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Who
can benefit from sports medicine?
Anyone who considers himself or herself an active person
- The recreational athlete
- The industrial or occupational athlete
- College athletes
- Middle school and high school athletes
- Club sports participants (running, hockey, biking,
swimming, etc.)
- The retired exerciser
- Professional and Olympic athletes
What
services are available?
Acute injury assessment (including x-ray available on premises)
Counseling/Medical Guidance:
- Nutrition/supplements
- Treatment of eating disorders (anorexia/bulimia/overeating)
- Diabetic athletes
- Pregnant athletes
- Depressed, anxious athletes
- High-altitude training/sports participation
Assessments for those beginning an exercise program
Pre-participation physical exam (high school, college,
etc.)
Sport-specific performance enhancement:
- Running analysis
- Swim flume stroke analysis
- Lactate thresholds
- Submaximal/maximal EKG-graded exercise
stress testing
Computerized gait analysis/orthotics
Medical coverage at sporting events
Training room consultations for high school and college
athletes
Free Saturday morning injury clinic during football season
(excluding cost of x-rays and supplies used)
Our
goals
- To provide the best comprehensive sports medicine care to
the community
- To keep athletes healthy and injury-free,
and to improve their performance
- To help injured athletes return to play
safely and quickly
- To educate local athletes, coaches, and the medical
community on fundamental sports medicine issues
- To provide the best academic environment to our sports
medicine fellows
Where
do Memorial Sports Medicine Institute physicians see patients?
The Memorial Sports Medicine Institute is conveniently located in downtown
South Bend in the Memorial Leighton HealthPlex, 111 W. Jefferson,
Suite
100.
Free parking is available in the HealthPlex parking garage (enter from Michigan
Street).
We also see patients:
- At local high school games and practices (e.g. football,
basketball, wrestling)
- In local high school and college training rooms
- At the Sunburst Marathon at the University of Notre Dame
- At the National Youth Sports Program
- With the Michiana Marlins swim team
- In our performance labs
- At national and international-level sporting
events
What
is the South Bend Sports Medicine Fellowship Program?
The South Bend Sports Medicine Fellowship is a collaborative academic
teaching program between Memorial Hospital & Health System and
Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center.
The program accepts only two graduates from family medicine residencies
each year who learn about all aspects of primary care sports medicine
through attending lectures, seeing patients, covering games and
tending training rooms. The University of Notre Dame has
joined in the education of these fine physicians by allowing
them to work with the sports medicine doctors and athletes
at the university.
To make a referral or to make an
appointment,
call the Memorial Sports Medicine Institute at
(574) 289-4SMI (4764)
Sports Medicine
Institute Main Page
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