Sports Medicine at Prisma Health – Columbia and Greenville, SC (2024)

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As the official team doctors for the Clemson Tigers, USC Gameco*cks and many other local teams, we can give you and your family the same sports medicine excellence we provide top athletes.

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Advanced orthopedic surgery and sports medicine

We provide care for every level of activity, from high-performance athletics to recreational sports for people of all ages. Our experienced teams in Greenville, Lexington, Spartanburg and Sumter work together to get you back to feeling good, meeting your goals and doing what you love. Our procedures and treatments include:

  • Evaluation, treatment and prevention of sports injuries, including ACL surgery repair (anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction), rotator cuff repair, and Tommy John UCL reconstruction surgery.
  • Minimally invasive surgery for shoulders, elbows, hands, hips, knees, ankles.
  • Physical therapy and rehabilitation.
  • Performance-boosting training centers, including treadmill pools, biomechanics equipment and motion analysis.
  • Pediatric sports medicine expertise.

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Official team doctors

Prisma Health serves as the official team physiciansfor the USC Gameco*cks and Clemson Athletics.

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We're proud to partner with the Clemson University and University of South Carolinaathletics programs.


Prisma Health providers are on the sidelines every day taking care of our players, andproviding the same exceptional care for everyone across the Midlands and Upstate.

Official team physicians for Newberry College Athletics

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Clinical excellence

Team doctors for local college, high school and recreational teams.

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Most preferred in the region

Highest volume of orthopedic procedures and rated 9 out 10 in patient satisfaction.

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Leading-edge expertise

As an academic teaching healthcare organization, our doctors have the latest knowledge and technology to care for you.

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Advanced performance centers

Sports performance and other results-focused facilities.

Innovative treatments for all ages

Our sports medicine physicians perform the following:
  • ACL surgery (anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction)
  • Arthroscopy – elbow, wrist, hip, shoulder and knee scope
  • Cartilage reconstruction and repair
  • Hip preservation surgery
  • Meniscus repair and transplantation
  • Non-operative management of sports injuries, including concussions
  • Rotator cuff repair
  • Shoulder stabilization
  • Tommy John ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) reconstruction surgery

Convenient hours and walk-in care

Extended hours and weekend appointments with our sports medicine specialists are available at some locations across South Carolina. For urgent care of sports injuries or joint pain, walk into one of our full-service sports medicine clinics.

Columbia, SC (Midlands region): Orthopedics Convenient Care – Northeast

Greenville, SC (Upstate region): Steadman Hawkins SHIFT Clinic

Lexington, SC (Midlands region): Orthopedics Convenient Care – Lexington

Apex Athletic Performance

Led by Prisma Health Orthopedics physicians, personal trainers, physical therapists, certified strength and conditioning coaches, nutritionists and researchers, our athletic training and sports performance programs in Columbia and Lexington, South Carolina, help prepare athletes physically and mentally for intense competition.

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Women's sports medicine

Our Women’s Sports Medicine and Musculoskeletal Health Program at Prisma Health is a collaborative group of providers from multiple disciplines in the Greenville area (Upstate region) of South Carolina who support and meet the musculoskeletal needs of active and athletic women of all ages and all levels of performance.

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Athletic training

Our athletic trainers can be found in middle and high schools across the Midlands and Upstate regions of South Carolina in addition to local and regional colleges. We are responsible for approximately 38,000 high school student athletes and provide services to eight NCAA Division I, Division II and NAIA institutions.

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Conditions treated

We provide a full range of orthopedic surgery and sports medicine services in Greenville, Lexington, Spartanburg and Sumter, South Carolina, regions to help you at every stage of life.

  • Carpal tunnel syndrome
  • Hand pain
  • Sports concussions
  • Gluteus medius tear
  • Hip arthritis
  • Hip dislocation
  • Hip impingement
  • Hip labral tears
  • Snapping hip
  • Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries
  • Collateral ligament sprains
  • Iliotibial band friction syndrome and greater trochanteric bursitis
  • Jumper's knee (patellar tendonitis)
  • Knee pain
  • Meniscal injuries
  • Multiple ligament injuries
  • Osgood-Schlatter disease
  • Osteoarthritis of the knee
  • Osteochondral injuries
  • Patellofemoral stress syndrome
  • Posterior cruciate ligament ruptures
  • Achilles tendonitis
  • Ankle sprains
  • Calcaneal Apophysitis (Sever’s disease)
  • Compartment syndrome
  • Hip labral tear
  • Shin splints
  • Stress fractures in the female athlete
  • Turf toe
  • Adhesive capsulitis
  • Impingement syndrome
  • Labral (SLAP) tears of the shoulder
  • Rotator cuff tears
  • Scaphoid (navicular) fractures of the hand and wrist
  • Shoulder instability
  • Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis)

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