Orthopaedics

The orthopaedic doctors at UAB St. Vincent’s provide personalized care for bone and muscle injuries, joint pain, and conditions such as arthritis. They help children and adults of all ages live and move with less pain and get back to doing the things they love.

They start by listening to you, to understand how pain, injury, or illness is affecting your life. Then, they work with you to create a personalized care plan. The treatments and services they offer include:

• Medication therapy
• Minimally invasive outpatient surgery
• Non-surgical injections and other treatments that help injuries heal faster
• Orthopaedic surgery, including total and partial joint replacement
• Rehabilitation and recovery care
• Exercise physiology and sports performance

Joint and spine pain

Arthritis in the joints or spine conditions like scoliosis (a significant curve in the spine) can lead to chronic pain. Age and injury often cause hip, knee, or shoulder pain.

Our orthopaedic and sports medicine doctors provide a range of surgical and non-surgical treatment options. Many of our doctors specialize in care for a specific part of the body, such as hips, knees, shoulders, spine, and hands.

When surgery is recommended, our orthopaedic surgeons are experienced in minimally invasive techniques that require only a few small incisions (cuts), which can shorten recovery time compared to more traditional procedures. Our range of orthopaedic surgery care includes:

• Ankle and foot reconstruction
• Hand surgery
• Hip and knee replacement surgery
• Knee surgery for torn ligaments
• Pediatric bone tumors and deformities
• Shoulder repair
• Spine surgery and scoliosis care
• Trauma and reconstruction surgery for bone fractures

Orthopaedic rehabilitation and recovery programs

Orthopaedic rehabilitation care is provided by our team of physiatrists, physical therapists, and occupational therapists. They help you recover and move better while also managing pain and helping you prevent reinjury.

We provide care for many conditions, including:

• ACL tears
• Ankle and foot problems
• Arthritis
• Back pain
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Elbow or shoulder pain
• Hand and wrist pain
• Hip pain or knee pain
• Muscle weakness
• Sciatica nerve pain
• Shin splints
• Work-related injuries

Sports injury specialists and athletic trainers

Our sports medicine doctors specialize in non-surgical care for concussion, sports injuries, and illnesses that are common in athletes of all ages and skill levels. Our athletic trainers focus on preventing injury and provide injury care to individuals as well as sports teams.

We also offer sports performance programs, conducted by exercise physiologists and specialists in sports nutrition and sports psychology. We help active teens and adults excel in their sport using personalized exercise and training programs.