Sports Medicine

Sports Medicine is a specialty that deals specifically with musculoskeletal injury as a result of sports activity. We are responsible for evaluating, treating, and rehabilitating these injuries regardless if sustained by a world class athlete or a week-end warrior. These types of injuries do not discriminate.

Depending on the severity of the injury, we may also refer to an orthopedic surgeon for another opinion or as a follow-up after treatment. We often work with patients before and after surgeries to ensure that they get the most benefit and fastest recovery possible. It is our goal to return you to your sport, job, or activity as quickly as possible and stronger than you were prior to the injury or surgery.

Sports Medicine is also appropriate for those recovering from traumatic work-related injuries even though a sport was not involved. We will work the patient through three distinct phases of the rehabilitation process. These phases are:

• Inflammatory phase: During this initial phase, when the injury site is painful, swollen, and hot to the touch, we evaluate the injury and begin rehabilitation by prescribing gentle exercises to maintain movement, minimize tissue damage, and diminish pain and swelling.
  
• Proliferation phase: Starts as the body begins to grow new tissue to repair the injury site. This takes the form of a scar whether on the skin, in a muscle or in a ligament. Rehabilitation at this stage is designed to gently mobilize the newly formed scar tissue so that it grows to resemble and work like the tissue around it.
  
• Maturation phase: This is the final stage where we begin to build strength and endurance into the newly healed injury so that it is ready to return to sports activity. At this stage, rehabilitation also addresses other issues that might have developed during healing such as compensatory movement, deficiencies in balance and proprioception, and decreased coordination.

Our team of Athletic Trainers, Physical Therapists, Personal Trainers, and Massage Therapists use various modalities, manual techniques, and therapeutic exercise to achieve these goals.

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