option really because he wanted to be looked at for these college recruiters. Luckily his tissues were such that we can actually fix them instead of having to reconstruct them. [Footage of the doctor checking Maxwell's arm] We used his tissue, re-augmented it with some special material that makes it a little bit stronger than it was originally, and then once that tissue heals, we let him start doing activities. He did his therapy. He rested when you're supposed to. He returned when he was supposed to. Very good about our rehab protocol, and then he went on to All-American and he's done amazing and we're really proud of what he's been able to accomplish. [Maxwell Diaz, Patient] Well, now I finally have a school that they're taking me in. I'm going to go wrestle there. It's called William Penn, and it's in Oskaloosa, Iowa. So yeah, I finally get to wrestle in college. [Image of Maxwell graduating high school] [Roger Saldana MD] It's just very refreshing to see these kids come in, they're hurt, they want to get better. They go through the protocols of getting better, and then I see results like Maxwell's where they do great. They go on to do amazing things in life, and that's really amazing to see. That's very rewarding and it makes my job really fun. [End Transcript] Want to see more? Baptist Health South Florida’s Resource Blog https://baptisthealth.net/news Like us on Facebook   / baptisthealthsf   Follow Baptist Health on Twitter   / baptisthealthsf   Follow Baptist Health on Instagram   / baptisthealthsf