Treatment decisions are made collaboratively with our patients. Surgery is always the last option and only undertaken when it is in the patient’s best interest. Our nonoperative measures are specific and tailored for each patient and we work with elite physical therapists from several practices throughout the region. We also partner with strength and conditioning coaches, nutritionists, dieticians, psychologists and counselors in multiple fields to formulate treatment protocols that meet each individual athlete’s needs.
We often make treatment decisions by asking: if the patient were my son or daughter(s), what would we want them to have? If this were my wife, or brother, or father, what advice would I give her or him?
My expertise is sports medicine and surgery of the shoulder, knee and elbow. This involves treating athletes with cartilage injuries, tendon and ligament tears, fractures and dislocations as well as muscle injuries. We perform state-of-the-art repairs and reconstructions with evidence-based medical science and the latest techniques. A specific interest outside the operating room is developing treatment protocols which focus on getting patients back to their activities. This can mean getting a 15-year-old back to his sport so he can earn a DI scholarship, helping a 42-year-old solve her knee pain so she can train for a triathlon, helping an elite cyclist get back to racing fitness, or getting a 14-year-old swimmer back in the pool after a shoulder injury.
The best results are achieved by tailoring PT protocols so that they match the individual needs of each patient and their sport of preference. The rehab and return to play for a high-collision sport like ice hockey is significantly different from the treatment required to help a basketball or tennis player with a sprained ankle.
