Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery

Treating Adult and Pediatric Patients

The goal of sports medicine is to keep people active. For some that means continuing to play basketball or hockey, for others it means climbing up stairs or lifting objects to shoulder-level.

Specializing in both traumatic athletic injuries and in chronic problems caused by overuse, our team is made up of fellowship-trained sports medicine physicians from the SLUCare departments of Orthopedic Surgery and Family Medicine. We treat both adult patients and kids. When you see a SLUCare Sports Medicine doctor, you'll be getting high-quality treatment, from state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging to minimally invasive arthroscopic surgery and comprehensive rehabilitation services.

Caring for Athletes

On the athletic side, our experts treat athletes in any sport and at all ages and skill levels. As our patient, you have access to the same specialists who treat the Saint Louis University Billikens, local NCAA playoff games, Missouri Valley Conference basketball tournaments, the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon, six area high schools and more.

Procedures Performed

• Treatment for knee ligament, cartilage and meniscus injuries of all types, including: ACL, PCL, LCL, MCL and other ligament repair/reconstruction
• Meniscus repair and transplantation
• Advanced cartilage repair, resurfacing and transplantation
• Lower extremity realignment procedures, including osteotomies
• Patellar stabilization procedures
• Care for shoulder dislocations and complex shoulder injuries
• Repair of rotator cuff tears
• Treatment for shoulder arthritis, including replacement surgery
• Care for elbow injuries, such as arthritis and ligament reconstruction surgery
• Elbow arthroscopy
• Hip arthroscopy
• Repair of femoroacetabular impingement, labral tears and snapping hip injuries
• Treatment for early knee arthritis
• Platelet rich plasma (PRP) injections
• Evaluation and treatment for sports-related concussion

Patient Resources

• New patient intake form
• High School athletes pre-participation evaluation form
• Post-Operative care
• American Medical Society for Sports Medicine
• ASES Shoulder Score
• IKDC (Knee) Score