Professional Resources for Sports Medicine

Refer a patient to the Division of Orthopedics: To discuss a potential referral, schedule a comprehensive evaluation or seek a second opinion, please call or contact us online. Our orthopedic specialists are available 24 hours a day/7 days a week.

Post-operative protocols: The Sports Medicine team offers downloadable post-operative protocols to healthcare professionals to assist patients who have had sports injury correction surgeries.

Orthopedics Update: Our newsletter, Orthopedics Update, spotlights new programs, surgical advances and cutting-edge research in the field of pediatric orthopedics and sports medicine. Subscribe online.

Safety in surgery: Safety is the basis of everything we do and every decision we make regarding a child's care. Nowhere is safety more important than during surgery — when patients are often most vulnerable.

Upper Extremities: How to properly perform an upper extremity exam on a pediatric patient, including evaluating for rotator cuff injuries, fractures of the proximal humerus and clavicle, overuse injuries and more.

Back: How to properly perform a back exam on a pediatric patient, including a full assessment of range of motion, muscle strength, and sensory/reflex; and when findings for scoliosis warrant consultation with a specialist.

Hip: Video How to properly perform a hip exam on a pediatric patient, including assessment for Legg-Calve-Perthes disease, slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE), femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) and more.

Hand and Wrist: How to properly perform a hip exam on a pediatric patient, including assessment for Legg-Calve-Perthes disease, slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE), femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) and more.

Knee: How to properly perform a knee exam on a pediatric patient, including assessment for Osgood-Schlatter disease, stress fractures, shin splints, tendonitis, ACL injuries and more.

Foot and Ankle: How to properly perform a foot and ankle exam on a pediatric patient, including assessment for tarsal coalition, neurological conditions, Sever's disease, high ankle sprains, distal fibula fractures and more.

Concussion: How to properly perform a concussion evaluation in children and teens, including a physical exam, taking a history and gathering information about the incident.

Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship: The Sports and Performance Medicine Center in cooperation with Aria 3B Orthopaedic Institute, offers a one-year clinical fellowship in Primary Care Sports Medicine. 

Sports Medicine research: Clinicians in CHOP’s Sports Medicine and Performance Center are actively involved in more than 30 current research projects and clinical trials.

Publications: Review recent publications by the members of the Division of Orthopedics and its partners, the Center for Sports Medicine and Performance and the Center for Thoracic Insufficiency Syndrome.