Sports Medicine

Helping You from Injury to Recovery and Beyond

When an injury takes you away from the activities you enjoy, Saint Vincent Hospital’s sports medicine specialists can get you back in the game. Our comprehensive Sports Medicine program is ready to help you get the treatment you need to return to the activities you enjoy.

Treatment That Fits

Whether you’re a professional athlete, a student getting ready for a tournament or an avid weekend warrior, our comprehensive sports medicine program can be tailored to meet your individual goals. Taking care of an injured athlete is more than applying a brace and advising rest. Your recovery requires the skilled hands-on evaluation and appropriate diagnostic testing to determine an overall plan of care.

Some common conditions we treat include:

ACL injuries
Ankle sprains
Fractures
Knee and shoulder injuries
Tendonitis
Exercise-induced asthma
Concussions
Cartilage injuries

Connected with Our Community

In addition to our dedication to keeping you active and healthy, our clinical team is actively involved in educating local athletes, coaches and parents about injury prevention and recognition. By providing programs to the community that teach proper strength building, flexibility, conditioning, endurance and training techniques, we can help minimize the risk of injury.

Concussion Management

Our Concussion Management team is comprised of specialists who provide education about prevention and provide assessment and treatment post-concussion. We also administer pre- and post-concussion ImPact testing and will develop multidisciplinary care plans for post-concussion management.

Find an Orthopedic Specialist

Request one of our specialists to get a second opinion, or a really good first one.

Request an Orthopedic Specialist Referral Today

Five Apps for Help with Joint Pain

man looking at phone If you’re looking for ways to manage joint pain in your knees or hips, there may be an app for that. We researched some free apps that can help you and your doctor easily track your joint pain journey. These apps are also beneficial to patients who will have or have had surgery.

My Knee Guide
This app is a great resource for patients preparing for knee replacement surgery and patients who’ve just gone through surgery. It provides information and current news about arthritis, checklists, reminders and first-person accounts of other people’s knee pain experiences.

With this interactive app, you can also share your own story and comment on other users’ accounts. You can download My Knee Guide free.
Knee Pain Exercises
This app offers safe and effective video exercises for knee pain treatment. The developers of the app add new programs every week to keep things fun and progressive for patients.

You can download it free, but if you want to access exclusive exercise programs, you may want a premium membership for $9.99 per month.
RecovAware Knee Health Fitness
This free app is perfect for patients recovering from a knee injury or managing knee pain. It allows you to input and track your daily pain levels, physical activities, swelling levels, medications and doctor appointments and write anything you feel or think through the take note tool. RecovAware also features photo uploading and collage makers for before and after photos.

Likewise, you can gain support and motivation, ask questions and get answers from the RecovAware community.
myHip&Knee
Another app helpful for patients considering, undergoing and recovering from surgery, myHip&Knee offers a library of exercise videos and safe home recovery information. The app also allows you to track progress for joint range of motion, pain levels and other symptoms.
Track + React
This app aims to monitor the impact of your daily activities on your arthritis symptoms. It has a simple interface that allows you to track your food intake, physical activities, pain and stress levels, sleep quality, fatigue and more.

Through daily logging, Track + React can help you understand which activities and types of food trigger your knee pain. It also offers an arthritis impact graph that you can print for your next appointment with your doctor. You can also download this app free of charge.

Final Thoughts

Please note that our hospital is not endorsing any specific app; we are here to help you at all stages of orthopedic care. If you have ongoing joint pain or swelling, please visit an orthopedic doctor or a rheumatologist right away.

Sources:

American College of Rheumatology

App Advice

Arthritis Foundation

Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention

Healthline

My Knee Guide