Sports Medicine
Sports Medicine
From weekend warriors to professional athletes, we develop treatment plans tailored to each patient’s needs. Our experienced team of orthopedic surgeons, non-operative sports medicine physicians, physical therapists and certified athletic trainers, work together to get you back to your sport or active lifestyle as quickly as possible.
How Do Sports Injuries Develop?
Traumatic injuries, such as fractures and dislocations, are often the result of accidents, including falls and direct blows to the body. Other sports injuries, particularly those that affect the muscles and tendons, can develop if you don’t warm up properly before sports and exercise.
Chronic injuries, such as repetitive stress injuries, can develop when a motion continually irritates tissue and the body doesn’t get a chance to recover. Injuries of this type can occur in athletes who play the same sport year-round, athletes like pitchers who perform one task multiple times and in employees who work in manufacturing facilities. Acute injuries that do not receive proper medical care can become chronic.
Other causes of sports injuries include not using protective gear or using it incorrectly, as well as poor conditioning, training and form.
Sports Injury Symptoms
Sports injury signs and symptoms vary depending on the type of injury and specific body part affected, but warning signs include:
- A limb that appears deformed or out of place (for a fracture)
- Bruising
- Difficulty moving a limb or putting weight on it
- Pain — Acute injuries tend to cause sharp or severe pain, while pain from chronic injuries can be dull and achy and develop with time.
- Redness
- Swelling
The Sports Injuries and Conditions We Treat
The DMC specializes in diagnosing and providing treatment for all types of sports injuries such as, but not limited to,
- Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries
- Achilles Injuries
- Concussions
- Dislocations
- Groin pull
- Overuse injuries
- Patellofemoral syndrome
- Plantar Fasciitis
- Rotator cuff injuries
- Shin splints
- Strains, sprains and fractures
- Swollen muscles
- Tennis elbow
Our Treatment Options
Our sports medicine team helps treat sports injuries by offering and providing the following treatment options:
- Minimally invasive orthopedic procedures (i.e., robotic-assisted joint replacement surgery, arthroscopy, joint fusion, etc.)
- Traditional surgery
- Casts and splints (for partial tears)
- Oral medication [i.e., pain killers, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications (NSAIDs), etc.]
- Physical therapy
- Exercises to improve strength and movement
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