The sports medicine specialists at Washington University Orthopedics are nationally recognized for their skill and experience in treating all types of sports injuries. They are focused on delivering the highest-quality advanced clinical care for both high-performance professional athletes as well as for adults and children with sports or recreation-related injuries.

With extensive expertise, our Sports Medicine Service is the “orthopedic practice of choice” for major professional sports teams in St. Louis. Our sports medicine specialists serve as team physicians for the St. Louis Rams football team, the St. Louis Blues Hockey team, and the Saint Louis Athletica women's professional soccer team. Physicians also provide medical coverage and consultation services to athletic teams at a number of local colleges and high schools, including all of the athletic teams at Washington University in St. Louis.

Commonly performed procedures include:

• Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction
• Meniscectomies (removal of damaged knee cartilage)
• Meniscal repairs
• Knee ligament reconstruction and revision
• Rotator cuff repair
• Shoulder instability treatment
• Acromioplasties
• Arthroscopy of knee, shoulder, elbow, ankle, hip

Other more advanced procedures include:

• Cultured chondrocyte transplantation
• Osteochondral plug transplantation