Treatment and specialties

At its core, sports medicine focuses on members who have acute or chronic injuries from doing sports, exercise, or other physical activities. Our specialized care isn’t limited to professional or amateur athletes who exercise, train, and compete. It’s also for people with common injuries that come from everyday activities — because everyone deserves excellent care and treatment plans that meet their unique needs and help them get back to living an active life.

What is sports medicine?

  • Diagnosis of injuries and disorders of bones, joints, ligaments, tendons, muscles, and nerves (musculoskeletal system)
  • Preoperative, operative, and postoperative treatment with exercise, medication, casting, surgery, or other options
  • Collaboration between surgical and medical specialists for injury prevention and rehabilitation to restore movement, strength, and function
  • Surgical expertise for complex cases, such as Tommy John surgery (ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction) and meniscal transplants
  • Musculoskeletal ultrasound
  • Concussion care

What is physical therapy?

  • Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) functional movement and pre-exercise screenings
  • Evaluation and management plan for acute or chronic musculoskeletal injuries
  • Sport-specific return to function
  • Overhead throwing rehabilitation
  • Corrective exercise treatment plan


Find a facility

We offer sports medicine care throughout Northern California, in addition to our 2 primary sports medicine centers.
 


Find a doctor

Our board-certified and fellowship-trained sports medicine doctors specialize in many types of care for members of all ages.
 

Our physicians

Our board-certified and fellowship-trained sports medicine physicians specialize in orthopedic surgery, physical medicine and rehabilitation, family medicine, pediatrics, and emergency medicine. Supported by a team of physical therapists, certified athletic trainers, and radiology technologists, we have one of the largest and most comprehensive sports medicine practices in the country.
 

The Kaiser Permanente difference

  • Experts in their field
  • Personalized and connected care
  • Board-certified specialists
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“Our sports medicine expertise combined with our integrated and coordinated approach is a real advantage for our patients both in terms of clinical outcomes and convenience.” 

— Todd Weitzenberg, MD | Regional Co-lead for Sports Medicine


 

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