UCSF Sports Medicine is launching a new series of continuing medical education videos. The first series will be on Primary Care Sports Medicine: Upper Extremity.

Part 1: Top Shoulder Problems in Primary Care: Raise Your Arm If You Want to Know More - Christina Allen, MD

Part 2: Rotator Cuff Tears: What Is the Evidence? - Brian Feeley, MD

Part 3: LIVE ON SCREEN DEMONSTRATION: How I Do a 5 Minute Comprehensive Exam of the Shoulder - Brian Feeley, MD

Part 4: Rheumatology vs Ortho: How Do You Tell? - Andrew Gross, MD

 

Sports Medicine Rehabilitation Resource Guide
The purpose of UCSF Sports Medicine Rehabilitation Resources Guide is to provide patients with instructional videos and downloadable instructions (PDFs) on how to perform at-home exercises as prescribed by your provider. If you have any questions regarding what is most appropriate for you, please contact your physician at UCSF Sports Medicine at (415) 353-2808 or leave a message for your provider on UCSF My Chart.

Surgical Animations

Please check our library of surgical animations which are specifically designed to help you better understand your particular procedure. The use of surgical animation allows us to present procedures in an easy-to-understand format.

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RunSafe is a sports wellness program for runners focusing on personalized health advice, injury prevention, and performance enhancement.

Using assessment and monitoring tools, along with a trusted network of experts, RunSafe provides runners with practical advice on the best practices to help runners achieve their individual goals.

RunSafe engages runners into a comprehensive system for practical behavior change and continued motivation. The program was designed for running athletes of all levels, focusing on injury prevention and biomechanical analysis.

Knowing how to prevent running injuries and practicing safe training methods are the best strategies to running effectively.

Signing up for a RunSafe Assessment at UCSF is simple, and can be done in a few steps:

1. Create an account atwww.irunsafe.com

2. Complete your basic information and verify your email address by clicking on the confirmation link in your email.

3. Log in to your RunSafe profile and click “register for an assessment.” Enter your goals, and select UCSF as your RunSafe Center.

Sports concussion program In collaboration with clinicians from UCSF Medical Center, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital and Zuckerberg San Francisco General, we are among the nation’s top experts on concussion and brain injury. A concussion -- an injury to the brain caused by a blow to the head, neck, or body -- can lead to significant symptoms, and require immediate recognition and proper management. Our multidisciplinary team is comprised of experts from many different fields, including sports medicine, physical medicine and rehabilitation, neuropsychology, neuroradiology, neurology and neurosurgery. Because of this combined expertise, we have the ability to evaluate, diagnose and manage any level of brain trauma. Our mission is to help families safely return their kids to school and sports after concussion.

PlaySafe Sports Medicine program PlaySafe is a non-profit community outreach program run by the Sports Medicine Division at the UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. Its mission is to provide a safe and positive environment for athletic pursuits, to facilitate access to the highest quality sports medicine care, and to encourage physical and mental growth by empowering student-athletes to lead balanced, physically active lifestyles.

Sports Medicine Center for Young Athletes
Our pediatric-trained orthopaedic specialists work together to provide young athletes with specialized and coordinated sports medicine care. We understand how a growing child’s bones are different from an adult’s bones in how they fracture and how they heal.

• We are a team of board-certified and fellowship-trained physicians from multiple disciplines, including orthopaedic surgery and primary care sports medicine — making us the region’s most comprehensive sports medicine and orthopaedics group specializing in young athletes.
• Our team works with all levels of young athletes, from recreational to elite. Our physicians provide care for Bay Area sports clubs as well as UC Berkeley athletic teams, U.S. Olympians, and Paralympians.
• Each year, our orthopaedic team attends to more than 13,000 patient visits and performs over 1,000 surgeries, bringing together the latest techniques, research, and technology to provide the best care for our patients.

Download: Center for Sports Medicine for Young Athletes Guide

Clinical Research
Located at the Orthopaedic Institute at Mission Bay, the UCSF Sports Medicine Clinical Research Group performs research on prevalent disabling conditions such as rotator cuff tears, shoulder arthritis, ACL injuries, and running injuries.

Methodologies employed include: health policy analysis, clinical trials, cohort and case control studies, systematic reviews, and radiographic analyses.

Recent published clinical studies include:

• Evaluation of cost-effectiveness of hip arthroscopy for labral tears and early hip arthritis
• An assessment of patient factors that relate to graft choice for ACL surgery
• Treatment of clavicle fractures Operative and non-operative treatment of proximal humerus fractures

Current clinical studies include:

• Prospective and retrospective outcomes of shoulder replacements
• Evaluation of outcomes following reverse shoulder replacement
• Evaluation of gait in runners
• Outcomes of rotator cuff tear surgery
• Outcomes of clavicle fractures

For more information regarding clinical studies, please contact us.

Basic Science Research
Understanding biomechanics and basic science behind athletic injuries is a major goal of the Sports Medicine Basic Science Research Group. By studying molecular pathways and basic biomechanics behind different injury patterns, researchers are working on developing techniques to improve outcomes following surgeries for conditions, such as cartilage injury, rotator cuff tears, and ACL injuries.

Our research has been published in many peer reviewed journals and presented at national meetings including the AAOS Annual Meeting and the ORS Annual Meeting. Funding has been received from the NIH, AOSSM, OREF, and UCSF Academic Senate.

Research studies include:

Rotator Cuff Injuries: Drs. Brian Feeley, Hubert Kim, and Xuhui Liu are evaluating the muscle changes that occur after rotator cuff tears.

Rotator cuff MRI showing muscle atrophy and fatty infiltration: Current research focuses on determining the molecular changes that result in muscle atrophy and fatty infiltration after these rotator cuff tears.

Biomechanics: Drs. Jeffrey Lotz and Brian Feeley using novel biomechanics tools to test new developments in ACL reconstruction techniques, evaluate outcomes knee injuries, and evaluate new treatment strategies for knee ligament injuries.

Cartilage injury and repair: The development of post-traumatic arthritis following intra-articular fracture (fractures that go through the joint) remains an unsolved problem facing orthopaedic surgeons. Dr. Hubert Kim, MD, PhD, is studying the role of programmed cell death, or apoptosis of the chondrocyte (cartilage cell), in the development of post-traumatic arthritis.

For more information, contact us.

Imaging Research
Current studies include:

ACL reconstruction
In collaboration with the musculoskeletal radiology imaging group at UCSF, the sports medicine faculty has developed innovative techniques to follow cartilage injuries following ACL reconstruction. Under the direction of Dr. C. Benjamin Ma, MD, current research focuses on using high resolution MRI to evaluate knee kinematics following ACL reconstruction and cartilage injury.
Meniscus tears
Dr. Christina Allen and Dr. Richard Souza received the OREF/Goldberg Research Grant in Arthritis to study high resolution quantitative imaging of patients following meniscus tears. The goal of the study is to determine the effects of meniscal injury, menisectomy, and meniscus repair on the development of early knee osteoarthritis. Cartilage health
Dr. Brian Feeley and Dr. Daniel Thuillier have performed high resolution MRI imaging on patients with early patellofemoral pain and found that the cartilage in the overloaded area has higher cartilage injury scores, suggesting that patella tilt and patellofemoral pain may lead to early osteoarthritis. Dr. Anthony Luke has performed MRI imaging elite marathon runners to evaluate how running affects cartilage health. For more information, contact us.