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New England Baptist Hospital DOES NOT have an emergency department or urgent care centers.

Sports Medicine

Sitting on the sideline with an injury can be painful and frustrating for any athlete. When you have a sports-related injury, you need high-quality expert care.

As the only area hospital that specializes exclusively in orthopedic and musculoskeletal care, we are 100% devoted to getting you back into the game—and keeping you there.

Clinicians at the NEBH Sports Medicine Center offer more expertise than any other group in New England. Our mission is to deliver the highest quality sports care—through patient education, communication and service—tailored to each individual’s needs and goals. We treat professional and elite athletes including the World Champion Boston Celtics, World Cup soccer players, and Olympic athletes. This same high level of care is also available to amateur and recreational athletes, at our facilities conveniently located in Boston, Chestnut Hill, and Dedham.

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Managing Injury

When you are injured, you don’t have time to sit on the sidelines. The Sports Medicine program at NEBH offers patients a complete experience where all of their needs can be met in one place, from physician consultations to imaging, surgery, and rehabilitation.

Imaging

Imaging plays an integral role in identifying injury and getting athletes on the road to recovery. The imaging program at NEBH is proud to offer:

Highest Quality Sports MRI and CT
New England Baptist Hospital employs the highest resolution imaging with specialized protocols specifically tailored for the evaluation of sports injuries.

Experienced Physicians in Image Guided Injections
Experience matters. Our radiologists perform a high volume of arthograms and image guided interventions. The Baptist’s radiologists specialize in image guided therapies and minimally invasive interventions throughout the musculoskeletal system.

Sports Medicine Imaging Experts
Our fellowship trained radiologists are national leaders in the field of sports injury imaging.

Caring for the Boston Celtics
For over 30 years, New England Baptist Radiology has provided diagnostic and therapeutic imaging services to the Boston Celtics. When you have your imaging exam or injection performed at the Baptist you will receive the same expert care given to these elite athletes.

Surgery

Many orthopedic conditions can be treated without surgery. However, when you and your doctor decide that surgery is the best option, you want to go to the hospital that performs more orthopedic surgical procedures than any other hospital in New England.

NEBH is focused solely around the needs of orthopedic patients. Dedicated sports medicine specialists are available to support you as you prepare for, undergo and recover from your surgery.

Contributing to our expertise in orthopedics is the fact that we’re pioneers in patient safety. Patient safety is in our history and a part of our culture. All hospitals are monitored for potential safety issues like infection, surgical errors, hygiene, skin breakdown and patient falls. You should know that regardless of the issue, New England Baptist Hospital maintains superior rankings above national norms on every criteria measured.

Physical Therapy

As a center of excellence for the treatment of sports related injuries, NEBH offers a comprehensive, progressive and proactive approach to rehabilitation. Every patient, whether recovering from a surgery or rehabilitating an injury, receives personalized attention and a customized therapy plan that is sure to yield excellent results. Our outpatient physical therapists are caring professionals who are top in their field.

Some of the most frequently treated disorders include:

  • Rotator cuff pathology/repair
  • ACL reconstruction
  • Foot and ankle sprains, tendonitis, plantar fasciitis
  • Frozen shoulder
  • Tennis elbow
  • Knee sprains
  • Patella-femoral pain
  • And many other disorders and conditions

NEBH offers patients personalized attention with generous therapist to patient ratios.

W.T. Nessa Center for Sports Cardiology

The W.T. Nessa Center for Sports Cardiology at the New England Baptist Hospital is a comprehensive cardiac center for the evaluation and treatment of athletes.

The Center offers pre-participation evaluations for:

  • Professional Athletes
  • College Athletes
  • High School Athletes
  • Anyone age 15 or older who wants to participate in sports
  • Athletes who develop cardiac symptoms during sports participation
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