Why Visit a Sports Medicine Physician

You don’t have to be a pro-athlete to need the care of a highly trained Sports Medicine physician. As adults who want to maintain an active lifestyle and enjoy their activity of choice, injuries may occur. Today we see more and more sports related injuries from a population that exercises more and is active longer. Whether a serious athlete, a high school student participating on multiple teams, or the weekend warrior enjoying your favorite activity, injuries can occur and when they do you want the best physician available to get you back in the game.

Tidewater Ortho has 2 of the best Sports Medicine physicians on the Peninsula. Fellowship trained and board certified in Sports Medicine, our physicians are the team physicians for the Apprentice School, Hampton University and Hampton City Schools. The newest techniques in treatments have been brought to Tidewater Ortho by Dr. Nicholas Sablan who was fellowship trained at Kerlan-Jobe in Los Angeles and an assistant team physician for the LA Lakers, LA Dodgers, LA Kings and the PGA tour. Dr. Colin Kingston is board certified in Sports Medicine having received a Certification of Additional Qualification in Sports Medicine.

To learn more about new techniques in ACL repair read the article “Articular Cartilage Injuries and Treatment Options” in Volume 2, Issue 2 of Orthopaedics: A Tidewater Update