Explore Our Primary Care Sports Medicine Services

Whether you play professional or recreational sports, you’ll occasionally need care for injuries. Then there’s the ongoing care you need: annual checkups and treatment for illnesses or chronic conditions. At Memorial Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine Center, you receive all these services within one program to continue your sports participation.

Our specialist in primary care sports medicine offer a wide variety of nonsurgical services for athletes, dancers and other performing artists. Our team provides care for your ongoing health needs as well as any sports- or dance-related injuries and conditions.

What is Primary Care Sports Medicine?

Primary care sports medicine combines the specialties of sports medicine and primary care (family medicine).

Our primary care sports medicine specialists provide nonsurgical care for sports- or activity-related musculoskeletal injuries and conditions that affect bones, joints, muscles, tendons and ligaments. We also provide care for your health and wellness, including injury prevention.

Primary care sports medicine physician help athletes and active people:

• Treat a variety of musculoskeletal sports related injuries
• Improve dance or sports performance
• Prevent or reduce the risk of injury
• Maintain physical function over the long term
• Improve overall health and wellness

Our Diagnostic Process

Whether you come to us directly or through a referral from your physician, physical therapist or athletic trainer, we begin your care with a complete evaluation. To determine the causes of your symptoms, we:

• Conduct a physical exam
• Review your medical history
• Discuss symptoms
• Review any injuries and history of physical activity or sports participation

You may need further tests to confirm a diagnosis, including:

• Imaging studies: We use technology for X-ray, MRI, ultrasound and CT imaging. These studies help us check for broken bones, tendon and ligament tears and other problems.
• Joint aspiration: For people with joint inflammation and swelling, we may use a needle to remove a sample of fluid from the joint. We test the fluid to see if an infection or an autoimmune condition may be causing the inflammation.
• Blood tests: Blood tests may be used to check for indications of an infection or a chronic condition that may be causing your symptoms.

Our Treatment Options for Sports Injuries

Our treatment goals for sports injuries are to help you regain function as quickly as possible and to prevent future injuries. We focus on conservative, nonsurgical therapies such as physical therapy, medication and injections to help relieve pain and other symptoms. These treatments are designed to speed up the healing process to help you get back to the activities you love as soon as possible.