The Awakening of a Surgeon

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Summary: Always do right. This will gratify some & atonish the others
Review: Dr Janda performed surgery on my should a couple of years ago. He's an incredibly talented and caring individual who's extremely passionate about helping others by preventing sports injuries. His book is easy to read, incredibly interesting and insightful into big issues in health care, and is 100% from the heart.

The story of Roger Hall (inventor of the Lego type breakaway baseball / softball base) is amazing for both his challenges and persistence. Roger lost a friend after a freak sliding injury resulted in death (due to complications). Roger spent the next eight years working to create a breakaway base that would reduce the chance of injury. When he finally had a working design, he found he could not manufacture and market the base himself. He teamed up with a manufactuer who then did not promote the product. He then broke ties with this manufacturer and tried to have the bases made overseas, but the original manufacturer blocked the tooling to create the bases. The book dives into the reasons why a major sports equipment maker would neglect to produce a safer baseball base, why the insurance industry doesn't get involved to reduce its medical expenses, and why professional and college teams do not demand safer equipment. The story is incredibly interesting!

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Summary: Always do right. This will gratify some & atonish the others
Review: Dr Janda performed surgery on my should a couple of years ago. He's an incredibly talented and caring individual who's extremely passionate about helping others by preventing sports injuries. His book is easy to read, incredibly interesting and insightful into big issues in health care, and is 100% from the heart.

The story of Roger Hall (inventor of the Lego type breakaway baseball / softball base) is amazing for both his challenges and persistence. Roger lost a friend after a freak sliding injury resulted in death (due to complications). Roger spent the next eight years working to create a breakaway base that would reduce the chance of injury. When he finally had a working design, he found he could not manufacture and market the base himself. He teamed up with a manufactuer who then did not promote the product. He then broke ties with this manufacturer and tried to have the bases made overseas, but the original manufacturer blocked the tooling to create the bases. The book dives into the reasons why a major sports equipment maker would neglect to produce a safer baseball base, why the insurance industry doesn't get involved to reduce its medical expenses, and why professional and college teams do not demand safer equipment. The story is incredibly interesting!

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Summary: Sports Injury Prevention: Empower Yourself!
Review: From Dave Janda's spiritual awakening as he holds the limp body of his daughter in his arms, Janda makes a deal with higher powers to pursue preventative sports medicine in exchange for the recovery of his daughter. The Awakening of a Surgeon details the evolution of Janda's vow to research and promote sports injury prevention, reports his studies, and provides an inspirational and witty chronicle of this dedicated physician's endeavors to spread his prevention message to policy makers: politicians, educators, sports equipment manufacturers, health care providers, insurance executives, and most importantly, the common man and soccer moms. Janda reveals the astounding problem of convincing the establishment to adopt preventative measures based on the independent research and data from scientific studies developed by his institute. From studies of the incredibly effective break-away bases, moderately effective helmets and face guards, and the harmful heading practices in children's soccer, to the actually dangerous soft baseballs and chest protectors, Janda's information and recommended solutions are invaluable knowledge for every responsible parent with a child interested in sports. Janda's encounters with public figures and his humorous anecdotes, which reveal both the character and support of his close knit family and provide an insight to this dedicated surgeon's drive to benefit mankind, illuminate the data he reveals in his studies. Countering the frustration Janda faces in his advocacy and dealing with HMO's, Janda proposes an 8 point national health care reform highlighted by his radical proposal of medical savings accounts. Anyone frustrated with the limitation of his own current HMO will benefit from considering Janda's solutions. When the reader puts the book down, they have gained information to empower themselves and their communities to drastically reduce unnecessary injuries that are occurring in epidemic proportions across the country.

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Summary: The Awakening of a Surgeon
Review: I enjoyed learning the complexity of the forces that limit the possible intervention to minimize injuries to athletes. The author's description of manufactures and medical insurance companies is enlightening. This is a very good book.

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Summary: The Awakening of a Surgeon
Review: I thought the book was very inspirational, it really shows us what true passion and dedication to your ideals can bring. Dr. Janda has worked tirelessly for a cause he believes deeply in and his passion rings out in every chapter.

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Summary: Great Books
Review: If you read only ten books a year, make this number one on your list. A great read for all of your friends and colleagues. With a large dose of common sense, Dr. Janda shows each and everyone of us how we could significantly reduce health care costs. What a great idea!

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Summary: The GREATEST
Review: This book is absolutely Magnificent! This book is great for anybody! I fully encourage you to read this book! All coaches everywhere should have it! So, now go out there and buy the heck out of it!!!

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Summary: Awakening of a Surgeon
Review: This is an essential book for parents and weekend sportsmen, an inspirational book for anyone who has ever believed in or fought for a cause, and a good story for just about everybody. It is also a good mystery: why haven't the recommendations of Dr. Janda and the Institute for Preventative Sports Medicine been widely implemented nationally? It seems like a no brainer: the recommendations don't seem to interfere with the enjoyment of the sports, they have been proven to dramatically reduce injuries, and they greatly reduce health care costs. The recommendations seem to make everybody happy. What's the problem? Read the book to find out. I may be prejudiced because Dr. Janda saved my arm, but I loved this book and so has everyone to whom I have given it. I even have something to tease Dr. J about next time I see him: initially entertaining the thought for even a brief second that he had a prayer of taking sliding out of softball.

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Summary: Awakening of a Surgeon
Review: This is an essential book for parents and weekend sportsmen, an inspirational book for anyone who has ever believed in or fought for a cause, and a good story for just about everybody. It is also a good mystery: why haven't the recommendations of Dr. Janda and the Institute for Preventative Sports Medicine been widely implemented nationally? It seems like a no brainer: the recommendations don't seem to interfere with the enjoyment of the sports, they have been proven to dramatically reduce injuries, and they greatly reduce health care costs. The recommendations seem to make everybody happy. What's the problem? Read the book to find out. I may be prejudiced because Dr. Janda saved my arm, but I loved this book and so has everyone to whom I have given it. I even have something to tease Dr. J about next time I see him: initially entertaining the thought for even a brief second that he had a prayer of taking sliding out of softball.

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Summary: The GREATEST
Review: This true to life David versus Goliath story will make you cry, laugh, and then MAD!! As you experience Dr. Janda's life from that moment in the emergency with his daughter's life on the line, through the formation and growth of the Institute for Preventative Sports Medicine, you will feel his intense passion for preventative measures in all sports related activities. Your anger will then form through his dealings with sporting goods manufactures and insurance companies to implement preventative measures. Being a former employee of a large HMO insurance company, as well as a two-time patient of Dr. Janda's, this book details the struggles that I have experienced personally in fighting the bureaucracy with incredible accuracy.