When to See a Sports Medicine Provider

You might see someone for injury prevention services if you’re starting a new activity or exercise program, care for an overuse injury like elbow tennis, or treatment for an acute injury like a labral tear or a concussion. Our goal is to get you back to the activities you enjoy as safely and quickly as possible.

Why Choose Us for Sports Medicine

When a sports injury or illness impacts your performance, you can count on our sports medicine team. We help you prevent injuries and has advanced training to diagnose and treat all types of sports injuries. We offer convenient, leading-edge care to help you regain strength, return to play, and improve your performance.

Whether you’re an elite athlete, a weekend warrior, or beginning an exercise program, our sports medicine team helps you stay on the field, track, or trail. Our team of experienced certified athletic trainers and doctors — who specialize in sports medicine training — help you get the most from your body. We help promote lifelong fitness and wellness.

Complete Care for Sports Medicine Conditions

If you’re injured, we help you get back to your life and the activities you enjoy as quickly and safely as possible. You get personal attention and guidance help you set goals for a full recovery.

We offer:

  • Compartment syndrome testing. We use this test if we suspect you have exertional compartment syndrome. We place a needle in different areas of your leg muscles to measure the pressure before and after you exercise on a treadmill.
  • Prolotherapy. This treatment uses an injection of a natural substance, such as a sugar solution, to relieve muscle, joint, ligament, or tendon pain. It stimulates your immune system to repair the area, relieving pain.
  • Exercise-induced asthma testing. We measure your breathing during exercise to determine if you have exercise-induced asthma or severe difficulty breathing brought on by activity.
  • Pre-participation sports physicals. This physical exam makes sure it’s safe for you to participate in a particular sport. Pennsylvania requires that kids and teens have a sports physical before beginning a new sport or competitive season.
  • Comprehensive athletic care at sporting events. Our certified athletic trainers provide emergency care, injury assessment, and return-to-play evaluations. We cover individual games, sports teams, tournaments, camps, leagues, and special events.
  • Athletic training consulting. We develop emergency action plans for your league, team, school, or venue to improve athlete safety and reduce liability risks.
  • Strength and conditioning. We develop customized team conditioning programs for schools, leagues, and clubs that focus on injury risk reduction.

Sports Injuries We Treat

We treat a full range of sports injuries, including overuse injuries, strains, joint pain, broken bones, ligament and tendon tears, and concussions. Our specialists work with people of all ages to help keep them moving freely and without pain.

  • Back and neck. We use the latest technology to treat back and neck conditions, including arthritis of the neck, cervical fractures, sciatica pain, lumbar strain, and spinal cord compression.
  • Elbow and shoulder. We specialize in treating routine and complex elbow and shoulder injuries, such as golfers’ elbow, rotator cuff tears, broken or dislocated elbow, and torn ulnar collateral ligaments — including Tommy John surgery.
  • Foot and ankle. We provide complete care for Achilles tendonitis, plantar fasciitis, nerve pain, shin splints, sprains, and more.
  • Hand and wrist. We use minimally invasive approaches to treat routine and complex hand and wrist conditions, including carpal tunnel syndrome, De Quervain’s tenosynovitis, broken bones, ganglion cysts, and mallet finger.
  • Head. Our multidisciplinary team offers comprehensive care for sports-related head injuries like concussions. We work together to help relieve symptoms, such as a headache or memory and balance problems. We offer expert guidance to help you recover safely and quickly.
  • Hip and thigh. We diagnose and treat all types of hip and upper leg injuries, such as labral tears, tendonitis, and bursitis, as well as ongoing conditions such as osteoarthritis.
  • Knee and lower leg. We use the latest approaches to relieve knee and lower leg pain — including biologic treatments that use your body’s cells to improve healing. You receive leading-edge treatments for ACL injury, patellar tendonitis, jumper’s knee, runner’s knee, meniscus tears, and kids’ sports injuries like Osgood-Schlatter disease.

Non-Surgical Sports Medicine Care

Most sports injuries are treated without surgery. We offer a wide range of non-surgical techniques to treat muscle and joint pain, tendon and ligament tears, and mobility problems.

  • Sports testing and diagnostics. Our experts use advanced physiological testing and biomechanical assessments to help you excel in your sport. We offer comprehensive testing for all types of sports-related conditions, including compartment syndrome and exercise-induced asthma.
  • Splints, casts and braces. We use the latest devices to improve joint mobility and stability, improve function, and help the injured area heal.
  • Modified exercises. We often recommend low-impact activities — such as yoga, swimming, or walking — to help you rebuild muscle and improve strength and flexibility.
  • Orthopedic rehabilitation. Our physical therapists develop personalized treatment plans to reduce pain, improve muscle strength, and increase range of motion. We help you get back to your activities quickly and safely.
  • Medicine. Many injuries and conditions can be treated with over-the-counter or prescription medicines to relieve pain and swelling, such as anti-inflammatories and corticosteroids.
  • Injection therapy. We treat a variety of sports and exercise-related conditions — such as muscle spasms and tension — with injection therapy, including trigger point injections and corticosteroid injections. We use hyaluronic acid and injections to relieve osteoarthritis-related joint pain.
  • Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy. We use this treatment to treat tendonitis (tendon swelling or irritation). We remove platelets from your blood, which promote healing, to create a concentrated platelet-rich plasma solution. We inject it into the damaged area to speed recovery.
  • Rest, ice, compression, and elevation (RICE). This simple technique can help reduce pain and swelling.