Physician Credentials

 

• Board Certified

  • American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

  • Subspecialty Certification – Sports Medicine

• Board Examiner

  • American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

• Presenter/Expert

  • American College of Sports Medicine

  • American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

  • Physiatric Association of Spine, Sports & Occupational Rehabilitation

 

Our sports medicine team gets you back in the game!
Whether you are a high school, college, adult athlete, weekend warrior or elite athlete, our fellowship-trained physiatrists have expertise and experience in treating everything from sprains and strains to complex injuries.  Our team approach to rehabilitation will direct you to the most effective, diagnosis specific therapies and will closely monitor your progress. From the minute you walk into our office for your consultation, our focus is on your return to play as quickly and safely as possible!

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Team Coverage
With more than 15 years of local professional and international experience, our physicians have provided medical resources for a wide variety of athletic teams including the Women’s World Cup 1998, Chicago Fire and an extensive number of local high schools. 

The physicians at Spine & Sports Physiatrists have extensive experience treating recreational through elite level baseball, soccer, football and running injuries/conditions. Services provided include:

• On field coverage

• Training room coverage

• Pre-season physicals

• Medical consultations

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What types of conditions do we treat?
Our physicians are expertly trained to manage sprain and strains as well as the following common muscle, joint and bone conditions: 

• Neck: disc herniation, pinched nerves

• Shoulders: rotator cuff, dislocation, impingement, Little League Shoulder

• Elbows: tendonitis, tennis elbow, golfers elbow, Little League Elbow

• Wrists: tendonitis

• Low Back: herniated discs, stress fractures, pinched nerves, sciatica 

• Hips: tendonitis, labral tears, hip pointers

• Knees: meniscus injury, ACL injury, swelling

• Ankles/Feet: tendonitis, achilles tendonitis, plantar fasciitis

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Official Team Physicians 

• Chicago Fire

• Gordon Tech High School