Sports Medicine
Whether you’re a competitive athlete or a weekend warrior, sports-related injuries can slow you down and keep you from participating in the activities you love. Sports injuries require special attention, and our physicians and surgeons are specially trained to treat athletes of all ages.
As the region’s leader in sports medicine, Northwest Health provides certified athletic trainers – at no cost – to numerous high schools throughout Northwest Arkansas, including the Bentonville, Elkins, Huntsville, Lincoln, Pea Ridge, Rogers, Siloam Springs and Springdale school systems as well as Shiloh Christian School and a number of middle schools. Their goals are to provide education to help prevent injuries as well as treatment and rehabilitation of sports-related injuries.
Sports medicine physicians see patients with a variety of injuries, including:
- Damage to cartilage or ligaments
- Tendon injuries
- Joint dislocations and labral tears
- Knee pain
- Meniscus tears
- Rotator cuff tears
- Strains and sprains
- ACL tears
- Throwing injuries
- Hip injuries