Helping You Do What You Enjoy
At Entira Clinics, we have an “entire-care” philosophy that focuses on our patients’ overall health, including a focus on what improved health and functionality means for our patients. This includes treatment and prevention of sports-related acute injuries as an aspect of our patients’ overall health, working together to facilitate a return to an active lifestyle that includes engaging in enjoyable athletic activities.
Sports Injury Treatment
We have a Board Certified Sports-Medicine Physician who treats acute injuries involving bones, muscles, joints, and soft tissue such as:
- Back pain
- Broken bones
- Concussion management
- Separated shoulder
- Sprained ankles
- Strained muscles
- Torn ligaments
We also offer ultrasound-guided targeted treatments for a wide range of injuries and conditions. The end goal of treatment is to get our patients back to a level of physical health that allows them to return to sports participation and a more active lifestyle.
Injury Prevention and Sports Physicals
We approach sports physicals as thorough, periodic health evaluations as well as risk-based screening examinations. Sports physicals are generally for organized school sports and community sports, but they can also be used as a check-up before starting an exercise program.
The Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) requires a physical evaluation before participation in sports at the high school level.
MSHSL Sports Qualifying Physical Exam
Sports Psychology and Kinetic Chain Dysfunction
We take a holistic approach to the physical and mental issues associated with sports injuries. Our providers have extensive training dealing with overuse injuries aka Kinetic Chain Dysfunction. As part of our comprehensive care, we often incorporate osteopathic manipulation to address and correct imbalances within the kinetic chain.
Kinetic Chain Dysfunction includes three body systems: muscles, nerves and joints. Treating Kinetic Chain Dysfunction involves correctly identifying what movement is causing the injury and making corrections to avoid further overuse, providing an opportunity to heal with the goal of returning to sports and other physical activities.
We also work with patients to empower performance enhancement through Kinetic Chain Utilization. Examples include correcting a pitcher’s throwing motion to create more power without placing additional strain on bones, muscles and ligaments or changing a runner’s stride to increase speed.