Coastal Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine in Newport Richey, Fla., has joined the Gridiron Greats Assistance Fund's medical program to provide medical care for retired National Football League players in need of care, according to an organization news release.

Tulane University in New Orleans has joined the NFL Neurological Care Program, which provides services for retired football players who suffer from neurological conditions, according to a WWL news report.

The National Football League's new concussion protocol to install video monitors on the sidelines of each game to provide team physicians with further information about in-game injury occurrences went into effect this past weekend, according to an NFL news release.

Here are 119 orthopedic and sports medicine physicians who serve as team physicians for National Football League teams in the 2011-2012 season. Information was not available for all team physicians.

A group of 12 former professional football players have filed a lawsuit against the National Football League with allegations that it failed to protect players from long-term brain injuries despite evidence showing on-field concussions can lead to such injuries, according to a news release from The Offices of Marc S. Albert.

The National Football League continues testing athletes for human growth hormone use, which athletes may be using without considering the potential long-term affects of the substance on their bodies, according to a report from CBS 42.

Here are 10 spine surgeons who are official team providers for National Football League teams.

Before undergoing an anterior cervical discectomy, performed by Robert Watkins Sr., MD, and Robert Watkins Jr., MD, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning traveled to Europe for a stem cell procedure not available in the United States, according to a report form the Daily Main Reporter.

Arian Foster, a running back for the Texas Texans, recently linked a picture of an MRI taken of his injured hamstring to his Twitter account, which has sports medicine physicians talking, according to an ESPN report.

After the National Football League lockout ended, there was an uptick of players who visited orthopedic surgeons with injuries such as hamstring strains and quadriceps pulls, according to a New York Times report.