Whether you’re a professional or amateur athlete, a community team
player or a personal fitness proponent or you live an exercise-focused
life, your training, conditioning, activity and competitive performance
may lead to musculoskeletal injury or strain that can put you on the sidelines.
Sports Medicine Expertise Close to Home
Get the top-quality care you need to get back in the game when you choose
the sports medicine physicians, fellowship-trained orthopedic sports medicine
physicians and specially trained therapists at OU Health in Oklahoma City,
Edmond and Tulsa.
You benefit from extensive evaluation, testing and diagnosis for a wide
range of sport-related injuries, including concussion, in a comprehensive
sports medicine program trusted by elite athletes, competitive marathon
runners, the region’s top baseball and soccer college teams, NFL
players, and university and national sports teams across the country.
You and your family medicine or internal medicine doctor become part of
an OU Health multidisciplinary care team focused on delivering the best
possible treatment for your particular situation. Your healthcare team
members work closely with physical therapists and other health providers
to ensure you receive the personalized services designed to help you return
to the life you love.
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Discover how to improve your athletic performance or recover well from
injury when you meet with an OU Health sports medicine specialist.
At OU Health, you’ll work with fellowship-trained sports medicine
physicians, including orthopedic surgeons, who spent several years gaining
hands-on, in-depth experience for diagnosing and treating sport-related
situations, including unusual injuries specific to certain sports or a
variety of activity-based conditions such as:
For expert care of your activity- or sport-related injury or for rehabilitation
and guidance to enhance your recovery, take advantage of OU Health’s
wide array of non-surgical and surgical services and advanced treatments such as:
Arthroscopy – Minimally invasive procedure to repair joints, including knee,
shoulder, hip, ankle, elbow
If you experience a sudden injury, you often can get same-day appointments
for treatment and follow-up rehabilitative care with advanced technology
and strengthening regimens.
Human Performance Lab at OU Health in Tulsa
Get expert care for all types of musculoskeletal problems, even those not
related to sports, from specialists at OU Health’s human performance
lab in Tulsa. In addition to the advanced sports medicine services you’ll
find at all OU Health locations, you can work with OU Health’s Tulsa
team to understand the limits of your current physical capacity or performance
and track your improvements. Take advantage of a variety of body composition
tests, performance or training support and other services, including:
Fracture management
Lactate threshold test – Indicates maximum intensity your body can
maintain without a large increase in lactic acid that could slow muscle recovery
Muscular exhaustion test – Evaluates endurance by measuring the decrease
in muscle ability and function through incremental exercise that increases
in intensity
Modality specific testing – Identifies methods and areas for individualized
performance improvement
Spirometry (breathing test) for exercise-induced asthma
Ultrasound-guided injections for more precise and less painful treatment
of joint-related conditions
Video-based gait analysis
VO2 max test – Determines maximum amount (volume) of oxygen your body
can use during exercise; supports cardiorespiratory fitness
Concussion Center at OU Health
Any direct blow or jolt to the head may lead to a concussion or traumatic
brain injury (TBI). Even forces affecting other parts of the body may
send shocks to the head that can contribute to concussion. Symptoms ranging
from headache and dizziness to trouble walking or thinking clearly or
vision problems mean you need immediate evaluation for possible concussion.
Whether you choose OU Health in Oklahoma City, Tulsa or Edmond for
concussion care, our sports medicine professionals review your situation in depth and
work with you to determine appropriate treatment or refer you to specialists
for personalized attention to your specific condition. In addition, you
receive guidance and recommendations for when you may safely return to
work or to exercise, activity or playing the sports you love.
Your Expert Sports Medicine Care Team
No matter your age, level of athletic ability or your hometown, you’ll
find exceptional sports medicine care and services from OU Health providers
near you. All sports medicine doctors in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Edmond
and across the region completed their fellowship training in sports medicine
through OU Health and our academic partner, the University of Oklahoma
Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma’s only academic medical center.
You benefit from the experience of OU Health’s extensively educated
sports medicine and rehabilitation professionals who work with you and
a multidisciplinary team of healthcare providers. Your team may include
physical therapists, family medicine physicians, internal medicine physicians, orthopedic
surgeons and others who help you recover from injury as quickly as possible
or establish the exercise, strengthening, conditioning and training programs
that support top athletic performance and overall good health.
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