Sports Medicine Clinic Provides Services for All You don’t have to be a professional athlete to benefit from sports medicine. “Actually, you don’t have to be an athlete at all,” said Gregory Rubin, DO, a physician with the Sports Medicine Clinic at NCH, a division of the orthopedics department. “We get athletes playing team sports, we get weekend warriors, we get people who just say, ‘I fell last night and banged my knee,’” said Dr. Rubin. “I’m the first line of defense for anyone with any sort of injury, head to toe,” and 90 percent of those injuries, he added, can be treated non-surgically. Of course, the sports medicine staff does treat athletes on a regular basis. They are the team physicians for all the Naples high school football teams – Dr. Rubin is the team physician for Golden Gate High School, Lely High School, and Barron Collier High School – as well as the men’s and women’s soccer teams at FGCU. He also consults with the Florida Everblades hockey team. But professional consultations more often come from pickleball, tennis, and golf – the big three - as well as everyday mishaps, suggests Dr. Rubin. “We do knees, shoulders, wrists, along with a host of complaints including tendonitis, concussion, rotator cuff injuries, high ankle sprains, turf toe, and fracture management.”
Treatments include ultrasound-guided musculoskeletal injections, physical therapy, and regenerative treatments using platelet-rich plasma, in addition to surgical options. Corticosteroid injections can often provide quick and substantial relief from joint pain. Dr. Rubin, with special training, uses the Clinic’s new ultrasound scanner for precise guidance to improve the accuracy of all injections. Since you cannot schedule ahead of time when an accident will happen, NCH makes being seen in the Sports Medicine Clinic easy. If you have a suspected sports injury, NCH Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine can get you in promptly to see a sports medicine specialist and help you avoid high emergency room bills. The clinic holds walk-in hours every day from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Monday to Friday, with no appointment needed.
The department also maintains what they call the “Express Fracture Phone,” a referral hotline for urgent care or primary physicians. “We review x-rays and refer the patient to the proper provider,” said Dr. Rubin, “all to ensure timely, appropriate treatment.” All treatments are typically covered by health insurance. “People are being more active now, so they are getting hurt. We help patients maximize their function, to be their best selves, minimizing disability and time away from sports, hobbies, work, or school,” said Dr. Rubin.
For more information or to schedule an appointment, call (239) 624-0310 .
NCH Sports Medicine:
• Is for everyone who gets injured, not just athletes
• Offers convenient walk-in hours every morning
• Features ultrasound-guided musculoskeletal injections
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