Sports Medicine and Injury Care in New Jersey
At Hackensack Meridian Health, our Sports Medicine program offers a full spectrum of services designed to meet the diverse needs of athletes and active individuals. With convenient locations across New Jersey, we ensure that expert sports medicine care is always within reach, whether you’re recovering from an athletic injury or looking to optimize your performance.
Our team of experts specializes in treating a wide range of sports-related conditions as part of our comprehensive orthopedics services, including Achilles tendon injuries, cartilage injuries, fractures, ligament injuries, osteoarthritis, rotator cuff tears, and more. We emphasize a multidisciplinary approach, collaborating with specialists in orthopedic surgery, physical therapy, and rehabilitation to develop personalized treatment plans.
Our services encompass non-surgical options, minimally invasive procedures, and surgical interventions, all aimed at facilitating a safe return to activity and enhancing athletic performance.
Sports Physicals
We offer a variety of convenient locations across New Jersey providing easy access to sports physicals and pre-participation physical examinations (PPE). Our network of experienced sports medicine physicians ensures thorough evaluations to support athlete health, injury prevention, and peak performance.
Sports Injuries We Treat
- Achilles tendon injuries
- Cartilage injuries (meniscus tears and articular cartilage defects)
- Foot and ankle injuries
- Fractures
- Golfer's elbow
- Hand and wrist injuries
- Ligament injuries (ACL, PCL, MCL & LCL injuries)
- Osteoarthritis of the shoulder, foot, ankle and knee
- Peroneal tendon injuries
- Rotator cuff tears
- Shoulder and elbow injuries
- Shoulder tendonitis and bursitis
- Tennis elbow
Our Sports Injury Treatment Options
At Hackensack Meridian Health, our expert sports medicine physicians specialize in comprehensive and cutting-edge athletic injury treatment. We offer a wide range of non-surgical and minimally invasive treatment options. We are dedicated to helping athletes of all types recover quickly and safely.
- Bone marrow aspirate injections / stem cell treatments use your body’s natural ability to heal itself by using regenerative cells from your bone marrow to accelerate healing in osteoarthritis or tendon injuries.
- Fracture Management: Directed by a board-certified orthopedic traumatologist, our Fracture Management program provides care and treatment of complex fractures and is a residency training site for orthopedic trauma.
- Hydrotherapy exercises are an effective way to treat shoulder and elbow injuries.
- Integrative medicine options, such as massages and acupressure.
- Joint injections, such as cortisone and hyaluronic acid, when used in combination with rehabilitation therapy, can significantly reduce the need for surgery.
- Nerve blocks use heat generated by radiofrequency waves to destroy medial branch nerves, which transmit pain signals from facet joints in the spine.
- Pain Management: We offer a wide variety of treatment options, from conservative drug therapies and epidural anesthesia to minimally invasive nerve stimulation techniques.
- Physical therapy & rehabilitation with advanced certified therapists.
- Platelet-rich plasma injections of your own blood help rebuild damaged tissue and treat joint pain after an acute sports injury, such as ligament and muscle injuries, tennis elbow and golfer's elbow.
- Tenex uses ultrasound imaging to guide a tiny needle-like instrument that delivers ultrasonic energy to break down and remove damaged tendon tissue.
- ACL Reconstruction
- Biceps repair and tenodesis surgery repairs the biceps tendon.
- Cartilage Resurfacing
- Labrum Repair
- Meniscus Surgery
- Patellar Realignment
- Rotator Cuff Repair
- Shoulder resurfacing caps the upper arm bone with a smooth metal covering and replaces the shoulder blade socket with a strong plastic socket or tissue graft.
- Tommy John procedure repairs elbow ligaments with tendons from elsewhere in the body.
Treatment for Concussions in New Jersey
Our state-of-the-art Concussion Centers offers specialized sports injury treatment and comprehensive concussion care, led by experienced concussion specialists in New Jersey. As part of our sports medicine program, we provide individualized evaluation, tailored treatment plans, and rehabilitation services during the acute phase (1-5 days) following a concussion or traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Utilizing an evidence-based medical model, we focus on maximizing recovery outcomes, improving neurological health, and reducing long-term disability associated with head injuries.
Find a Sports Medicine Specialist or Care Location
Search our network of sports medicine and injury specialists or browse our sports medicine and injury care locations across New Jersey.
Cutting-Edge Sports Medicine Research
Our affiliation with the Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery & Innovation ensures that patients benefit from cutting-edge research and advanced orthopedic care. Whether you're a professional athlete or someone who enjoys staying active in your free time, our comprehensive sports medicine services are designed to support your health and athletic goals. Learn more about why you should choose Hackensack Meridian Health for your sports medicine and sports injury care.
