Orthopedic Specialties: Sports Medicine

Overview

Our sports medicine team focuses on the treatment, prevention, and rehabilitation of injuries and illnesses related to sports, physical fitness, and exercise. We treat athletes at all levels, active people seeking improved exercise performance, individuals returning to full function from non-sports injuries, and people with disabilities trying to increase mobility.

As part of our commitment to preventing and treating injury for active Rhode Islanders, we are proud to offer sports medicine, athletic training, and orthopedic care for athletics programs across the state at the professional, collegiate, high school, and youth levels:


Official Orthopedic Partner and Team Physicians of Rhode Island Football Club

Official Team Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Providers for the University of Rhode Island

Proud Partners of Providence College Athletics

Orthopedic Care Providers for Johnson & Wales University

Official Orthopedic Partner of Rhode Island Interscholastic League

Official Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Partners of Cranston League for Cranston’s Future


Getting Back in the Game: Sports Medicine at Ortho Rhode Island

Ortho Rhode Island partners up with RIFC

Our Approach

Our Sports Medicine team centers its comprehensive, multidisciplinary care on your unique activity and potential. Our sports medicine team is comprised of orthopedic surgeons and primary care physicians trained in Sports Medicine Fellowships, physical therapists, and athletic trainers. We provide specialized care to help you return to and maintain a level of activity that meets your physical demands and daily needs.

We believe in a conservative approach – our state-of-the-art conditioning and comprehensive rehabilitation programs utilize the least invasive therapies and treatments to meet your goals. If surgery is necessary, our orthopedic surgeons use the latest minimally invasive surgical techniques that allow for quicker recovery and return to sport and activity.

What other services do we provide?

  • Concussion management and clearance – Assessment using clinical guidelines and tools to diagnose and manage patients’ concussion symptoms, and to determine readiness to return to physical activities.
  • Pre-participation physicals – Evaluations that provide a medical background for a student-athlete’s physician and medical staff, and promote health and safety in training and competition.

For more information about sports injury prevention, visit STOP (Sports Trauma and Overuse Prevention) Sports Injuries, a comprehensive public outreach program focused on the importance of sports safety, created by the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine.

Leadership in Innovation

We believe the marriage of technology and medicine leads to safer, more effective treatment for healthier, happier patients. As a leader in emerging orthopedic technology, Ortho Rhode Island is pioneering state-of-the-art orthopedic tools and techniques:

Ultrasound guided injections, including Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP)

Ortho Rhode Island Sports Medicine Specialists
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