Sports medicine

Whether you’re healing after an injury or want to break through a performance plateau, you’ve found the right team. The sports medicine specialists at Aurora BayCare Medical Center help you set and reach the right athletic goals for you.

Sports medicine: Why choose Aurora BayCare Medical Center?

We designed our training and sports physical therapy programs with athletes of all levels in mind. We offer:

• Skilled providers: Our multidisciplinary team includes athletic trainers, physical therapists and board-certified sports medicine physicians. These experts have extra training in their specialty areas.
• Modern facility: Complete your sports training in our 80,000-square-foot sports medicine facility.
• Collaborative care: If you have a sports injury or condition affecting your movement, get all the care you need at Aurora BayCare. We work closely with our orthopedics team and performance sports training specialists to get you back in the game quickly and safely.

Sports medicine services

Our services help you heal from injury, adapt to challenges and reach your peak athletic performance. We offer:

Sports physical therapy

We treat sport injuries in athletes at any level. Our sports physical therapy services help you recover with exercise programs tailored to your unique needs.

We offer injury-specific recovery programs to help you build strength, power and endurance. Our specialists use technology like blood flow restriction therapy to help you build muscle strength without heavy lifting after injury or surgery. We also use video analysis to assess movement in real time. Our transitional fitness programs offer customized exercise plans to get you back to training and competition. Programs include:

• Lower extremity bridge program
• Upper extremity bridge program
• Transitional personal training
• Transitional performance sports training
• Transitional nutrition and mental performance
• Athletic training services

We also offer dry needling. This service offers restoration and healing after injury or during times of stress.

If you have a head injury, our concussion management team examines you. We also provide pre-season baseline testing for athletes of all ages.

Performance sports training

We offer customized performance sports training to help all athletes meet their performance goals. We work with athletes in every sport, including those who play:

• Baseball
• Basketball
• Football
• Golf
• Hockey
• Soccer

We help increase athleticism in any sport. Our certified performance trainers design specific exercises to improve your:

• Agility
• Balance
• Endurance
• Speed
• Strength
• Power

Fitness and wellness services

We’re with you every step of the way as you strive to reach your personal fitness goals. Our fitness and wellness services help you feel and look your best with:

• Group fitness classes
• Personal training
• Wellness nutrition

Performance testing services

Peak performance begins with assessing your strengths, abilities and opportunities to improve. We help you set the right training goals by observing and testing your:

• Gait: How you walk or run
• Isokinetic strength: The strength of your joint while in motion
• Resting metabolic rate: Amount of energy your body burns at rest
• VO₂ max: The most oxygen you can use during exercise

Our performance testing services include video analysis of throwing, hitting and swing techniques for athletes. We also provide running gait analysis for competitive athletes and bike fitting to increase cycling efficiency. A proper fit ensures better positioning and alignment for improved speed and endurance.

Orthopedics and rehabilitation

An injury or degenerative (wear-and-tear) condition can sideline the most seasoned athlete. Our sports medicine specialists work with our orthopedics care team to stop pain and restore mobility. We offer:

• Aquatic therapy
• Medical fitness
• Orthopedic sports medicine
• Orthopedic rehabilitation
• Personal training
• Sports Transitional programs

Performance sports technology

Our specialists assess your abilities and develop personalized training programs that incorporate advanced sports performance technology. We use:

• Hockey treadmill and high-performance treadmill to improve stride
• Force plates to test lower body strength
• Smartspeed timing system to evaluate speed
• Video systems, including Dartfish™ to assess movement

Free injury assessment

We offer injury assessments to help you get the right care at the right time. Our trainers offer advice to help you heal and specialist referrals when needed.