Skip to main content

Common Diagnoses and Treatments

The following is a list of common diagnoses and the non-operative and operative treatments for these conditions. These injuries can be secondary to trauma, overuse or repitition, or have a completely insidious onset. This is not a complete list of orthopedic injuries, but a list of common sports conditions best treated by a specialist in sports medicine and arthroscopic surgery.

Knee Diagnoses

Meniscal Tear

  • Non-surgical Treatment: physical therapy
  • Surgical Treatment: Arthroscopic Surgery

ACL Tear

  • Non-surgical Treatment: physical therapy, bracing
  • Surgical Treatment: ACL Reconstruction

PCL Tear

  • Non-surgical Treatment: physical therapy, bracing
  • Surgical Treatment: PCL reconstruction

MCL Tear

  • Non-surgical Treatment: physical therapy, bracing
  • Surgical Treatment: MCL repair

LCL Tear

  • Non-surgical Treatment: physical therapy, bracing
  • Surgical Treatment: LCL reconstruction

Osteoarthritis

  • Non-surgical Treatment: physical therapy, injections
  • Surgical Treatment: LCL reconstruction

Patella Pain

  • Non-surgical Treatment: physical therapy, bracing
  • Surgical Treatment: Patella Realignment Surgery

Patella Tendon Rupture

  • Surgical Treatment: Patella Tendon Repair

Quadricep Tendon Rupture

  • Surgical Treatment: Quadricep Tendon Repair

Shoulder Diagnoses

Impingement

  • Non-surgical Treatment: physical therapy, injections
  • Surgical Treatment: Arthroscopic Surgery

Rotator Cuff Tear

  • Non-surgical Treatment: physical therapy, injections
  • Surgical Treatment: Arthroscopic Repair

Labral Tear

  • Non-surgical Treatment: physical therapy
  • Surgical Treatment: Arthroscopic Repair

Frozen Shoulder

  • Non-surgical Treatment: physical therapy, injections
  • Surgical Treatment: Arthroscopic release

Dislocation

  • Non-surgical Treatment: physical therapy
  • Surgical Treatment: Arthroscopic Stabilization

Osteoarthritis

  • Non-surgical Treatment: physical therapy, injections
  • Surgical Treatment: Arthroscopic surgery, Joint replacement surgery

AC Joint Pain

  • Non-surgical Treatment: physical therapy, injections
  • Surgical Treatment: Arthroscopic Distal Clavicle Resection

Elbow Diagnoses

Tennis Elbow

  • Non-surgical Treatment: physical therapy, injection
  • Surgical Treatment: Tendon Debridement

Biceps Rupture

  • Non-surgical Treatment: physical therapy
  • Surgical Treatment: Biceps Repair

Ulnar Nerve Entrapment

  • Non-surgical Treatment: physical therapy
  • Surgical Treatment: Ulnar Nerve Transposition

UCL Tear

  • Non-surgical Treatment: physical therapy
  • Surgical Treatment: UCL reconstruction

Golfer’s Elbow

  • Non-surgical Treatment: physical therapy
  • Surgical Treatment: Tendon Debridement

Hip Diagnoses

ITB Syndrome

  • Non-surgical Treatment: physical therapy

Athletic Pubalgia

  • Non-surgical Treatment: physical therapy

Groin Strains

  • Non-surgical Treatment: physical therapy

Piriformia Syndrome

  • Non-surgical Treatment: physical therapy

Hamstring Tear

  • Non-surgical Treatment: physical therapy

Osteitis Pubis

  • Non-surgical Treatment: Physical therapy, injections

Labral Tear

  • Non-surgical Treatment: Physical Therapy
  • Surgical Treatment: Arthroscopic Surgery

Back Diagnoses

Cervical Strain

  • Non-surgical Treatment: physical therapy

Scapula Dyskinesis

  • Non-surgical Treatment: physical therapy

Thoracic Strain

  • Non-surgical Treatment: physical therapy

Lumbar Strain

  • Non-surgical Treatment: physical therapy

Disk Herniations

  • Non-surgical Treatment: physical therapy, injections
  • Surgical Treatment: Spinal Surgery