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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.

Sports Concussion Clinic
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 recentlyed sustained a sport-related concussion, please contact the office ASAP at 781-216-1328.
What's New
Platelet Rich Plasma
We are now considering the latest in tendon regeneration with the application of Platelet Rich Plasma. This process has been popular in Europe and has been getting a lot of attention in the United States to enhance tissue regeneration in difficult to heel areas such as tendons. There are many healing growth factors normally in our platelets. The process involves drawing off the patients own blood and isolating the platelets that contain these growth factors. This is then injected into the affected areas with ultrasound guidance. Examples would incude degeneration of the achilles, tennis elbow and patella tendonosis that do not respond to traditional management of physical therapy and activity modification.
This special procedure is performed by Pierre d'Hemecourt, MD under ultrasound guidance.
Featured Staff
Boston's Top Doctors 2009
Lyle J. Micheli, MD, Director of the Division of Sports Medicine and Mininder S. Kocher, MD, MPH, Associate Director of the Division of Sports Medicine have been listed in Boston's Top Doctors for 2009. Dr. Micheli is listed under Sports Medicine and Dr. Kocher under Orthopaedic Surgery. The list will be published online in early January 2010.
Expert Staff
Dr. Micheli with patient 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.

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preventing back injury, consequences of steriod use, common dance injuries and issues in children's sports. eClinic

August 2009 Knee1 Hero
Q&As regarding Dr. Micheli's career as an orthopaedic surgeon and information about the knee. Knee1 Hero

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