Sports Medicine

• Arthroscopy of the Hip, Knee, and Shoulder
• Cartilage Restoration Procedures: Microfracture, Osteochondral Allograft Transplantation, Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation
• Elbow Cartilage Repair
• Elbow Ligament Reconstruction
• Elbow Tendon Repair
• Knee Ligament Reconstruction – ACL Surgery
• Medical Issues of the Endurance Athlete
• Meniscal Transplantation
• Patellofemoral Joint Instability
• Reconstruction of the Knee, Shoulder, and Elbow
• Rotator Cuff Repair
• Shoulder and Elbow Arthroplasty
• Sports Bracing - Orthotics
• Shoulder Instability Procedures
• Shoulder Labral Repair
• Sports Performance Training – Velocity Sports Performance
• Surgical and Non-Surgical Sports Medicine Procedures
• Trauma

You should see a doctor for an injury when...

• You have severe pain and cannot put any weight on the injured body part
• The area over or around the injured joint is very tender when you touch it
• The injured area looks crooked or has lumps and bumps (other than swelling) or is altered in its shape or size as compared to the opposite extremity.
• You cannot move the injured joint
• You cannot walk without feeling significant pain
• Your limb buckles or gives way when you try to use the joint
• Your have numbness in any part of the injured area
• You see redness or red streaks spreading out from the injury
• You have pain, swelling, or redness over the injured area
• You are in doubt about the seriousness of the injury or how to care for it

Of course, if you are injured during the course of a sporting event it is always best to seek the advice of your team physician.Sports Medicine is the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of injuries due to athletic activity. Many of these disorders are treated with arthroscopic surgery, a minimally invasive surgical method that utilizes a camera to look inside a joint and specialized instruments to carry out any necessary surgery in that joint.

If you are an athletic director, athletic trainer, or anyone who is tasked with finding coverage for an athletic program, team, or large scale sporting event, the Rothman Orthopaedic Institute Sports Medicine Team can help you. Our team of physicians can provide medical coverage, clinics, and educational seminars for your athletes, coaches, and families.

Please contact Jessica Kempa, Supervisor of Athletic Trainers, at Jessica.Kempa@rothmanortho.com for more information.

Over the years Rothman Orthopaedic Institute has really integrated Certified Athletic Trainers into its world-renowned private physician practice. If you look at the evolution of the job settings for Athletic Trainers, you will see Rothman captures both the traditional and the non-traditional setting. In the clinic Rothman Orthopaedic Institute is utilizing AT’s distinctive skill set as physician extenders and orthotic technicians. Our Field Athletic Trainers provide direct sports medicine care to youth, high school, college and professional athletes. Rothman AT’s provide athletic training services throughout Southeastern PA and NJ to interscholastic high schools, colleges, as well as tournaments and special events.

Certified Athletic Trainers can schedule appointments for their athletes by using our ATC Appointment Form.