Sports Medicine

Children’s Orthopaedic physicians understand the demands that sports place on young athletes and the importance of age-appropriate care. Our specialized physicians blend their skills in sports medicine and their unique knowledge of pediatric growth and development to provide comprehensive care for the young athlete who has sustained an injury.

Experience and Expertise

Our sports physicians are fellowship-trained in pediatric and adolescent sports medicine. This training emphasizes focused expertise to maximize recovery in young athletes who sustain injuries.

Our sports physicians are experts in cutting edge techniques in sports surgery for children, adolescents, and young adults. They are trained in arthroscopic and minimally invasive techniques of the hip, knee, ankle, shoulder, and elbow. They also have extensive experience in the treatment of all fractures sustained during athletic activity.

Pediatric and Adolescent Sports Medicine Program

Drew E. Warnick, M.D. is the surgical director of the Pediatric and Adolescent Sports Medicine program at All Children’s Hospital. This program was developed to meet the special needs of children and teens with sports injuries. This comprehensive center for pediatric and adolescent sports medicine is the only sports medicine program in the Tampa Bay area focused solely on the care of young athletes.

Sports medicine services include:

• Comprehensive diagnosis and treatment of all athletic injuries in children, adolescents, and young adults.
• Cutting edge techniques in sports surgery for children and adolescents
• Extensive experience in the treatment of all fractures sustained during athletic activity.
• Age-Appropriate and injury-specific rehabilitation protocols designed to help athletes return to sports participation in a timely manner.

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Sports Specialists