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  • Treatment Options - Sports Medicine

  • Non-surgical and surgical treatment options are available for treatment of ACL tears. Non-surgical treatment may be considered based on a patient's age (very young or elderly), activity level (low demand, sedentary lifestyle) and in cases such as a partial tear. The ACL doesn't heal with nonsurgical treatment, however, symptoms of pain and instability can improve with a physical therapy program focused on muscle strengthening supplemented with a brace.

  • Most MCL tears can be treated non-operatively with the goal of allowing the injury time to heal. Treatments can include icing the injury, bracing to protect the knee from further injury and physical therapy to strengthen the leg muscles that support the knee. Treatment for LCL tears are often similar, provided there were not additional injuries to the structures of the knee. If additional injuries occurred, your doctor may recommend surgery to repair those injuries.

  • Non-surgical treatments such as anti-inflammatory medications and physical therapy are sometimes helpful and may ease the symptoms of a labral tear. However, if the tear is affecting your quality of life and ability to participate in sports, work, or other activities then surgery may be necessary to improve your symptoms.

  • There are a variety of options for treatment. These include observation, physical therapy and medications. However a high grade partial thickness rotator cuff tear and most full thickness tears usually require surgical treatment to reliably improve pain and function of the shoulder. Although surgery is elective (meaning the choice is entirely up to you as a patient), without operative treatment, pain usually increases while strength and movement deteriorate over time.

  • ImPACT® provides us an important piece to a complicated puzzle. Younger-aged athletes are particularly vulnerable to the effects of a concussion without the appropriate management and in some cases this may lead to persistent headaches and lingering memory problems. Resuming collision sport activity prior to full recovery may even be catastrophic in this group of athletes.