BJ Anderson, MD
Family Doc and Medical Advisor to MN/USA Wrestling
Dr. B.J. Anderson presently serves as team physician for the NCAA Division III National Champions Augsburg University wrestling team. Since 1996 he has served as tournament physician for Freestyle wrestling at the USA Wrestling Jr. National tournament in Fargo, N.D. He is also the medical advisor for MN/USA Wrestling and a past member of the NFHS Sports Medicine Advisory Committee. These amazing contributions as well as his own wrestling career have led to his induction in the Minnesota Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
Dr. Anderson has performed multiple clinical studies on the use of antiviral medication in controlling and preventing outbreaks of Herpes Gladiatorum in wrestlers. He has also written multiple papers on using valacyclovir for Herpes Gladiatorum which presently serves as the landmark guideline on treating this infectious agent.
He presently works in primary care at Boynton Health Services through the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. He also has created an app called “The Mat Doc” and for those gyms and athletes without an easy access to a clinician, the app provides access to diagnosis and treatment of common skin infections!
Check out his The Mat Doc site.
BJ Anderson, MD
Family Doc and Medical Advisor to MN/USA Wrestling
Dr. B.J. Anderson presently serves as team physician for the NCAA Division III National Champions Augsburg University wrestling team. Since 1996 he has served as tournament physician for Freestyle wrestling at the USA Wrestling Jr. National tournament in Fargo, N.D. He is also the medical advisor for MN/USA Wrestling and a past member of the NFHS Sports Medicine Advisory Committee. These amazing contributions as well as his own wrestling career have led to his induction in the Minnesota Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
Dr. Anderson has performed multiple clinical studies on the use of antiviral medication in controlling and preventing outbreaks of Herpes Gladiatorum in wrestlers. He has also written multiple papers on using valacyclovir for Herpes Gladiatorum which presently serves as the landmark guideline on treating this infectious agent.
He presently works in primary care at Boynton Health Services through the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. He also has created an app called “The Mat Doc” and for those gyms and athletes without an easy access to a clinician, the app provides access to diagnosis and treatment of common skin infections!
Check out The Mat Doc site.
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