Fairfield Sports Medicine Physicians
Orthopaedic Specialty Group specializes in providing comprehensive sports medicine services including the diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of athletic injuries. Regardless of the level of the athlete (recreational, high school, college, even professional) Orthopaedic Specialty Group strives to provide the highest quality, state-of-the-art health care services. A testament to the quality of our sports medicine program is the large number of high-level athletes that we’ve successfully treated and returned to peak performance.
Our sports medicine physicians are board-certified orthopaedic surgeons. We take a comprehensive approach to treating sports injuries, which includes superior diagnostics, physical therapy, pain management, and the latest surgical techniques.
Our goal is to assist patients in their quest to return to the games they love. Quickly and safely.
OSG: Advanced Orthopedic Care with a Personal Touch
A multidisciplinary approach holds game-changing potential for optimal management and care of patients with musculoskeletal conditions. This approach is indispensable in treating sports injuries and revitalizing an athlete for peak performance.
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Meet Our Primary Care Sports Medicine Physicians:
Rizwan S. Ahmad, MD
Brett M. Carr, DC, MS
Dina Elnaggar, MD, MS, CAQSM,
Troy A. Glaser, DO
Jean-Paul Lucke, MD, CAQSM
Bryan E. Sage, MD CV
Frequently Treated Problems
- Dislocations, instability, labral tears
- Rotator cuff injuries, impingement syndrome, calcific tendinitis
- Biceps tendinitis
- Acromioclavicular joint arthritis/dislocations
- Frozen shoulder/joint stiffness/adhesive capsulitis
- Throwing shoulder/overhead athletes
- Tennis Elbow
- Golfer's Elbow
- Distal biceps tears
- Thrower injuries/UCL (Tommy John ligament) tears/instability
- Labral tears/femoral acetabular impingement (FAI)
- Trochanteric bursitis/gluteus medius tendon tears
- Hamstring tendon tears
- ACL tears
- Meniscal Tears
- Cartilage injuries/osteochondral defects
- Sprains
- Instability
- Cartilage injuries/osteochondral defects
- Clavicle fractures
- Tibial plateau fractures
- Multi-ligament injuries
Our Services
- Arthroscopy
- Rotator cuff repair
- Labral repair/reconstruction
- Biceps tenodesis/tenotomy
- Distal clavicle excision
- Capsulotomies
- Clavicle fracture repair
- Arthroscopy
- Tennis elbow surgery
- Distal biceps tendon repair
- Ligament repair/reconstruction
- Arthroscopy
- Labral repair/FAI surgery
- Gluteus medius tendon repair
- Hamstring repair
- Arthroscopy
- ACL reconstruction
- Multiligament reconstruction
- Meniscal repair
- Fracture Surgery: arthroscopic assisted and open procedures
- Osteochondral autograft/allograft transfer (OATs)
- Autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI, MACI)
- Microfracture
- Sports bracing - custom and off the shelf
- Sports rehabilitation
- Platelet-rich plasma (PRP)
- Stem cells (adipose, bone marrow, amniotic)
- Viscosupplementation
