OrthoCarolina Sports Medicine
As one of the nation’s most comprehensive Sports Medicine groups, with decades of experience in treating sports-specific injuries and disorders, OrthoCarolina is your destination for comprehensive orthopedic care.
Headlined by the NFL’s Carolina Panthers and Charlotte area public and private high schools, our specialists are proud to have been selected as the official team physicians for an all-star list of organizations.
So, whether a professional or weekend warrior, the goal of OrthoCarolina’s Sports Medicine group is to help you return to, and even surpass, the level of athletic performance at which you performed prior to the injury.
Actively involved in research, our surgeons routinely perform some of the most innovative surgical procedures in sports medicine.
Conveniently located, with Sports Medicine offices across the Carolinas, our physicians look forward to treating you with the highest level of professional care.
Most Frequently Asked Question: Ice Or Heat?
PROBABLY THE MOST FREQUENTLY ASKED question regarding sports injuries is, “When do I use ice and when do I use heat, and with which injuries do I use which?” It is fair to say that most people will use ice following their initial injury and after a few days begin to use heat to treat the injury.
Ankle Strengthening
Ankle strengthening can be a very important factor in healing ankle injuries. Four main strengthening exercises include eversion, dorsiflexion, inversion and plantarflexion.
Ankle Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation of your ankle(s) after an injury will focus on the achievement of the following goals: obtaining normal range of motion, obtaining normal strength, and obtaining normal control/proprioception.
Achilles Tendon Exercises
Heel cord (Achilles tendon) and calf muscle stretching exercises are very important. These exercises should be performed for at least five minutes twice a day. You cannot stretch too much.
Treating Plantar Fasciitis
Although improvement typically takes 8 weeks or more, improvement was seen in more than 80% of patients with chronic plantar
fasciitis in a randomized study.
