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Services & Specialties

Women's Sports Medicine Center

  • Exercise Related Injuries
    Diagnosis and treatment of injuries to the shoulder, knee, elbow, hip and spine

  • Orthopedic Surgery

  • Exercise-Related Medical Problems
    Although sports medicine often involves the care of muscles and joints injured during activity, there are also medical issues that affect one’s ability to exercise safely and effectively. These include overtraining, the Female Athlete Triad, exercise-induced asthma, diabetes, recurrent stress fractures, exercise during pregnancy, post-partum and through menopause.

  • Sport Psychology
    Are you sidelined with an injury and frustrated about your forced inactivity? Do you want that competitive edge provided by performance enhancement techniques designed to improve your focus and confidence? Our clinical psychologist was an All-American athlete and coach, so she understands what you’re going through and has special training to help you get back on track.

    Performance Enhancement
    Performance enhancement is designed to help athletes increase their ability to improve performance, reach full potential, and have more fun. Learn specific tools, such as concentration and anxiety control, self-talk, goal setting, relaxation, and mental imagery, to improve your confidence and performance.

    Injury Recovery
    Athletic injury can be devastating to an active or competitive individual. Much of the recovery process is focused on physical rehabilitation, often overlooking the psychological repercussions. Learn to use imagery to recover lost practice time, explore and understand your emotions following injury, and come back psychologically stronger than ever.
  • Fitness Services

    Exercise Consultation
    Meet with an exercise physiologist to review or design a personalized fitness program that meets your fitness goals, integrates with your lifestyle and provides maximum results with minimum risk of injury.

    Cardiovascular Fitness
    Evaluate your cardiovascular fitness during a progressive exercise challenge on a treadmill or bicycle ergometer. Learn your VO2max, maximal heart rate and other indicators of aerobic fitness which can help you optimize your endurance training. (You must pass certain screening criteria.)

    Body Composition
    Curious about your body fat percentage? Need guidance in establishing realistic weight goals? Determine your current levels of fat and lean body mass through a skinfold caliper test performed by a skilled exercise physiologist.

    Flexibility and Strength
    Range of motion tests for important joints and muscles in the body will help you design an effective stretching program. Selected strength tests can detect muscle weakness or imbalance. A postural evaluation by the physical therapist also provides clues about body symmetry, strength and flexibility.
  • Nutrition Services
    Our nutritionists are trained to give you the assistance you need to improve your nutrition knowledge and eating habits in understandable terms. They will work with your food preferences, physical activity profile and lifestyle to design a nutrition program that satisfies your taste buds and your nutrition needs! Receive up-to-date information about the latest nutrition breakthroughs or fads. Get the important nutrition advice you need from a professional, in a friendly, informative atmosphere. Optimal nutrition is a way of life, NOT a diet!
    Comprehensive diet treatment is available for:
    • sports nutrition
    • pre-competition, competition and recovery nutrition
    • disordered eating
    • osteoporosis prevention and treatment
    • weight management
    • fluid strategies for hydration and energy
    • nutritional supplements/ergogenic aids
    • vegetarianism
    • high-energy snacking
    • general health and well-being
    • cholesterol, diabetes or high blood pressure management
  • Physical Therapy
    Our senior physical therapist, who also works in Hospital for Special Surgery's Rehabilitation Department, provides home programs and evaluations for physical therapy at the HSS Sports Medicine, Performance and Research Center.

  • Workshops on fitness training, injury prevention, nutrition and other topics of interest to active girls and women
    We can design programs to meet the needs and interests of your group. Email us at womensport@hss.edu to inquire about seminars for your school or organization. Sample workshops include: Power Eating; Strength and Flexibility Training; Exercise for Couch Potatoes; Body Image and the Media; Shop Sports: Shop Smart; Fitness, Food and Attitude; Grab and Go: Healthy Eating on the Run; Fitting In Fitness; and more!

  • Learning How Your Body Can Best Perform
    Whether you're a couch potato or serious competitor, there are many ways to improve your health and energy, reduce your risk of injury and achieve optimal performance. Let our staff help you incorporate these strategies into your game plan.
    • Optimize your training regimen. Learn about cross training, using different exercise modalities, hard and easy days and, especially, recovery time!
    • Provide your body with the nutrition and fluids you need for the energy to train and compete, or just make it through a long day!
    • Learn and use mental preparation techniques such as mental imagery, goal-setting, concentration and anxiety management.
    • Increase your muscle strength, using techniques to engage your core, improve your balance and promote whole body functional strength.
    • Improve your skills through good coaching and practice.