PRIMARY CARE SPORTS MEDICINE
Primary Care Orthopaedics/Sports Medicine physicians focus on health care for physically active individuals and athletes.
Not just athletes, they treat anyone who is physically active to help them improve performance, enhance overall health, prevent injury, and maintain physical activity throughout their lives. Most patients are active adults and children, “weekend warriors,” “industrial athletes,” or even those who are not physically active but have orthopedic issues.
More and more patients are looking for their guidance to improve health, maintain strength and endurance, and sustain an active lifestyle. Exercise can be used as a medicine, and children and adults can be encouraged to maintain an energetic lifestyle. Primary Care Orthopaedics/Sports Medicine physicians help find a role for exercise in treating conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, and even depression.
While some Primary Care Orthopaedics/Sports Medicine physicians are surgeons who repair damage to tendons, ligaments and joints, Primary Care Orthopaedists concentrate on nonsurgical care, including:
- Comprehensive health care for the active patient.
- Diagnosis and treatment of sports or activity-related and unrelated injuries and illnesses.
- Developing treatment plans tailored to the patients’ specific needs and athletic goals.
- Use of manual techniques to prevent and treat muscular and skeletal conditions common in athletes.
- Specialized knowledge of the principles of athletic conditioning.
- Focus on injury prevention and rehabilitation, including injuries common to specific sports.
- Nutritional guidance for building strength and endurance in support of athletic performance.
- Expertise in exercise physiology, rehabilitation, nutrition, cardiology and treatment of traumatic injuries.
Primary Care Orthopaedics/Sports Medicine physician treat:
- Acute injuries such as ankle sprains, joint injuries, dislocations, and nonsurgical fractures.
- Overuse injuries including stress fractures, tendonitis, and osteoarthritis.
- Traumatic brain injuries.
- Concussions.
- Helping athletes with acute illnesses (mononucleosis, asthma).
- Nutrition.
- Exercise prescriptions for people who want to become more active.
- Injury prevention.
- “Return to play” decisions for injured or ill athletes.
- Pre-participation physical examinations.
- Exercise promotion.
Many Primary Care Orthopaedics/Sports Medicine physicians are active with sports teams:
- Working with an athletic team, a university sports program, or a fitness club.
- Consulting with athletic trainers, coaches, and athletic directors on injury prevention and performance enhancement.
You don’t have to be a high-level athlete to see a Primary Care Orthopaedics/Sports Medicine physician. Contact one of them at Florida Orthopaedic Institute to schedule an appointment.
AREAS OF FOCUS
Acute Illnesses
Ankle Sprains
Concussions
Dislocations
Exercise Prescriptions
Exercise Promotion
Injury Prevention
Joint Injuries
Nonsurgical Fractures
Nutrition
Osteoarthritis
Overuse Injuries
Pre-Participation Physical Examinations
Return To Play Decisions
Stress Fractures
Tendonitis
Traumatic Brain Injuries
The following Florida Orthopaedic Institute physicians specialize in Primary Care Sports Medicine:
Specialties
- Achilles Tendinitis - Achilles Insertional Calcific Tendinopathy (ACIT)
- Achilles Tendon Rupture
- Achilles Tendonitis
- ACL Injuries
- ALIF: Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Surgery
- Ankle Fracture Surgery
- Ankle Fractures (Broken Ankle)
- Ankle Fusion
- Arthritis & Adult Reconstruction Surgery
- Arthroscopic Chondroplasty
- Arthroscopic Debridement of the Elbow
- Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair
- Artificial Disc Replacement (ADR)
