Sports Medicine

• Evaluate and treat athletic injuries
• Develop fitness programs
• Recommend equipment to reduce injury
• Conduct pre-season athletic physicals

You don’t have to be a professional athlete to benefit from the Sports Medicine program at Whitewater Valley Rehabilitation. We are here to help you recover from sports related injuries and return to the peak level of performance. Our experienced staff is trained to work with professional, amateur, college and school-aged athletes as well as weekend golfers, tennis buffs and cyclists, just to name a few. There is no limit—if you need Sports Medicine we are the provider of choice.

At Whitewater Valley Rehabilitation, sports medicine can also refer to the industrial athlete. Employees are physically conditioned to work eight to twelve hour days—five, six or even seven days a week. Many jobs are as physically intense as the most rigorous sports. Workers can’t do their jobs efficiently if they are not up to the physical demands. An illness or injury can affect the entire balance of their life at home, at work and at play.

Sports medicine rehabilitates the professional, recreational and industrial athlete—it also works with the school aged athlete. When a young person is injured, they must have a rehabilitation plan that takes full advantage of their youthful body, their energy level and their need to get back to full physical activity as soon as possible. By treating individuals and training them to use their bodies with precision and skill, we can reduce the possibility of injury and increase strength and stamina.

Sports medicine is appropriate for patients who are recovering from sports related injuries or illnesses that require hardening and/or conditioning—some of those conditions are listed below:

• Rotator Cuff Tear/Repair
• ACL Tear/Repair
• MCL Tear/Repair
• Aerobic Conditioning
• Tennis Elbow
• Tendon Injuries
• Protective Bracing
• Balancing Training
• Jumping/Leaping Retraining