Primary Care for Athletes
You’re an athlete and that matters to us. For anyone, finding a primary care physician that understands your individual needs can be tough. The sports medicine specialists at The University of Arizona Medical Center - Sports Medicine Clinic are also primary care physicians. As an athlete, it is important that your primary care physician understands your active lifestyle and how it affects your health. They are the perfect choice for both routine health and sports-related care for recreational, club and elite-level athletes. Our primary care sports medicine specialists serve as team physicians to Tucson's university, college and high school teams. And they’re ready to keep you at peak performance.
Meet our Sports Medicine Primary Care Physicians
Treatment for Ailments of the Shoulder, Elbow, Hip, Knee, Foot and Ankle
The links provided below may help you further understand your need for medical intervention in your chronic pain or injury. Our specialists treat many chronic illnesses such as arthritis, bursitis and many others non-surgically. In the event further treatment is needed we will take the most conservative path to get you back in the game.
- Shoulder: Shoulder injuries are treated both surgically and non-surgically and our experts can help with issues ranging from dislocation, to rotator cuff tears, to bursitis.
- Elbow: From ligaments to bone injuries, we can help heal your elbow.
- Hip: Hip pain can have many causes and we approach each situation with the patient’s history and present pain in mind to try and find the most appropriate resolution.
- Knee: In addition to treatment of knee injuries with physical therapy and injections, we also perform arthroscopic and arthroplasty services, as indicated.
- Foot and Ankle: Injuries including arthritis, cartilage restoration, tendon and ligament injury, deformity correction and arthroplasty treated with the utmost care by our fellowship trained orthopaedic surgeons.
Arthroscopy
Arthroscopy is a minimally invasive surgical procedure used to repair a damaged joint. During the operation, the surgeon makes three small incisions and uses an arthroscope, or very small camera, to examine the joint and make any repairs necessary. The small incisions allow for a quicker recovery and return to normal activity for each patient.
Ligament and Tendon Healing
With advances in technology, surgeons are able to perform many ligament and tendon repairs arthroscopically as well as with traditional surgery. Some of the treatments we offer for ligament and tendon injuries or ailments are:
- Shoulder: shoulder instability surgery, rotator cuff repair, biceps tendonitis, AC joint arthritis, impingement, bursitis, thrower’s shoulder
- Knee: ACL reconstruction, meniscal repair, multi-ligament knee injuries, dislocation, patellofemoral pain and instability, patellar tendonitis
- Foot and Ankle: lateral ankle instability, Achilles tendonitis, ankle replacement, posterial tibial tendonitis, ankle arthritis, ankle cartilage injuries
ImPACT - Concussion Evaluation and Management
No athlete should ever return to sport or other at-risk activity when symptoms of concussion are present and recovery is ongoing.
But symptoms of concussion can be much harder to spot than the classic loss of consciousness and confusion. That is why The University of Arizona Medical Center - Sports Medicine Clinic employs the ImPACT concussion diagnosis tool. The advanced tool tests and measures patients cognitive ability at many different levels. Tests include reaction time, memory, attention and processing speed. This technology gives our physicians precise information as to the severity of the concussion and healing progress.
Orthotics and Bracing
Through elite care The University of Arizona Medical Center - Sports Medicine Clinic offers orthotics and braces for all ranges of sports related injuries to help provide one-stop-shopping for our patients.
Physical Therapy
For patient convenience, Arizona Physical Therapy provides on site services to help address non-surgical treatment options.