Stephania Bell

Stephania Bell

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Stephania is a physical therapist who is a Board Certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist and a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist. She is a clinician, author and teacher with extensive experience in the area of orthopedic manual therapy and sports medicine who practices in the Bay Area. Her primary patient population consists of athletes and performing artists ranging from junior high school to professional.

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Reading between the lines of Westbrook's surgery

Stephania Bell, ESPN.com

Eagles star running back and game-changer Brian Westbrook underwent surgery Friday to remove two bone spurs in his right ankle, along with some scar t...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 05, 2009

Favre may explore ways to avoid surgery

Stephania Bell, ESPN.com

ESPN's Ed Werder and Chris Mortensen reported Thursday that Brett Favre paid a visit to Dr. James Andrews to discuss options for his ailing right (thr...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 15, 2009

Ankiel looking to avoid the disabled list

Stephania Bell, ESPN.com

Spring is a time for fresh starts and the Angels have to hope that their time for starting anew has arrived. Instead of subtracting from their startin...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 05, 2009

Updates on Carpenter, Dice-K and others

Stephania Bell, ESPN.com

It's a busy, busy week in the world of sports. The playoffs have started in the NBA and NHL, the NFL draft is upon us and baseball is in full swing al...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 21, 2009

Don't worry about Hanley Ramirez's injuries

Stephania Bell, ESPN.com

...knee procedure might affect him, but it was a bout of elbow pain that set off alarm bells earlier this spring. A few weeks later, those alarms have all but subsided thanks to Santana's...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 05, 2009

B.J. Upton and other AL injury updates

Stephania Bell, ESPN.com

AL East Baltimore Orioles: Brian Roberts Roberts has missed a few games late this spring as a result of a respiratory infection and back spasms, whi...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 05, 2009

Oblique injuries strike at the WBC. Or do they?

Stephania Bell, ESPN.com

When is an abdominal injury not just an abdominal injury? Why, when it's the dreaded abdominal oblique strain, of course. It had seemed as if an obl...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 16, 2009

Yankees fast-tracking A-Rod rehab

Stephania Bell, ESPN.com

Just when it seemed that Alex Rodriguez might be headed down the path of conservative management (aspiration of the cyst followed by rest and rehab), ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 08, 2009

Gore to play, but how much?

Stephania Bell, ESPN.com

If you're still in the hunt, there's no doubt that this is THE week for you. Make or break. Do or die. Sink or swim. Fortunately for those of you sti...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 27, 2008

The Colts conundrum

Stephania Bell, ESPN.com

If you're playing this week, you have two big challenges: You have to decide who might be healthy enough to play in this final week of the NFL regular...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 24, 2008

Can Megatron play in Week 17?

Stephania Bell, ESPN.com

Week 16 is nearly in the books. You are looking like a proud winner of a fantasy championship or a slightly bitter second-place finisher (like me), or...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 22, 2008

Many RBs are questionable for this key week

Stephania Bell, ESPN.com

Championship week at last! Or close to it for most fantasy teams. Who is playing and will those players be effective? That's all most fantasy owner...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 20, 2008

Backfield Brittleness

Stephania Bell, ESPN.com

The status of star running backs has fantasy owners who are in the throes of championship matchups panicking. Week 15 saw Joseph Addai, Brandon Jacob...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 17, 2008

Grim outlook for Addai, Barber and Gore

Stephania Bell, ESPN.com

Are you still in the playoffs? Well, congratulations! Now it's more important than ever to get that fantasy lineup right! To help you avoid the injure...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 13, 2008

Marion Barber to miss Week 14

Stephania Bell, ESPN.com

If you're still in it, you're in it to win it, so you'd better pay close attention to every position in your fantasy lineup this week. Injuries at th...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 06, 2008