Sports Medicine

Ligaments connect one bone to another, and they stabilize joints by preventing excessive movement. Your ankle has many ligaments, and when they are stretched or torn, a sprain can result. These injuries often happen due to a sports injury, such as those you'd get while playing basketball, football, tennis or soccer. But they can also be brought on by obesity or prior ankle injuries.

In our clinic, we use x-rays, bone scans, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to assess your sprain. Treatment options include medications, physical therapy or casting. We can help you find the right therapy, and we can work with you on prevention strategies so you avoid a subsequent sprain.

Knee pain can keep you from walking, bending, stretching and lifting. Sometimes, knee pain can cause additional symptoms, including knee swelling and redness.

Knee pain can be caused by damage to ligaments and tendons. It can also be caused by damage to delicate structures inside the knee, including the bursa and the meniscus.

Sports such as basketball or alpine skiing are associated with knee injuries, as are risk factors such as excess weight, overuse and age.

In our sports medicine clinic, we use x-rays, CT or MRI to help assess the source of your knee pain, and we can use bandaging, physical therapy and/or surgery to help you recover.

Your rotator cuff is made up of tendons and muscles that connect your upper arm bone to your shoulder blade. Those tissues help to hold your arm within the shoulder socket, and they can deteriorate due to repetitive motion or falls.

X-rays, MRI or ultrasound tests help us to assess shoulder injuries from the inside. With that information, we can offer treatment programs, which might include:

• Exercise therapy.
• Steroid injections.
• Shoulder surgery.