Primary Care Sports Medicine

Athletes of all levels, whether children, middle-aged, or senior citizens, rely on healthy bones, joints, muscles, and ligaments to stay active. Primary care sports medicine is a specialty field where physicians not only have a keen understanding of musculoskeletal injuries, but also the expertise of how athletics can affect any aspect of the human body.

At Eastern Oklahoma Orthopedic Center, our primary care sports medicine specialists are leaders in the field of sports medicine; they are involved in education, research, and hands-on field experience. Through advanced fellowship training and a gained clinical skill-set, our primary care sports medicine team provides the highest level of care to athletes of all ages, sports, and levels of competition.

At Eastern Oklahoma Orthopedics, our primary sports medicine physicians specialize is all aspects of medicine as it relates to the athlete and sports participations. Whether an acute, chronic, or overuse injury, our specialized team has the knowledge to evaluate, diagnose, and develop a strategic, individualized plan, focusing on the use of nonsurgical, conservative treatment methods. With an emphasis on rehabilitation modalities, casting techniques, bracing, medication, and injections, our specialists’ goal is to return athletes to their previous levels of activity.

In addition to their role as sports medicine specialists, our physicians are leaders in orthopedic education. At Eastern Oklahoma Orthopedic Center, we provide fellowship training in sports medicine and primary care sports medicine. To learn more about our fellowship program, click here. 

The following Eastern Oklahoma Orthopedic Center physicians specialize in primary care sports medicine:

• T. Jeffrey Emel, M.D.
• Steven R. Hardage, M.D.
• Ryan A. Pitts, D.O.
• Thomas J. Kern, M.D.