Sports activities -- whether the solitary jog in the morning, the weekly tennis or golf game or the team match -- add immeasurably to our health and enjoyment of life.
Over time, however, repetitive movements, pounding on hard courts or pavement and sudden twists and turns on fragile joints can take their toll.
The wear and tear of athletic activities and injuries doesn't have to end your active life. 
At the Sports Medicine Program at the Cedars-Sinai Orthopedic Center, you don't just have a doctor -- you have an expert team. Patients at Cedars-Sinai receive care from orthopaedic specialists, pain specialists, physical therapists, physiatrists, diagnostic imaging specialists and surgeons experienced in innovative minimally invasive surgical techniques.
Because Cedars-Sinai is a full spectrum medical center, patients have access to all centers and departments at Cedars-Sinai. Whether the need is for pain management, physical therapy or the latest in minimally invasive surgery techniques, the Cedars-Sinai Orthopaedic Center's Sports Medicine Program can provide it.
The orthopaedic surgeons at the Cedars-Sinai Orthopedic Center are experienced in using state-of-the-art minimally invasive surgery. Minimally invasive surgery for sports injuries means that you're back on your feet, the court or the greens faster. This approach means less pain and faster healing. As a result, you lose less ground as an athlete during your recovery.
Cedars-Sinai surgeons also have expertise in redoing or repairing prior surgeries that were not successful.
The Sports Medicine Program at Cedars-Sinai provides treatment options for:
- Acromioclavicular (AC) joint separation
- Adolescent sports injuries
- Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries
- Arthritis of the shoulder
- Arthroscopic surgery of the shoulder and the knee
- Bursitis of the shoulder (impingement syndrome)
- Cartilage restoration using osteochondral autograft transfers (OATs)
- Frozen shoulder
- Labral tears
- Lateral collateral ligament tears
- Lesions of the shoulder
- Medial collateral ligament tears
- Meniscal injuries, with treatment including menisectomies, meniscal replacements and meniscal repairs
- Osteochondritis dissecans of the knee
- Overuse conditions such as Osgood - Schlatter and Sever's disease
- Rotator cuff injuries
- Shoulder dislocation
- Shoulder instability
- Tendonitis
- Tennis elbow
