Sports Medicine

The goal of the injured athlete is to return to sports a soon as possible. The goal of the orthopaedic surgeon is to insure that the athlete can return to sports both quickly and safely. Surgeons Certified in Sports Medicine are trained in the most up-to-date techniques to get you back in the game.

Click on the topics below to find out more from the Orthopaedic connection website of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

• Gymnastics Injury Prevention
• Aerobic Exercise
• Arthroscopy
• Artroscopia (Arthroscopy)
• Baseball Field Safety
• Baseball Injury Prevention
• Basketball Injury Prevention
• Beginning a Weight Training Program
• Burners and Stingers
• Care of Casts and Splints
• Common Shoulder Injuries
• Creatine Supplements
• Cross Training
• Distal Radius Fracture (Colles' Fracture)
• Ejercicio después de Cirugía del Hombro (Shoulder surgery exercises)
• Exercise and Bone and Joint Conditions
• Exercise Walking
• Exercises For Persons 60 Years and Older
• Female Athletes: Health Problems Caused by Extreme Exercise and Dieting
• Fitness Resources
• Flexibility Exercises for Young Athletes
• Football Injury Prevention
• Golf Injury Prevention
• Heat Exhaustion
• Heat Injury
• Helmet Use
• High School Sports Injuries
• High School Sports Injuries: Safe Return to Play
• Hockey Injury Prevention
• Horseback Riding Injury Prevention
• Inline Skating Injury Prevention
• Mallet Finger (Baseball Finger)
• Physical Activity for Children
• Physical Activity for Persons with Mental Retardation
• Physical Activity for Seniors
• Prevent Winter Sports Injuries
• Prevent Yoga Injuries
• Return To Play
• Safe Exercise
• Seniors and Exercise
• Seniors and Exercise: Starting an Exercise Program
• Skateboarding Safety
• Skiing Injury Prevention
• Sledding Injury Prevention
• Sports Injuries and Baby Boomers
• Sports Nutrition
• Sports Savvy: Battling Injuries and Infections in Athletes of All Ages
• Sprained Thumb
• Sprains and Strains: What's the Difference?
• Sprains, Strains and Other Soft Tissue Injuries
• Starting an Exercise Program
• Swimming Injury Prevention
• Tennis Court Safety
• Tennis Elbow (Lateral Epicondylitis)
• Tennis Injury Prevention
• The Young Athlete
• Throwing Injuries in the Elbow
• Volleyball Injury Prevention
• Warm Up, Cool Down and Be Flexible
• Weight-Bearing Exercise for Women and Girls