Non-Operative Sports Medicine

Pardee Orthopedics and Sports Medicine’s non-operative sports medicine physicians (also known as primary care sports medicine physicians) can help restore your active lifestyle by providing non-surgical treatment for musculoskeletal injuries, including those to the joints, muscles, tendons, bones, or ligaments.

While orthopedic surgeons specialize in surgical management of musculoskeletal conditions, non-operative sports medicine physicians work collaboratively with clinicians from all specialties to ensure comprehensive care. These physicians are extensively trained in musculoskeletal ultrasound and are uniquely equipped to combine broad medical knowledge with an understanding of the musculoskeletal system. This expertise enables them to address non-surgical musculoskeletal conditions and performance issues in individuals of all ages.

In some cases, non-operative sports medicine physicians may use minimally invasive techniques to improve outcomes while minimizing recovery time. Since most activity-related injuries and illnesses are non-surgical, non-operative sports medicine physicians serve as the primary resource for diagnosis and management.

For patients who develop surgical problems, the integration of this specialty allows prompt transitions of care to surgical specialists.

Conditions Managed

Acute injury management, such as non-surgical fractures, strains, sprains and dislocations
Apophyseal injuries in pediatric athletes
Bursitis / Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome
joint osteoarthritis
Inflammatory arthritis
Interdigital neuromas (Morton’s)
Nerve entrapments (carpal tunnel, cubital tunnel, meralgia paresthetica, sural nerve, etc.)
Overuse and calcific tendinopathies (such as rotator cuff, medial/lateral epicondylosis, patellar tendinosis, Achilles’ tendinosis, DeQuervain’s tenosynovitis, etc.)
Preventative services such as nutrition counseling, strength and conditioning recommendations, and injury risk assessment
Prophylaxis of skin infections in athletes
Plantar fasciitis and other foot conditions (e.g. corns, warts, porokeratosis, etc.)
Return to play management in athletes with mononucleosis, COVID-19, etc.
Sacroiliitis
Sport-related concussions
Stress fractures
Workup for abnormal preparticipation sports physical examination
Workup of chest pain and/or EKG changes in the athlete

Non-Operative Sports Medicine Treatments

Aspiration of ganglion cysts
Diagnostic MSK ultrasound studies
Dextrose prolotherapy injections
Minimally invasive needle tenotomy for degenerative and calcific tendon conditions
Needle evacuation of intramuscular hematomas
Nerve hydrodissections
Partial and full toenail removal
Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections
Trigger point injections for myofascial pain
Ultrasound-guided injections
Viscosupplementation injections