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Orthopedic Care
When your bones, muscles or joints hurt or don’t function properly, choose Ohio State orthopedic specialists to help get you back to your favorite activities.
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Comprehensive orthopedic care to keep you active for a lifetime
Whether you’re an injured elite athlete or an adult with mobility issues, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio, is the choice for the most advanced orthopedic care available. We’re home to a team of highly specialized orthopedic and sports medicine experts, whose specialization, advanced surgical expertise and innovative treatments allow us to treat everything from routine aches and pains to the most complex orthopedic cases.
We provide many nonsurgical and surgical treatment options to help alleviate pain and restore function that may be caused by injury, trauma, joint infection, or due to the natural aging process. From wide-awake hand surgery and same-day joint replacement to the latest in physical therapy, injections and ultrasound therapy, you’ll receive the most advanced care — tailored for you and your goals. Whether you aim to run a 5K or want to keep up with your grandkids, we’re here to help. Every day, we treat people who are experiencing:
- Pain because of an injury
- Long-term or chronic joint, muscle, bone, tendon or nerve pain
- General upright instability or inability to perform daily functions
- Limited range of motion
- A need for knee, hip or shoulder joint replacement
How to make an appointment or get started with orthopedic care
At the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, scheduling an appointment with a specialist is simple — online or by phone — at any of our conveniently located facilities throughout central Ohio.
Schedule an appointment with a specialist
For injuries that can't wait, Ohio State Orthopedic Urgent Care at the Jameson Crane Sports Medicine Institute provides weekday walk-in urgent care for sports- and activity-related injuries that have occurred within the last two weeks, or you can visit one of our Advanced Urgent Care sites for care on the weekend.
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Where is your bone, muscle or joint pain?
The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center is home to orthopedic specialists and expert surgeons who specialize in each part of the body — head to toe. These musculoskeletal specialty areas include:
Orthopedic treatments for any age, injury or activity level
Sports Medicine
Our sports medicine experts treat athletes and active people at all levels, from professional and collegiate athletes to weekend warriors and those looking to stay moving and independent as they age. For comprehensive care for athletic injuries and orthopedic conditions as well as innovative programs designed for athletes and more, our sports medicine team can help.
Joint Replacement
When joint pain interferes with your daily living and alternative treatment options are no longer working, you might consider joint replacement surgery. Ohio State orthopedic surgeons are leaders in joint replacement and reconstruction surgery for the knee, hip, shoulder and most other major joints, with the option for robotic or same-day joint replacement surgery. From diagnosis through recovery, you’ll receive personalized and compassionate care, to get you better, faster.
Trauma and Fracture
Our orthopedic trauma specialists can handle any type of fracture, in either the upper or lower extremities or the pelvis, including fragility fractures. In addition, we have expertise in coordinating and executing the care for complex or multisystem injuries.
Joint Infection
We’re home to one of the nation’s only programs dedicated to preventing and treating periprosthetic joint infections. Seeing referrals from all over the country, our Musculoskeletal (MSK) Infection Group has spent the past decade improving the treatment of these very serious infections that can be debilitating and life-threatening and require timely interventions.
Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Physical and occupational therapies are an integral part of many people's treatment plans, both as a nonsurgical intervention as well as before and after surgery. Our therapists have special certifications, such as in sports medicine physical therapy or hand therapy, or further training to treat athletes in specific sports, allowing our Orthopedic Rehabilitation Program to be at the forefront of advancements being made in therapy and rehabilitation.
The choice for orthopedic care is clear
When you’re sidelined by pain or injury, there’s one medical team in central Ohio ready to help –– The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Our highly specialized surgeons, physicians and physical therapists combine innovative treatments, unmatched technology and personalized recovery to deliver an elite level of care.
Why choose Ohio State for orthopedic care?
Multidisciplinary approach and subspecialty expertise: Our orthopedic surgeons, sports medicine physicians, physical therapists, radiologists and nonoperative orthopedists are uniquely able to provide a complete team approach for evaluation and treatment of orthopedic injuries. And when your condition goes beyond our expertise, we work closely with other departments across the medical center to get you the care you need. Great examples of that collaboration include our orthoplastics, orthopedic oncology and osteoarthritis teams.
Nationally recognized: Our orthopedic and rehabilitation specialty programs are consistently ranked in the top 10% of all hospitals in the country, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report. We provide effective and personalized care for your bones, joints and muscles.
Trusted by athletes: The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center’s orthopedics and sports medicine programs offer expert clinical diagnostic and treatment options to elite athletes in high school, college and professional and Olympic-level sports. Our providers serve as team physicians at all levels, including for Ohio State Athletics. We bring that same advanced and personalized care to you, to return you to pain-free living.
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