Our team of pediatric experts specializes in the treatment and prevention of sports injuries in student athletes of all ages and skill levels.
Whether your patient’s sports-related injury happened in a stadium or the neighborhood park, our staff of doctors, athletic trainers and physical therapists are ready to provide age-appropriate care and get your patient back in the game.
Access Resources: If you are seeking specific resources for your practice or patient families, please contact us via phone at (614) 355-6000 or via email at SportsMedicine@NationwideChildrens.org.
Resources For Families
Access resources to share with your patients and their families. Featured resources, as well as links to our full Helping Hands library and Sports Medicine articles library, are available below.
An anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear is a sprain of one of the four major ligaments of the knee. The ACL is a rope-like structure that helps maintain the normal position of the femur (thigh bone) and the tibia (leg bone).
Knee sprains can be significant injuries that occur from a stretch or tear of the ligaments in and around the knee. The four main ligaments of the knee most often damaged are the Anterior Cruciate (ACL), Posterior Cruciate (PCL), Medial Collateral (MCL) and Lateral Collateral (LCL).
Young athletes train long hours for their sport. In order to optimize that training, proper nutrition needs to be a regular component of their workout plan. A car needs fuel to run properly just as people need a healthful eating plan.
Shoes that are chosen specifically for foot type and fitted properly can help keep athletes healthy and possibly prevent injuries such as shin splints and stress fractures.
Using “play” to show that exercise can be enjoyable, Play Strong is a fun and exciting program that guides participants to create healthy habits at home.
The Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship helps fellows develop and refine the skills necessary to become a well-trained sports medicine and musculoskeletal specialist by offering experience in clinical, teaching, research and research.
Please join us for the 2025 Pediatric Sports Medicine and Orthopedics Conference. This conference is designed for health care providers who treat pediatric patients with sports medicine injuries and orthopedic problems.
This episode discusses the cause, diagnosis, management, and prevention of patellofemoral pain syndrome, Osgood-Schlatter disease, Sinding-Larsen-Johansson syndrome, meniscal tears, patellar dislocation, and your every day sprains and strains.
