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Sports Injury and Performance Management
Even athletes in excellent condition are in danger of injury, especially in high contact sports such as football and hockey. Physicians at the Ohio Orthopedic Center of Excellence are experienced in the diagnosis of injuries to bone, ligaments, tendons and muscles, and can identify the sometimes complex problems that can occur to knees, shoulders and other joints.
Sometimes, injuries can be treated at home with rest, ice, compression and elevation (RICE), and pain medications. However, your physician can best determine whether home remedies are enough. In general, with an injury to a hand, wrist, elbow, shoulder, foot, ankle, knee or hip, you should seek medical attention if you experience any of the following:
• The injured joint looks twisted, bent or otherwise out of its normal position
• You experience severe swelling within the first 30 minutes of injury
• There is numbness or tingling or change of color
• You hear a snap or pop at the time of the injury
• You experience instability or loss of normal movement in your extremity
Your physician may conduct a physical examination and recommend X-rays from the Center’s state-of-the-art imaging technology to diagnose the problem. Once the nature and severity of the injury is known, the physician will discuss with you a proper course of treatment.
The physicians at the Center will also guide your rehabilitation process, in concert with the physical therapy professionals at the Center. Together, they will help you get back on the playing field as safely and quickly as possible.
Physicians at Ohio Riverside Sports Medicine provide consultation to players, trainers and coaches on the prevention and management of sports injuries.
Our physicians have the expertise not only to treat athletic injuries but also to prevent them or reduce the athletes’ risk of injury. Prevention or management of sports injuries requires that athletes, coaches and trainers understand the importance of a number of elements: warm-up and stretching, physical conditioning, proper technique and proper equipment.
Through a unique approach, physicians specializing in sports medicine at the Center help guide individual athletes and teams toward better fitness that results in injury prevention. In addition, physicians at the Center can help teen and adult athletes return from an injury to enhanced performance and reduced risk of re-injury. For more information on injury prevention clinics conducted by Center physicians, or to make an appointment for an individual consultation with one of our sports medicine physicians, please contact us.
As the official sports medicine provider for the Columbus Crew and the Ohio South Youth Soccer Association State Cup Tournament, and the official team physicians for Rahal Letterman Racing, the Columbus Stars, Universal Gymnasts, Ohio Premier Soccer Club, Blast FC Soccer Club, Eagles Soccer Club, Upper Arlington High School, Thomas Worthington High School and Bishop Watterson High School, Ohio Riverside Sports Medicine physicians understand what it takes to perform at the highest athletic levels.
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