Sports Medicine

The Division of Sports Medicine at Children's Hospital Boston provides comprehensive assessment, treatment and follow-up care to children, adolescents and young adults with sports-related orthopedic injuries.

A highly-skilled team of orthopedic surgeons and sports medicine physicians work with physical therapy staff to develop long-term treatment and activity plans. In addition, the Division has developed innovative pre-participation evaluation programs and injury prevention strategies.

On April 17, 2012, our director, Dr. Lyle J. Micheli, participated in the STOP Sports Injuries live webcast from DePuy Mitek in Raynham, MA. Dr. Micheli, along with 4 other orthopaedic sports medicine specialists, spoke about the background of the STOP Sports Injuries campaign, overuse injuries and prevention techniques, knee overuse injuries, and shoulder and elbow overuse injuries. CLICK HERE to watch this informative webcast. Please share this with your parents, athletes, and coaches.

The Sports Trauma and Overuse Prevention (STOP) Sports Injuries campaign was initiated by the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) in early 2007. The initiative not only raises awareness and provides education on injury reduction, but also highlights how playing safe and smart can enhance and extend a child's athletic career, improve teamwork, reduce obesity rates and create a lifelong love of exercise and healthy activity. 

Dr. Pierre d'Hemecourt discussed the risks of children carrying heavy backpacks in the New York Times. Find out what these risks are and how to reduce the load. Also read about how digital textbooks could possibly ease these backpack pains.

The Sports Concussion Clinic at Children's Hospital Boston is under the direction of William Meehan, MD.  If you think you or your child has recently sustained a sport-related concussion, please contact the office ASAP at 781-216-1328.

Thursday, March 8 was Brain Injury Center Night at the Boston Bruins game. The Brain Injury Program at Children's Hospital Boston received funding from NESN, The Bruins Foundation and Hess. Watch Dr. Meehan's interview during the game where he talks about defining and diagnosing concussions. 

The program's director, Lyle J. Micheli, MD is one of the world's leading authorities on sports care. He has treated world-renowned dancers and professional athletes, and is the author of hundreds of published clinical studies and scholarly review articles and books.