Sports Medicine Primary Care

Sports Medicine

Our Department

Getting you back to your sport quickly is our top priority. Our sports medicine specialists in primary care and orthopedic surgery have the skills, training and expertise to diagnose and treat a variety of injuries in athletes of all levels and ages. We provide nonsurgical treatments and collaborate with other certified specialists, radiologists, physical therapists and athletic trainers to offer comprehensive services for athletes.

A Sports Medicine Specialist can maximize non-surgical orthopedic treatments, guide appropriate referrals to physical and occupational therapies, and if necessary expedite referral to our orthopedic sports medicine surgeons.  As fellowship trained physicians in Sports Medicine, our physicians offer the highest level of expertise for all of your athletes needs.

Non-Surgical Orthopedic Services

  • Basic gait and foot evaluation
  • Soft tissue injuries (ligament/tendon), sprains and strains
  • Tendinitis
  • Overuse injuries
  • Stress fractures
  • Joint injections (sports and non-sports related)
  • Ultrasound injections & diagnostics (sports and non-sports related)
  • Platelet-rich plasma injections
  • Non-surgical fracture management

Our Sports Medicine Specialists have also received additional training in the medical aspects of sports medicine including:

  • Concussion and other head injuries
  • Heat illness
  • Sports nutrition
  • Female Athlete Triad
  • Athletes with chronic or acute illness (asthma, diabetes, mononucleosis)
  • Exercise prescription for patients who want to increase their fitness
  • Injury prevention
  • Healthy lifestyle promotion

Team Physicians of the Iowa State Cyclones

General Services

  • Team physicians for Iowa State Athletics
  • High school and collegiate game coverage
  • Non-surgical orthopedics care in athletes
  • Concussion Management
  • Ultrasound injections & diagnostics
  • Platelet-rich plasma injections
  • Medical Issues in Athletes