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Sports medicine is not just for athletes; it includes conditions related to active individuals of all ages and levels, including those with physically demanding jobs.
Conditions
- Ankle pain
- Back pain
- Thoracic back pain
- Low back pain
- Cartilage injury
- Elbow pain
- Finger pain
- Foot pain
- Hand pain
- Hip pain
- Knee pain
- Ligament injury
- Muscle strain
- Neck pain
- Shoulder pain
- Sports-related injuries
- Sprains
- Strains
- Stress fracture
- Toe pain
- Wrist pain
Treatments
Treatment may involve medication, physical therapy, immobilization, and, surgery. When surgery is needed it is performed by an orthopedic surgeon who may have specialty training in sports medicine.
Most common sports medicine surgeries:
- Achilles tendon repair
- Repairing a ruptured or torn Achilles tendon that connects the calf muscles to the heel bone .
- Ankle repair (including tendon and ligament repair)
- Surgically realigning and stabilizing ankle bones.
- Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) reconstruction
- Involves reconstructing the torn ACL in the knee using a tendon graft from another part of the body.
- Fracture surgery
- Surgically repairing and aligning broken bones, often using internal fixation with plates, screws or rods.
- Knee arthroscopy
- Minimally invasive surgery to diagnose and treat knee joint issues like cartilage tears or loose bodies.
- Meniscus tear repair
- Repairing a torn meniscus (cartilage) in the knee, often done arthroscopically.
- Rotator cuff repair
- Reattaching torn tendons in the rotator cuff of the shoulder to the bone.
- Shoulder arthroscopy
- Minimally invasive surgery performed on the shoulder joint.
- Shoulder labrum repair
- Repairing a torn labrum (cartilage ring) in the shoulder joint, often for Superior Labral Anterior
- Posterior (SLAP) lesions.
- Tendon repair surgery
- Repairing torn or damaged tendons