Sports Medicine
Sports medicine is designed for bodies in motion.
Are you an athlete navigating an injury that is disrupting your season? Is your performance lagging due to nagging pain? Are you frustrated that pain or injury is keeping you from doing what you love?
We get it...
Our sports medicine physicians not only have specialized training in sports medicine, but they also understand the athlete mindset in the way that only another athlete can. They know the impact a sports injury can have on physical well-being, mental health, and quality of life and how important it is to help you return to your activity.
While general orthopedics treats a wide range of bone and joint conditions, sports medicine goes a step further – focusing on movement, performance, and recovery for active individuals of all levels. From young athletes striving to return to their sport, to adults managing training-related injuries, sports medicine is designed for bodies in motion.
Why Bucks County Orthopedic Specialists?
Our sports medicine physicians have worked with some of the top teams and athletes in the world including:
- San Francisco 49ers NFL Football Team
- Auburn University Football Team
- Olympic Athletes (Salt Lake City)
- USA Track and Field
- USA Gymnastics
- NFL Combine
They are also team doctors and on the sidelines of games all over the community, including:
- Central Bucks East High School
- Central Bucks South High School
- Central Bucks West High School
- William Tennent High School
We work with student athletes, weekend warriors, and elite performers to diagnose and treat the full spectrum of orthopedic sports injuries and chronic conditions. Our customized treatment plans utilize the latest innovations in sports medicine to help you reduce pain, recover faster, and get back in action—stronger than before.
Because every active person has unique challenges and goals, we cater our services to individual needs, whether that means conservative treatment, minimally invasive interventions, or major surgery. And we work closely with physical therapists to guide you to full and lasting recovery.
Frequently Treated Conditions
- Achilles injuries
- Acute fractures (non-surgical cases)
- Ankle sprains
- Bone bruises
- Bursitis
- Cartilage damage
- Chronic joint instability
- Golfer’s elbow (medial epicondylitis)
- Growth plate injuries (in young athletes)
- Heel pain
- IT band syndrome
- Joint dislocations
- Jumper’s knee
- Labral tears (shoulder, hip)
- Ligament injuries (e.g., ACL, MCL, UCL)
- Metatarsal stress fractures
- Muscle tears or pulls (hamstring, quad, calf, etc.)
- Osteoarthritis in active adults
- Plantar fasciitis
- Recurrent dislocations
- Return-to-play clearance
- Rotator cuff injuries
- Runner’s knee (patellofemoral pain syndrome)
- Shin splints
- Sprains and strains
- Stress fractures
- Tendonitis (e.g., Achilles, patellar, rotator cuff)
- Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis)
- Tenosynovitis
- Turf toe
Treatments
- Shoulder arthroscopy for treatment of shoulder dislocations, labral tears, or rotator cuff tears
- Knee arthroscopy for treatment of meniscal tears and ACL tears
- Knee ligament reconstruction (ACL surgery)
- Tenex procedure for minimally invasive treatment of chronic tendonitis
- Elbow tendon repair and arthroplasty
- Patellofemoral joint instability
- Reconstruction of the knee, shoulder, and elbow
- Rotator cuff repair
- Shoulder instability procedures
- Shoulder labral repair
- Specialized care for endurance and elite athletes
- Cortisone
- Hyaluronic acid injections
- PRP injections
- Sports bracing/orthotics