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Road and parking lot construction in Madison, Wis. may result in travel delays and route changes to UW Health clinic and hospital locations. Please plan accordingly.Read more
Programs and research
When you come to UW Health for a sports medicine condition, you get treatment tailored to your needs.
Your care team includes sports medicine doctors, orthopedic surgeons trained in sports injuries, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, athletic trainers, exercise physiologists, massage therapists, nutritionists, sport psychologists, sports physical therapists and strength and conditioning specialists.
Together, we offer the care and services you need to excel in your sports and activities.
Our sports medicine physicians are experts in physical activity, with specialized training in treating the medical concerns of active individuals. Our doctors are also the team doctors for University of Wisconsin athletes. Our goal is to help you stay active, particularly when you have a sports- or activity-related injury. Our sports medicine doctors work with the rest of the sports medicine team to develop a plan to help you return to competition or activities as quickly as possible.
Our team of physical therapists and athletic trainers works with you after an orthopedic or sports injury. We help you get back to your competitive or recreational activities. We also offer sports-specific rehabilitation programs.
Our Sports Performance coaches, physical therapists and athletic trainers create a plan for your long-term athletic development. We work with youth and adult athletes of all ages and ability levels and offer athletic development and sports-specific programs, 1-on-1 and team training, academies, camps, combines and educational workshops. Open to the public.
We provide training services to athletic groups, high schools, colleges and professional sports teams. We also work alongside sports medicine doctors as they see patients.
We help you make physical fitness and exercise a key part of your life. We offer exercise classes and membership options.
Our sport psychologists teach athletes how to use their mental and emotional skills to achieve peak athletic performance.
Our team of female sports medicine experts have extensive experience working with athletes of all levels. Our team recognizes the health and wellness challenges specific to active women, and are dedicated to returning female athletes to sport following an injury. We also offer a female athletes physical therapy program for moms who experience changes before and after the birth of their children. Experts include sports, spine and pelvic floor physical therapists.
Our sports medicine doctors and scientists study ways to improve sports medicine and injury care. We research all aspects of human movement and biomechanics. We test better ways to treat sports injuries and maximize athletic performance. Learn more
Conditions and treatments
The doctors and therapists at UW Health Sports Medicine treat athletes of all ages and ability levels.
We provide excellent care when you or your child need treatment for a sports injury. If you want to boost performance in a specific sport, our sports medicine specialists create a personalized plan to meet your goals.
We help you avoid injury and treat your sports-related conditions so you can get back to your highest level of activity and performance.
At UW Health, we evaluate and treat a wide range of sports-related conditions and injuries.
Brachial plexus neuropraxia (burner)
Sports-related concussion
Adhesive capsulitis
Impingement syndrome
Labral tears of the shoulder
Rotator cuff tears
Scaphoid fractures of the wrist
Shoulder instability
Lateral picondylitis (tennis elbow)
Sacroilliac joint dysfunction
Stress fractures in the lower back
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear
Cartilage tears
Collateral ligament sprains
Fat pad impingement
Iliotibial band friction syndrome and greater trochanteric bursitis
Patellar tendonitis (jumper’s knee)
Meniscal injuries
Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD)
Osteoarthritis of the knee
Osteochondral injuries
Patellofemoral stress syndrome
Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) ruptures
Achilles tendinitis
Ankle sprains
Calcaneal apophysitis (Sever’s disease)
Compartment syndrome
Hip labral tear
Plantar fasciitis
Quadriceps contusion
Shin splints
Stress fractures
Turf toe
Exercise-induced asthma
Exercise-induced bronchospasm
Our sports medicine team creates a treatment plan just for you. We focus on improving your ability to take part in sports and other activities.
Treatments might include:
Bracing or splinting
Cartilage transplant
Casting
Compression and elevation
Concussion management
Cortisone injections
Crutches
Ice
Immobilization
Joint repair or replacement
Massage
Non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory medicines
Orthotics
Physical therapy
Platelet-rich plasma injections
Prolotherapy injections
Rehabilitation programs
Rest
Stretching
Surgery
Walking boot
Locations
We provide specialized sports medicine and rehabilitation at UW Health clinics in Madison.
Meet our team
The sports medicine team at UW Health includes experts in adult and pediatric sports medicine, orthopedic surgery, athletic training, sports performance, sport psychology and physical therapy and rehabilitation.
Patient resources
When you come to UW Health for sports medicine care, we provide education along with advanced care. We give you the information you need to understand your condition and treatment.
Perhaps you are grateful for the care you or a loved one received from UW Health. Or you cherish living so close to a world-class, research-driven healthcare system that’s always there if you need it. No matter your motivation, every gift of any size means even better care for our patients.