Sports Medicine

AU Health uses the latest options for diagnosis and treatment of athletes, we offer:

• Performance evaluation: You can come to us for an evaluation if you have issues that affect athletic performance.
• Motion analysis and isokinetic testing: We use tools to analyze your body movement. Theses advanced software programs evaluate how well you are moving before and after surgery (or rehabilitation).
• Concussion testing: As a regional concussion center, we use advanced diagnostic software to evaluate head injuries and develop effective treatment plans.
• Orthopaedic surgery: If you need surgery, surgeons can perform both arthroscopic and traditional surgeries, everything from knee and shoulder scopes to total joint replacements.

Our Sports Medicine Programs and Clinics

AU sports medicine programs are designed with the athlete in mind. We know what sports thrive in Georgia and we make every effort to get involved in what is happening around us. Our specialized programs include:

• Athlete’s Heart Program: Together with Augusta University cardiologists, we offer screening to catch heart issues early, so we can treat athletes before it becomes a problem.
• Titleist-certified Golf Rehabilitation: We are trained in prevention and rehabilitation of golf injuries. We offer our expertise to the Augusta University golf team, as well as golfers around the area.
• Football Injury Clinic: On Saturdays, during the high school football season, we send athletic trainers to games treat players with non-emergency sports injuries.
• Sports Outreach Program: AU Health is proud to be the official healthcare provider for many local, regional, and national teams and organizations. 

Augusta University Sports Outreach Program provides certified trainers to meet the needs of athletes throughout the CSRA. Recognized as allied healthcare professionals by the American Medical Association, our professionals work under the direction of a licensed physician, serving at local sporting events, including: 

• Golf tournaments
• Augusta GreenJackets baseball 
• IRONMAN 70.3 Augusta
• Augusta University half-marathon and 10K
• Augusta University Jaguar varsity sports teams
• Colton Ballet
• Tactical athletes (law enforcement and emergency personnel)
• Newman Tennis Center

Augusta University Health has the region’s largest team of certified athletic trainers. Chances are, if your son or daughter plays a sport, the medical professionals you see tending to them are from Augusta University Health.

What makes our athletic trainers stand out

We are not personal trainers, we are licensed allied health professionals, earning a four-year degree and passing a national board examination. We are trained to evaluate, diagnose, treat, and rehabilitate everything from concussions to sprained ankles.

Think of us this way, we are like a physician, a physical therapist, a nurse, and a paramedic - all rolled into one.

What we do

We see patients in our West Wheeler location, but most of the time, we are out in the community - at sports practices, home games, even some away games. We are there to provide quality care and education to athletes so they can perform at their best. Athletic trainers are often an athlete’s main source of primary health care. The following are some of the services we provide:

• Pre-season physicals
• Cardiac screenings
• Teaching athletes the right mechanics to avoid injury
• Concussion education

Building the future of sports medicine

Through our program, athletic trainers are able to teach classes at local high schools. They talk to students about careers in the health field and sports medicine, offering education and advice about a future in this exciting profession.

Every March, more than 200 students get to spend a day at Augusta University Medical Center (AUMC) and will tour the Medical College of Georgia and the College of Allied Health at Augusta University.