Sports Injuries, ACL, Meniscus
Sports injuries can occur across many age brackets and across many different types of sports and activities. From high school athletes to amateur and professional athletes, everyone can face challenges when they push their bodies and themselves. While contact sports such as football certainly lead to higher rates of sports related injuries, many other non-contact sports can still lead to injury. Resulting injures can run a wide spectrum from relatively benign muscle pulls to disastrous ligament tears that require eventual surgery.
If you have a sports injury, call the office in San Francisco or book an appointment online to get started.
Common Conditions
+ Muscle Strain
- Hamstring Injury
- Quadriceps
- Gastrocnemius
+ Tendonitis
- Biceps tendonitis
- Tennis Elbow/Golfer’s Elbow
- IT Band Friction Syndrome
- Patellar tendonitis
- Achilles tendonitis
+ Tendon Ruptures
- Pectoralis tendon
- Biceps/Triceps
- Patellar
- Achilles
+ Ligament Injuries
- Elbow UCL tears - Tommy John
- ACL tears
- MCL tears
- Ankle sprains
+ Overuse Injuries
- Stress Fractures
- Little Leaguer’s Elbow - medial epicondyle stress fractures
- Little Leaguer’s Shoulder - growth plate injury to proximal humerus. One of the primary reasons for pitch counts.
- Shin Splints
+ Dislocations
- Shoulder
- Elbow
+ Fractures
- More commonly associated with contact sports
Treatment
At Urgently Ortho we treat sporting injuries in all age groups. Sporting injuries vary in severity. Most will heal with conservative treatment including physical therapy, bracing, or anti-inflammatory medications. Some sports related injuries such as dislocations, fractures, or ligament injuries may require immediate assistance from an orthopedic specialist or the emergency room. If you have questions about your sports injury, call Urgently Ortho in San Francisco or use the online booking tool to schedule an appointment today.