The Center for Sports Medicine at Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics is one of the nation's premiere sports medicine programs specifically focused on caring for the youth and adolescent athlete. Through clinical care, research, and an entire team of specialists, we are looking to improve how young athletes are cared for today and into the future.
Sports Medicine Staff
Our fellowship-trained sports medicine specialists understand the growing bodies of young athletes. We are one of only a handful of programs in the country providing a comprehensive approach to care that surgical, non-surgical, medical, rehabilitation, and research to provide the best possible treatment for young athletes. Our team of physical therapists offers sports-specific rehabilitation and injury prevention to facilitate a quick and safe return to participation.
Services Offered
- Sports injury evaluation
- Sports-related fracture care
- Sports-related concussion evaluation
- Orthopaedic surgery
- Sports rehabilitation & physical therapy
- Return-to-play guidance
- Injury prevention strategies
- Dance medicine
- Advanced diagnostic technology, including 3T MRI
- Research
- Community education
- Coordination of care with community physicians and other Children's Mercy specialists
Commonly Treated Conditions
- Acute or chronic sports-related injuries of the shoulder, back, elbow, wrist & hand, hip, knee, ankle & foot
- ACL injuries
- Athletes with back pain
- Dislocations
- Shoulder stabilization
- Sport-related concussions
- Sport-related fractures
- Stress fractures
