Sports Medicine at Northwestern Medicine
The Northwestern Medicine Sports Medicine team offers multidisciplinary, comprehensive care to help you recover from injuries related to sports, exercise or other physical activities; improve your overall wellness; and meet your fitness and athletic performance goals.
Specialty Care for Injuries and Improved Fitness
Whether you’re a weekend warrior, a student competitor or a professional athlete, the Northwestern Medicine Sports Medicine team uses the latest medical advances, including minimally invasive techniques, to reduce pain and speed healing for all common acute and chronic injuries to the bone and muscle tissue. We also work with athletes and other active people to help them meet their fitness goals.
Meet the Teams
The focus of sports medicine is helping people recover from injuries related to sports, exercise or other physical activities. You may consult a sports medicine expert if you have an injury or if you are looking to improve fitness and reach athletic goals. Click here to learn more about when to see a sports medicine specialist.
Sport medicine specialists may have a variety of backgrounds, ranging from orthopaedics and exercise physiology to emergency medicine, with one goal: To get you back into the game and functioning at peak performance as quickly as possible.
Your sports medicine team may include:
- Athletic trainers
- Chiropractic medicine
- Exercise physiologists
- Occupational therapists
- Orthopaedic specialists and surgeons
- Physiatrists
- Physical therapists
- Sports medicine specialists
Your treatment plan may also include rehabilitation services to help you heal, including:
- Inpatient care
- In-home rehabilitation
- Outpatient rehabilitation services at convenient locations close to where you live and work
Conditions Treated
- Achilles Tendinitis
- Achilles Tendon Rupture
- Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Tear
- Arthritis
- Back, Neck and Spine
- Baseball-Related Shoulder Injuries
- Bone Spurs
- Calcaneal Apophysitis (Sever's Disease)
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Cartilage Wear
- Clavicle Fracture
- Compartment Syndrome
- Concussion
- de Quervain Syndrome
- Elbow Medial Collateral Ligament Mcl Tears
- Foot and Ankle
- Golfer's or Baseball Elbow
- Hand, Wrist and Elbow
- Iliotibial Band Friction Syndrome
- Impingement Syndrome
- Jamming Of The Finger
- Knee Cartilage Defect
- Knee, Foot and Ankle Injuries
- Labral Hip Tear
- Muscle Strains
- Osgood-Schlatter Disease
- Osteoarthritis of the Knee
- Osteochondral Injuries
- Patellar Instability
- Patellar Tendon Rupture
- Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
- Plantar Fasciitis
- Posterior Cruciate Ligament Ruptures
- Rotator Cuff Tear
- Rotator Cuff Tendinitis
- Scaphoid (Navicular) Fractures of the Hand and Wrist
- Shin Splints
- Shoulder Bursitis
- Shoulder Instability
- Sports Injury
- Sports Physicals
- Sprains
- Tendon Injuries
- Tennis Elbow
- Torn Meniscus
- Trauma
- Trochanteric Bursitis
- Ulnar Collateral Ligament
- Wrist Fractures
Looking for a Second Opinion?
It's vital that you're comfortable with your treatment decision and have confidence in your doctor. For these reasons, a second opinion with another specialist can help you make smart treatment decisions.
Athletic Training and Sports Performance Clinic
The dedicated sports performance program at Northwestern Medicine Orthopaedics helps athletes of all levels increase their success on the field, ice or court.
Patient Rehabilitation Protocols
For patients of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Northwestern Memorial Hospital to find protocols to guide post-surgery recovery with a physical therapist week-by-week.
Sports Medicine Referrals
The Sports Medicine team, part of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, welcomes referrals and the opportunity to help manage musculoskeletal injuries.
Related Resources
- Concussion Clinic: Across the country, athletic programs and medical professionals are putting a greater emphasis on identifying and treating concussions. Learn about the Northwestern Medicine Sports Concussion Clinic.
- Running Medicine Clinic: Successfully treating runners takes team of dedicated clinical professionals with extensive experience in working with athletes. Learn about the Northwestern Medicine Running Medicine Clinic.
- Athletic Training and Sports Performance Clinic Warrenville brochure
- Sports Injury flier: Don't let an injury shape your season
- Plantar Fasciitis brochure
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