Sports Rehabilitation Services for Athletes
The team of specially trained clinical sports medicine rehabilitation specialists at University Hospitals takes a comprehensive approach to athletic rehabilitation. We don’t just focus on a specific injury or condition, but on the whole athlete and their individual goals and objectives.
Your personalized plan may include injury rehabilitation, but also injury prevention, nutrition, sports psychology and sports performance techniques. With specialized physical therapists across a range of athletic categories, including dancers or performing artists and a specialized program for golfers, our team has the experience and expertise to not only care for athletic injuries, but help you enhance your athletic performance.
Comprehensive Care for All Skill Levels – From Pee-Wee to Pro

With expert rehabilitative experience at every skill level, University Hospitals has been selected by some of the most elite – including NFL leadership and the Olympic Committee. We bring that same level of dedicated skill to athletes of any age or skill level, including beginners. Through a full evaluation, our team looks at how a specific condition, such as neck pain, affects other musculoskeletal structures to determine the exact cause of your pain. We work together to resolve any other aspects of a particular complex or common sports injury or condition that affect your overall performance. This comprehensive level of care – from diagnosis through recovery – helps get you back to optimal form and function for all athletic activities, including:
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Cheerleading
- Cycling
- Dancing
- Football
- Golf
- Gymnastics
- Hockey
- Martial arts
- Performance arts
- Rowing
- Running
- Soccer
- Softball
- Tennis
- Volleyball
- Wrestling
Goal Achievement through Dedicated Recovery Planning
Your goals are our goals – getting our patients either back in the game or simply back to playing with grandchildren – through establishing a dedicated and personalized recovery plan. We first talk with patients to establish both physical goals such as increasing range of motion, but we also talk through your personal goals, including limitations such as time or resources. We determine a plan that considers specific patient needs or accommodations.
For our school athletes – from elementary school to Olympic athletes – our team is also able to communicate and coordinate with our certified athletic trainers – right at the local schools – to optimize planning and progress. With our relationships with schools and these skilled athletic trainers, we put a defined communication plan in place that allows timely communication with trainers, coaches, parents and physicians – as athletes progress through our programs so we can monitor and adjust sports rehabilitation and physical therapy, as needed.
Because of our experience over decades of working with a wide range of athletes, we can anticipate issues that may affect recovery. For example, many times post-surgical young women suffer from delayed quad activation after surgery. Because of our extensive experience and specialized rehabilitation knowledge for any orthopedic issue, we are prepared for any consideration – and we adjust our physical therapy programs accordingly. You can be assured that our team takes the right approach for each individual need and monitors your step-by-step progress and personal goals.
This customized approach gives our patients the confidence they need to get better efficiently and effectively. And with a wide range of over 30 outpatient sports rehabilitation center locations across northeast Ohio, our team provides the expert orthopedic and sports medicine rehabilitation you need – with the convenience you want.
Understanding Concussion Injury Significance
In addition to musculoskeletal injury rehabilitation, University Hospitals has a robust program of baseline concussion measurement, called IMPACT testing, so we can better determine the significance of concussions when they occur. If through our specialized concussion therapy, we determine that communication or memory issues may be a factor, we bring in one of our speech and language therapists to participate in a comprehensive plan for recovery. Our entire team of specialists at University Hospitals, including our primary care sports medicine doctors, neuropsychologists and rehabilitation specialists, are ready to help patients of all ages through any level of concussion injury. With specially trained vestibular certified therapists as part of that team, we focus on improving balance and restoring vestibular function that may have been affected through your head injury.
Locations
UH Cleveland Medical Center
Bolwell Health Center
11100 Euclid Ave. Suite 4100 Cleveland, OH 44106
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3999 Richmond Rd. Suite 1600 Beachwood, OH 44122
Get Directions View LocationUH Parma Medical Center Medical Arts Center 4
6115 Powers Blvd Suite 110 Parma, OH 44129
Get Directions View LocationUH Portage Medical Center
6847 N Chestnut Street Suite 100 Ravenna, OH 44266
Get Directions View LocationUH TriPoint Medical Center
7580 Auburn Road Suite 001 Concord Township, OH 44077
Get Directions View LocationUH Rehab Services & Sports Medicine at UH Avon Health Center
1997 Healthway Dr. Suite 202 Avon, OH 44011
Get Directions View LocationUH Independence Health Center at
Park Center Plaza II
6150 Oak Tree Blvd Suite 150B Independence, OH 44131
Get Directions View LocationUH Mayfield Village Health Center
730 SOM Center Rd. Suite 330 Mayfield Heights, OH 44143
Get Directions View LocationUH Mentor Hopkins Health Center
9000 Mentor Ave. Suite 206 Mentor, OH 44060
Get Directions View LocationUH St. John Health Center
26908 Detroit Rd. Suite 300 Westlake, OH 44145
Get Directions View LocationUH Samaritan Richland Health Center
1033 Ashland Rd. Mansfield, OH 44905
Get Directions View LocationUH Sharon Health Center Rehab Services
5133 Ridge Rd. Suite 6 Wadsworth, OH 44281
Get Directions View LocationUH Sheffield Health Center
5001 Transportation Dr. Suite 202 Sheffield Village, OH 44054
Get Directions View LocationUH Suburban Health Center
1611 S Green Road, Suite 036 South Euclid, OH 44121
Get Directions View LocationUH Twinsburg Health Center
8819 Commons Boulevard Suite 201 Twinsburg, OH 44087
Get Directions View LocationUH Elyria Medical Center Rehab Services at North Ridgeville
39000 Center Ridge Rd. North Ridgeville, OH 44039
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OP Rehab North Royalton YMCA
11409 State Rd North Royalton, OH 44133
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2163 Claremont Ave. Ashland, OH 44805
Get Directions View LocationUH Rehab Services & Sports Medicine at T3 Performance
1965 Recreation Ln Avon, OH 44011
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Mandel Jewish Community Center
26001 South Woodland Blvd. Beachwood, OH 44122
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UH offers self-pay services for therapy to prevent injury and enhance performance. Find out more about the available services, how to qualify, and pricing.