VCU hosts Twitter chat with cycling-related injury expert on Friday

By Anne Dreyfuss
C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research

More than 1,000 of the world’s fittest cyclists will descend on Richmond streets starting Saturday for the 2015 UCI Road World Championships. As the exclusive medical sponsor for the event, Virginia Commonwealth University Health will provide a large team of health care professionals to treat athletes and spectators attending the events.

Sports medicine doctor Katherine L. Dec, M.D., will be one of the expert physicians providing care. Dec is a professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the VCU School of Medicine. On Friday she will be available on Twitter to answer questions about how to best prevent and treat conditions common to cycling such as knee injuries, nerve injuries and trauma injuries.

Everyone is invited to sign into their Twitter accounts and join the conversation to have their questions answered by Dec from 2 to 3 p.m. on Sept. 18. Just remember to use the hashtag #VCUHealthChat when posting questions and comments.

Questions can be submitted in advance via Twitter using #VCUHealthChat and @VCUHealth on Twitter.