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Welcome to Nationwide Children's Hospital Sports Medicine

Our staff of doctors, athletic trainers and physical therapists are trained to provide age-appropriate care for our patients. We emphasize the importance of early injury recognition and treatment in order to prevent recurring injuries. In addition to treatment, we partner with parents and coaches to focus on injury prevention, conditioning and age-appropriate activities.

With four convenient locations, we are here to serve you. Find your nearest location.
 
Sports Med News & Highlights
 

The X-ray came back normal, but Nationwide Children's Sports Medicine physicians still suspected a stress fracture was to blame for Jasmine's pain. They were right.

View Jasmine's Pediatric HealthSource story and more »
 

High school football and wrestling athletes experienced the highest rate of severe injuries, according to the first study to examine severe injuries – injuries that caused high school athletes to miss more than 21 days of sport participation among a nationally representative sample of high school athletes.

Read more about severe high school football and wrestling injuries »
 
Injuries can occur during a sporting competition at any time. However, new research finds that during football, injuries sustained at the beginning or middle of a game are more severe compared to injuries sustained during the end or in overtime. Read more about the timing and severity of football injuries »
 
Read the latest Scouting Report for important sports health tips and more from Nationwide Children's Sports Medicine.
 
A new study by the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital found that the number of children and adolescents treated for baseball-related injuries in hospital emergency departments decreased 25 percent from 1994 through 2006. Read the news release to learn more about the study and injury prevention.
 
USA Today reports on the risk of concussions in high school sports, as studied by the the Center for Injury Research and Policy at the Nationwide Children's Research Institute. Read the USA Today article
 

Nationwide Children’s Hospital Sports Medicine offers a Student Athlete Fitness Enhancement (S.A.F.E.) program. Learn correct and safe techniques to achieve your sports-specific goals from certified athletic trainers. The S. A. F. E. Program includes:

  • Goals assessment and equipment orientation
  • One month access to the Nationwide Children’s Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Center under the supervision of a Certified Athletic Trainer
  • Learn more about the S.A.F.E Program
 
When Cole tore his ACL playing football, Nationwide Children's offered a unique surgical procedure that helped get Cole back in the game safely. Learn more and view the Pediatric Healthsource video.
 
A concussion is an injury to the brain that is caused by a blow to the head, resulting in jarring of the brain. Learn more about the dangers of concussions and our Concussion Clinic.
 
Study finds that player-to-player contact was associated with nearly 60 percent of high school athletes’ shoulder injuries from 2005 through 2007, and boys experienced higher shoulder injury rates than girls, particularly in soccer and baseball/softball. Read the news release to learn more.