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Personalized sports injury care and recovery
Sports medicine at Strive is built for injuries and pain that affect how you move, train, work out, or compete. We evaluate what’s causing the problem, then offer care that may include rehabilitation, activity guidance, targeted treatment, or surgery when needed. Whether the issue started suddenly or developed over time, your concierge care team helps you recover safely and return to the activities you love.
Why Strive Surgical for sports-related pain and injuries
Expertise that understands your sport
Strive’s sports medicine physicians and orthopedic surgeons look beyond the diagnosis to understand what happened, how it has changed your activity, and what you want to return to. Their judgment brings clarity to the problem and keeps your care anchored in your body—not a standard protocol.
Rehabilitation with a purpose
Recovery should lead somewhere meaningful. Your plan begins with the level of care your injury actually needs, then builds toward the demands of your sport or routine. As you respond, your team reassesses and adjusts the work so progress is measured by what you can do, not just whether pain has eased.
Care that helps prevent the next setback
Returning to activity is only part of the work. Your team helps identify the movement patterns and training demands that may have contributed to the injury, then turns those insights into practical guidance for how you train and recover. For eligible procedures, same-day outpatient care may let you recover at home while your team remains involved.
What’s stopping you in your tracks?
Sports injuries can affect any major joint, from the shoulder and elbow to the hip, knee, and ankle. Pain may build through overuse or happen in a single moment. When pain keeps returning, worsens, causes swelling or instability, or changes how you move, we’ll help you understand what’s behind it and what it will take to get moving well again.
Common and complex sports injuries and conditions we treat
A sudden twist, fall, collision, or impact can affect a ligament, tendon, muscle, joint, bone, or cartilage. Strive helps evaluate sprains, strains, fractures, dislocations, labral injuries, and ligament or meniscus tears, using examination and testing when needed to clarify what happened and what should come next.
Pain that builds with repetition can be just as limiting as a sudden injury. Strive evaluates concerns such as rotator cuff irritation, shoulder impingement, tennis or golfer’s elbow, runner’s or jumper’s knee, iliotibial band syndrome, plantar fasciitis, Achilles irritation, shin splints, and stress fractures while considering training load, movement patterns, and recovery.
Injuries involving the knee, elbow, shoulder, hip, or ankle can affect stability, strength, and your ability to trust the injured area. Strive evaluates concerns such as ACL or meniscus tears, rotator cuff problems, elbow-ligament injuries, and Achilles or patellar tendon injuries, then helps match care to the demands of your activity.
Prevention is part of returning to activity well and staying there. Strive can help identify movement patterns, strength or mobility gaps, and training demands that may contribute to recurring problems, then guide you with practical strategies for conditioning, posture, load management, and recovery.
Sports medicine procedures and treatment options
Your treatment plan depends on the injury, how it affects your activity, and what you want to get back to. We use examination and imaging when they add clarity, then begin with the least invasive option that fits. As you heal, your care can adjust—from rehabilitation and activity changes to targeted treatment or surgery when a structural problem calls for it.
Many sports injuries improve with the right support and time. Care may include activity modification, physical therapy, structured rehabilitation, strength and mobility work, bracing, medication, and sports-specific return-to-activity planning. The goal is to help your body heal while rebuilding the strength, stability, and control your activity demands.
When pain or inflammation continues, a targeted treatment may help you move forward without immediately turning to surgery. Depending on your injury and evaluation, options may include image-guided injections, corticosteroid injections, PRP, or other interventional care. Your provider will explain what each option can—and cannot—do for your condition.
Some injuries require a more direct repair when they affect stability, function, or your ability to return safely to activity. When surgery is recommended, options may include minimally invasive or arthroscopic procedures, ligament or tendon repair, cartilage or meniscus treatment, fracture repair, or reconstruction. Your team will explain why surgery is being considered, what alternatives exist, and what recovery may involve.
Frequently asked questions
Find answers to common questions about sports medicine treatment and surgery at Strive Surgical.
Sports Medicine is available at select Strive locations across New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Your care may begin with an office evaluation, where the team will determine whether imaging, rehabilitation, or further care is needed. If a procedure is recommended, your team will help coordinate the appropriate outpatient setting.
Prevention can include building strength and mobility, understanding movement patterns, and addressing recurring pain early. An evaluation can help identify factors that may contribute to an injury and provide guidance tailored to your body, activity, and goals. No approach can eliminate every injury risk, but early attention may help keep a smaller issue from becoming more limiting.
No. Sports Medicine care is for anyone whose pain or injury affects movement or the activities they enjoy, including active adults, weekend athletes, and youth athletes.
Sports Medicine may evaluate injuries and conditions affecting major joints and surrounding tissues, including sprains, ligament and muscle strains, fractures, dislocations, tendon injuries, and overuse conditions. Common areas include the shoulder, elbow, hip, knee, and ankle.
Consider stopping or scaling back an activity if pain is worsening, keeps returning, changes how you move, causes swelling or instability, or follows a new injury. If you’re unsure whether it’s safe to continue, an evaluation can help you understand what’s happening and decide what to do next.
Recovery depends on the injury, the treatment plan, your overall health, and the activities you want to return to. Some injuries improve with nonsurgical care, while others require a longer period of rehabilitation or a procedure. Your team can explain the expected milestones after evaluating your condition.
No. Many patients begin with activity changes, physical therapy, sports injury rehabilitation, bracing, medication, injections, or other nonsurgical support. Surgery may be considered after evaluation when it is the right next step for the injury and your goals.
Sports Medicine care can help address factors that may contribute to recurring injuries, such as strength, mobility, movement patterns, and how you return to activity. While no plan can guarantee that an injury will not happen again, tailored guidance can help you progress safely and make informed choices.
Coverage depends on your insurance plan, the service you need, and where care is provided. Our team can help with the next steps, but your insurance provider can confirm benefits, referral requirements, and any out-of-pocket costs before treatment.
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