About Sports Medicine
Whether your favorite sport is soccer or snowboarding, OPA’s experts are standing on the sidelines—often literally—to ensure that you and all the athletes in your family can perform at your best, even if an injury has put you on the bench temporarily.
The OPA team includes Alaska’s leading sports medicine specialists and offers some of the latest, most advanced treatment procedures available today.
OPA treats a wide variety of conditions and offers comprehensive treatment options — including many non-surgical solutions, minimally invasive, and total joint replacements. All treatments work to restore pain-free function that allows patients to lead active, fulfilling lives, be it walking pain-free or getting back into athletic action.
Common Conditions
Our team specializes in treating a wide variety of sports injuries including:
Common Treatment Options
There are several surgical and non-surgical treatment options to help patients recover from injury or increase mobility and quality of life. These may include Physical Therapy, Home Exercise, Medication or Lifestyle Modification.
Patients at OPA enjoy individualized care and the support of a whole team of sports medicine specialists all working get you back into and at the top of your game, including:
- Alaska’s leading sports medicine physicians with advanced training, certifications and experience in the field — many of whom are athletes themselves.
- Physical therapists with extensive sports medicine experience and expertise to get athletes and active people back in action.
- Certified athletic trainers working full time in the public schools and throughout the community to prevent and treat athletic injuries, coordinate follow up care, and work with coaches and parents to ensure safe return to play.
