Sports Medicine Patient Education and Materials

General Pre-operative Patient Education (.pdf)

Discharge education for patients:

Patient Education

  • For high-quality information from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons about your injury or potential procedure, visit: orthoinfo.aaos.org
  • To view surgical animations of your potential procedure, visit the patient education resource presented by the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine: sportsmed.org/about-us/patient-resources/surgical-animations
  • Follow the link below to learn more about physical medicine and rehabilitation doctors and the conditions they treat: aapmr.org/about-physiatry/conditions-treatments
  • To see examples of physical examinations of the hip, back, knee, or shoulder, view the popular educational videos by Dr. Hutchinson published in conjunction with the British Journal of Sports Medicine: youtube.com/user/BJSMVideos