Sports medicine team helps dancer take home first place finish

Sydney Speicher started dancing at the young age of 6. She immediately fell in love with the sport and has never looked back. Until a freak knee injury had Speicher wondering if she'd ever be able to dance again. A referral to orthopaedic surgeon Matthew Tao, MD, with the Nebraska Medicine Sports Medicine Program, revealed that Speicher had a dislocated patella. After surgery and rehabilitation, Speicher was able to pick up where she left off and even performed with her high school dance team who brought home a first place medal at the state dance competition.