The Sports Medicine Center at Children’s Mercy
Specialized care for growing athletes (even if they look like adults)
Children’s Mercy is the best in the game when it comes to pediatric sports medicine. At the Sports Medicine Center, we help adolescent athletes maintain and increase strength and speed through performance conditioning.
When injuries occur, we have the specialized care your adolescent athlete needs to maximize their healing potential and get back to the competition they love.
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Safely getting them back to the game they love
When a sports-related injury sidelines your athlete, Children’s Mercy has the pediatric-trained specialists to get them back to the game they love as soon as safely possible.
For some injuries, surgery may be recommended. Children’s Mercy is a Verified Children’s Surgery Center, as designated by the American College of Surgeons. This means your adolescent athlete will receive the highest level of surgical care available.
Strengthening adolescent athletes: mind, body and spirit
Sports performance services can help your athlete become stronger. From sports medicine-focused primary care to nutrition to injury prevention to mental wellness, we will work with your child in meeting their personal goals.
Sports-related conditions we commonly treat include:
- Ankle injuries
- Concussions—baseline testing, diagnosis and treatment of concussions in children
- Growth plate fractures or injuries
- Knee pain
- Knee injuries including torn ACL
- Shoulder and elbow injuries
- Sprains and fractures related to sports participation
Increase in overuse injuries
Overuse injuries occur gradually. When athletic activity is repeated without rest, areas of the body do not have enough time to heal between. That is why it is unfortunately common to see a baseball pitcher with elbow injuries, a gymnast with back pain or a swimmer with shoulder pain.
Because young athletes are still growing, they are at a greater risk for injury than adults. When a young athlete repeatedly complains of pain, a period of rest from the sport is necessary. If pain persists, it is important to seek proper medical treatment.
Sports physical therapy
Your athlete will receive one-on-one care with a licensed sports physical therapist in a facility designed for athletes first. Our expert physical therapists are trained to meet your child’s needs from middle school through their college career, regardless of their sport.
Tour the state-of-the-art facilities
Children’s Mercy offers state-of-the-art facilities where adolescent athletes can work out using the latest equipment and techniques. Recover from injury using the HydroWorx therapy pools, AlterG anti-gravity treadmill, professional-grade batting cage, turf area, human performance motion lab and more.
Exertional compartment syndrome: Saige’s story
As a highly competitive soccer player, Saige Wimes worked hard to recover from surgery for exertional compartment syndrome (ECS) and return to the field, all with the help of Children’s Mercy Sports Medicine.
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Let’s get you back in the game. Call to schedule an appointment at one of our six locations.
