Duke Sports Medicine offers the best clinical treatment -- including physical therapy and surgery -- for people of all levels of athletic skill who want to be more active than their medical condition allows.

From the professional, collegiate, and high school athlete to the weekend warrior or senior athlete, individuals of all ages can benefit from Duke's services.

We treat conditions due to injury, disease, or to the normal process of aging or disuse that affects the ability to participate in sports or exercise or to simply maintain an active lifestyle.

Our focus is on those injuries affecting the musculoskeletal system, particularly those involving the knee, shoulder, ankle, and elbow.

Also offered:

• Treatment for medical illnesses related to sports activity
• Physical therapy services
• Surgical treatment
• Injury-prevention and sports-performance training incorporating the latest research from The Michael W. Krzyzewski Human Performance Research Laboratory (K-Lab) and the Duke Sports Performance Program

Duke's Sports Medicine Center also offers the highest quality services for women's sports medicine, pediatric sports medicine, sports psychology, primary care/non-orthopaedic related medical care, and rheumatology care.

Duke Sports Medicine has a 70-year history as a national leader in the treatment of professional athletes as well as non-professional and recreational athletes.