Orthopaedic Urgent Care

Orthopaedic urgent care can be a better, more cost-effective option than emergency room care (unless your injury is life-threatening or severe) because you avoid long waits and potential exposure to sick people. Visit one of our orthopaedic urgent care clinics if you have:

• Sprains or strains
• Broken bones
• Closed fractures (in which the bone does not break the skin)
• Sports-related injuries
• Problems with casts or wound dressing
• Recently painful, swollen, or injured joints
• Neck and low back pain 
• Cuts and lacerations
• Foot and ankle injuries
• Hand and wrist injuries
• Torn ligaments
• Hip pain or injuries, hip bursitis or IT (iliotibial) band pain
• Shoulder dislocation or rotator cuff injury
• Golf or tennis elbow, or other elbow injuries
• Torn ACL, meniscus tear, and other knee injuries, like kneecap fracture or knee dislocation

Seek medical care in the emergency room if you have an open fracture; head or facial trauma; a partial or full amputation; or chest pain. Orthopaedic urgent care is not appropriate for Initial visits following a motor vehicle accident or diagnosed shoulder dislocations.

Convenient Care
Orthopaedic urgent care clinic are open seven days a week to provide:

• Fast service without long waits or unnecessary exposure to contagious illness 
• X-rays and lab tests in one location
• Wound dressing, splints, or casts as needed
• Referrals to an orthopaedic specialist for follow-up

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