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LAKELAND REGIONAL HEALTH ORTHOPEDICS

Sports Medicine

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Helping patients recover from injuries and prevent them is our passion.

Kids, teens and adults, from trained, elite athletes to those who are “weekend warriors” can benefit from the care we provide so they can compete, have fun, and minimize injury and required time off.

Our sports medicine team includes orthopedic surgeons, primary care sports medicine physicians, concussion specialists, certified athletic trainers, and sports-trained physical therapists. Together, we work to help patients rehab injuries, get stronger, and improve their performance.

To learn more about our Sports Medicine physicians, including their backgrounds in professional and collegiate sports medicine, click on their bios below.

Devin
Collins, DO
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Colton Austin
Faza, MD
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Julia
Fink, DO
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Georges
Haidamous, MD
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Salvador
Montenegro, MD
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Larry R
Padgett, Jr., MD
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Douglas
Shenkman, MD
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Phuc
Vo, MD
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Eric Douglas
Wicks, MD
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Get Ready for the Season!

We perform pre-participation physical exams required by many sports and recreational associations, including local middle and high schools and the Special Olympics, but we do much more than that. 

To help our patients stay healthy and perform at their best year-round, we take time to educate our patients and create custom plans regarding sports nutrition and injury prevention training protocols.  Some athletes have chronic diseases that require extra support or considerations, so we offer help managing those with asthma, diabetes, or with relative energy deficiency.

Level Up Your Game This Summer — Train Like the Pros

Looking for a competitive edge? Want face time with world-class athletic trainers? Level up your game with Lakeland Regional Health’s FREE Summer Sports Performance Program!

What: This FREE program is designed for student athletes who want to keep their eye on the ball over the summer. Every day, you’ll gain a competitive edge as you hit the gym for one-on-one, individualized training sessions with our athletic trainers.

You’ll also bulk up on your knowledge before each training. Each day, you’ll score tips and tricks from the athletic trainers on topics like:

  • Gameday nutrition
  • Supplements
  • Injury prevention
  • Concussion education
  • Practice recovery
  • Functional warm-ups
  • and more!

Who: Our athletic trainers are world-class and pumped to help you reach your athletic potential. With backgrounds in exercise science, injury prevention, nutrition, and the enhancement of sports performance, our athletic trainers are experts on and off the field.

When: June 2-July 3: Sessions run Monday through Friday from 2PM-4PM

Educational Sessions (45 minutes)

Individual Training Sessions and Functional Movement Assessments (60 minutes)

Where:  The North Lakeland YMCA

2125 Sleepy Hill Rd, Lakeland, FL 33810

Ready to kick it into high gear this summer to crush your game during the school year?

Register TODAY by emailing Aaryn Mariacher: aaryn.mariacher@myLRH.org.

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Innovative Sports Medicine

Our Sports Medicine team strives to provide innovative, evidenced-based medicine. Our specialists are constantly striving to bring you the latest technology, therapy, and treatment options. We work together to manage a wide range of sports-related concerns. Don’t see your condition listed below? Give us a call!

Injuries come in all shapes and sizes, from mild soft tissue injuries like strains and sprains to severe tendon, cartilage, and ligament injuries like ACL tears and ruptured tendons. Fractured bones that require casting or even surgery are also commonly seen by our sports medicine team. Whatever the cause of your injury, we are here to help you recover and safely return to the activities you love.

Specific services we provide include:

  • Casting and bracing for fractures
  • Joint, tendon, and bursa injections for pain relief
  • Osteoarthritis treatments
  • Point of care ultrasound evaluation of joints and soft tissue
  • Special Olympic athlete care
  • Sport pre-participation physical exams
  • Sports nutrition for performance and training
  • Sport related concussion care
  • Sport-specific injury prevention training protocols 
  • Orthopedic surgery including ACL repair
  • ACL Reconstruction
  • Meniscus Tears

Diagnostic Ultrasound

Our accomplished sports medicine specialists perform in-clinic diagnostic ultrasound at the time of your appointment for your convenience. Using diagnostic ultrasound for sports-related injuries is highly effective and allows us to see normal anatomy and potential injury to bones as well as surrounding soft tissue, vessels, muscles, tendons, and ligaments. Unlike computerized tomography (CT), or fluoroscopy, a diagnostic ultrasound does not involve radiation and is more comfortable than the tight confines of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test.

Ultrasound-guided Injections

Using real-time ultrasound technology, injections can be more accurately guided for the best placement, decreasing pain during injection, improving outcomes and reducing the need for repeat or alternative injections.

  • Corticosteroid injections (CSI) 
    These injections provide pain relief and reduce inflammation due to injury or disease in specific areas of the body. 

  • Viscosupplementation injections
    This injection replenishes fluid that is lost through osteoarthritis, injuries for chronic damage. 

  • Tendon injections
    Injections around the tendon to reduce the swelling and help the tendon heal can help you get back to your activities sooner and with less pain.
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Rehabilitation Therapy

Restoring your range of motion and improving your strength is important and our specially trained physical therapists can provide post-operational rehabilitation, non-operative pain relief and preventative care so you can overall ability to function no matter the cause. Our team of highly qualified therapists are here to help you get back to your daily routines. Our outpatient therapy team includes licensed physical therapists, many of whom are certified by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialists.

Our state-of-the-art Grasslands Campus offers the latest equipment to make your recovery safe and effective and to provide the best possible outcomes. 

Some of the advanced features and equipment we offer are:

  • HydroWorx® 3500 therapy pool
  • 100-foot Bioness® Vector Gait & Safety System where patients can practice standing and walking without the risk of falls
  • Pediatric therapy gym
  • Outdoor rehabilitation garden
  • Bioness®  BITS system
  • Bioness® L300
  • Advanced strengthening and exercise equipment