NJ Sports Medicine

Sports medicine is a branch of medicine that focuses on the prevention and treatment of sports injuries, often of the shoulder, elbow, hip, and knee. The team of specialists at Modern Orthopaedics of New Jersey offers a variety of treatments for sports-related injuries, as well as preventive treatments, rehabilitation services, and more. 

Our Commitment to Active Lifestyles

Treating a sports injury is about more than alleviating chronic pain or improving mobility; it’s about ensuring that people who live active lifestyles, from professional athletes to amateur enthusiasts (aka “the weekend warrior”!) can continue to live their best lives.

The team of specialists at our New Jersey orthopedic sports medicine clinic is committed to doing everything we can to support patients during their treatment and recovery, with the end goal of restoring our patients to prime condition after an injury. 

Common Causes of Sports Injuries

Athletes move and use their bodies in various ways, and different sports can lead to characteristic repetitive movements and stresses that can sometimes lead to overuse and/or injury. Common causes of injury include:

• Traumatic causes – contact with other players, objects, or surfaces
• Non-contact –  such as twisting an ankle or buckling of a knee
• Overuse
• Repetitive stress
• Poor body mechanics – can increase the risk of repetitive stress, overuse, and other injuries)

Conditions Treated at Modern Orthopaedics

Our New Jersey sports medicine clinic is equipped to support athletes in healing and recovering from a wide variety of sports injuries. We have a sports medicine specialist for hands, wrists, shoulders, elbows, feet, ankles, hips, and knees. When you have a sports injury, our clinic has a sports medicine doctor who specializes in treating it. 

Shoulder: From Rotator Cuff to Bursitis

Our clinic can treat many sports-related shoulder injuries, including:

• Rotator cuff injuries
• Shoulder bursitis
• Shoulder impingement
• Frozen shoulders
• Labral tears (including SLAP tears)
• Clavicle fractures
• Dislocated shoulders (shoulder instability)
• Bone spurs
• And more

Elbow Conditions: Tennis Elbow and Beyond

Our sports medicine specialists can treat a variety of sports-related elbow injuries, including:

• Tennis elbow
• Golfer’s elbow
• Little Leaguer’s Elbow
• Elbow sprain
• Elbow dislocation
• Elbow bursitis
• And more

Hip Injuries: Labral Tears and Impingements

The hip specialist at our clinic can treat several different sports-related hip conditions, including:

• Femoroacetabular Impingement (FAI)
• Hip bursitis
• Hip fractures
• Hip strain
• Hip labral tears
• And more

Knee: Dealing With Meniscus and Ligament Tears

Knee injuries are common across many different sports. Some of the knee injuries our sports medicine clinic can treat include:

• Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries
• Jumper’s knee
• Patella fractures
• Kneecap bursitis
• Tendon ruptures
• MCL Injuries
• Meniscus tears
• Runner’s Knee
• And more

Foot and Ankle Care: Tendonitis and Sprains

Our clinic is proud to have a sports medicine physician who specializes in foot and ankle care on staff. He can treat many conditions, including:

• Achilles tendon ruptures
• Achilles tendonitis
• Ankle fractures
• Plantar fasciitis
• Lateral ankle sprains
• Foot and ankle pain
• And more

Advanced Therapies for Safe and Quick Athletic Recovery

ESWT/Shockwave Therapy for Tissue Regeneration and Healing: Extracorporeal Shockwave Treatment (ESWT) can be used to accelerate soft tissue healing; it’s utilized for a variety of different sports injuries, including plantar fasciitis. 

Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) for Tissue Regeneration and Healing: This is an in-office procedure that involves drawing your own blood and extracting and concentrating your own platelets, which are like little sacs of growth factors that can be prepared into a syringe and injected back into the area of interest, often a painful joint, injured tendon, or muscle strain.  PRP it’s utilized for a variety of different sports injuries.

Proprioceptive Re-education for Enhanced Stability: Proprioceptive training can help athletes improve their balance and body awareness, assisting to reduce the risk of sports injuries occurring due to poor body mechanics. Proprioceptive re-education can be used as part of a treatment plan for a sports injury and to stop further injuries from occurring in the future. 

Functional Rehabilitation Tailored to Each Sport: Sports injuries occur as a direct result of the body mechanics, repeated stresses, and physical contact unique to each individual sport. The functional rehabilitation offered at Modern Orthopaedics is uniquely tailored to each sport and each athlete’s role in that sport. Our goal is to restore functionality to all our athlete-patients so they can continue to perform at an elite level—with a lower risk of injury. 

Manual Therapy and Personalized Exercise Programs: There are several conservative treatments for sports injuries; manual therapies and personalized exercise programs play an important role in healing, rehabilitation, and recovery. Manual interventions can include massage therapy, manual manipulation, and more. Personalized exercise programs aim to strengthen muscles, improve flexibility and stability, and more.

Advanced Physical Therapy Techniques: Advanced physical therapy techniques include the use of instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization (IASTM), computerized biomechanical analysis and movement assessment, and other techniques that incorporate advanced technology with the expertise of sports medicine physicians. 

Electrical Stimulation for Pain and Muscle Re-education: Electrical stimulation can be used for a variety of diverse sports injury treatments. Electrical stimulation can help relieve pain and can also be used after surgery to help retrain muscles to operate the way they did before surgery occurred. 

Initial Evaluation and Diagnostic Approach

Our sports medicine services start with an initial consultation and exam. During these initial exams, our New Jersey sports medicine team may:

• Conduct a thorough review of your medical history and athletic history
• Perform a physical exam to check for tenderness, swelling, and other areas of concern
• Take X-rays and MRIs

The goal of this initial evaluation is to determine which conditions are affecting a patient. Once the condition has been determined, we can create a comprehensive treatment and recovery plan to get the patient back to peak performance. 

Personalized Treatment Options for Sports Injuries

The treatment options for sports injuries can be broadly grouped into two categories: Conservative treatments, which are non-surgical interventions, and surgical interventions. Thanks to the team approach we employ at Modern Orthopaedics of New Jersey, we offer both conservative and surgical treatments for sports injuries. 

Conservative Treatments

The conservative treatments offered at our New Jersey sports medicine clinic include:

• Cortisone/steroid injections
• Extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT)
• Pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) therapy
• Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) injections
• Bracing

Our board-certified doctors will give you advice on how to deal with your sports-related orthopedic injuries; this might include bracing, taping, rest, modifying your activities, hot and cold therapy, compression and elevation, and more.

We may also advise you to work with physical therapists and athletic trainers who can help you improve your range of motion, strengthen your muscles, and more once your other treatments have been completed. 

Surgical Interventions

The team of board-certified orthopedic surgeons at our New Jersey sports medicine clinic offers a number of surgical treatments if more conservative measures are insufficient to restore an athlete’s health and performance. These surgical measures include advanced arthroscopic surgeries, a group of minimally invasive surgical procedures that can remove abnormalities and repair damage. 

Our mission is to return athletes to the sports they love most in prime condition. Whether you’re suffering from chronic pain, a lack of mobility, or other musculoskeletal problems, the team at Modern Orthopaedics of New Jersey can help. Book a consultation with us today.