- Aspiration of the Olecranon Bursa
- Avascular Necrosis (Osteonecrosis)
- Back Surgery Types
- Bankart Repair
- Basal Joint Surgery
- Bicep Tendon Tear
- Bicep Tenodesis
- Bioinductive Implant
- Broken Collarbone
- Bunions
- Bursitis of the Shoulder (Subacromial Bursitis)
- Calcific Tendinitis of the Shoulder
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- CARTIVA® Implant For Big Toe Joint Arthritis
- Charcot Joint
- Chiropractic
- Colles’ Fractures (Broken Wrist)
- Community Outreach
- ConforMIS Knee Replacement
- Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
- De Quervain's Tenosynovitis
- Degenerative Disc Disease
- Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (DISH)
- Discitis
- Dislocated Shoulder
- Dupuytren’s Disease
- Elbow
- Elbow Bursitis
- Elbow Injuries in Throwing Athletes
- Epidural Injections for Spinal Pain
- Finger Dislocation
- Flexor Tendonitis
- Foot, Ankle & Lower Leg
- Fractures Of The Shoulder Blade (Scapula)
- Fractures Of The Tibial Spine
- Functional Nerve Transfers of The Hand
- Ganglion Cysts
- General Orthopedics
- Glenoid Labrum Tear
- Golfer's Elbow
- Growth Plate Injuries Of The Elbow
- Hallux Rigidus - Cheilectomy
- Hand & Finger Replantation
- Hand & Upper Extremity
- Hand & Wrist
- Hand Nerve Decompression
- Hand Skin Grafts
- Hip & Thigh
- Hip Arthroscopy
- Hip Dislocation
- Hip Flexor Strains
- Hip Fractures
- Hip Hemiarthroplasty
- Hip Muscle Strains
- Hyperextension Injury of the Elbow
- Iliotibial Band Syndrome
- Interventional Pain Management
- Interventional Spine
- Intraarticular Calcaneal Fracture
- Knee & Leg
- Kyphosis
- Labral Tears Of The Hip (Acetabular Labrum Tears)
- Lateral Collateral Ligament (LCL) Injuries
- Lisfranc Injuries
- LITTLE LEAGUER'S ELBOW (MEDIAL APOPHYSITIS)
- MACI
- MAKO Knee Replacement Surgery
- MAKO Total Hip Replacement
- Mallet, Hammer & Claw Toes
- Medial Collateral Ligament Injuries
- Meniscus Tears
- Metatarsalgia
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- Morton’s Neuroma
- Muscle Spasms
- NAVIO Surgical System
- Nerve Pain
- Neuromas (Foot)
- Olecranon Stress Fractures
- Orthopaedic Total Wellness
- Orthopedic Trauma
- Osteoarthritis of the Hip
- Osteoporosis
- Outpatient Spine Surgery
- Partial Knee Replacement
- Patellar Fracture
- Pelvic Ring Fractures
- Peripheral Nerve Surgery (Hand) Revision
- Pinched Nerve
- Plantar Fasciitis
- Podiatrist or Orthopaedic Physician?
- Primary Care Orthopedics Sports Medicine
- PROstep™ Minimally Invasive Surgery for Bunions
- Quadriceps Tendon Tear
- Revascularization of the Hand
- Reverse Total Shoulder Replacement
- Revision Knee Surgery
- Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) of the Shoulder
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Of The Hand
- Robotics
- ROSA® Knee Robotic Surgical Assistant
- Sciatica
- Scoliosis
- Senior Strong
- Shin Splints
- Shoulder
- Shoulder Arthritis
- Shoulder Arthroscopy
- Shoulder Replacement
- Shoulder Socket Fracture (Glenoid Fracture)
- SLAP Tears & Repairs
- Spinal Fusion
- Spine
- Spondylolisthesis and Spondylolysis
- Sports Hernias (Athletic Pubalgia)
- Sports Medicine
- Sprained Ankle
- Sudden (Acute) Finger, Hand & Wrist Injuries
- Targeted Muscle Reinnervation (TMR)
- Tendon Transfers of The Hand
- Tennis Elbow
- Thigh Fractures
- Thigh Muscle Strains
- Total Ankle Replacement
- Total Hip Arthroplasty
- Total Hip Replacement - Anterior Approach
- Total Knee Replacement
- Triceps Tendonitis
- Trigger Finger
- UCL (Ulnar Collateral Ligament) Injuries
- Ulnar Neuritis
- Valgus Extension Overload
- Verilast
- Vertebroplasty
- WALANT (Wide Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet)
- Whiplash and Whiplash Associated Disorder (WAD)
- Wrist Arthroscopy
- Wrist Fractures
- Wrist Sprains
- Wrist Tendonitis