Growing athletes are different from adult athletes due to their unique needs and athletic demands that can make their bodies more susceptible to injury and overuse. Our highly skilled team of sports physical therapists understand the unique physical, mental, and emotional challenges facing young athletes.
Children’s National Hospital offers highly specialized sports physical therapy for young athletes at the Fight For Children’s Sports Medicine Center. We provide sport-specific and athlete-specific rehabilitation following injury or surgery to help student-athletes regain strength, mobility and confidence as they heal and return to the sports and activities they love as quickly and safely as possible.
Highlights of our sports physical therapy program include:
During your child's initial visit, they will receive one-on-one care with a licensed sports physical therapist who will:
After your clinical evaluation, your sports physical therapist and sports medicine team will:
The Fight for Children Sports Medicine Center is the only facility of its kind dedicated to kids in the Washington, D.C., region. It offers a full range of sports medicine programs specifically for the young athlete – from clinical care and top-of-the-line imaging to sports physical therapy, athletic training, and 3D motion capture and analysis.
Highlights of the technology that we use in our program includes:
For questions about Sports Physical Therapy or to schedule an evaluation or visit, please call us at 301-576-2000.
The Fight For Children Sports Medicine Center services include pediatric and adolescent sports physical therapy and rehabilitation in a state-of-the-art gym, sports performance and injury prevention programs, sport-specific motion analysis for performance improvement and clinical gait analysis.
Fox 5's Claire Anderson learned about the physical therapy options offered at the Fight For Children Sports Medicine Center, as she interviewed Nathalia Conover, PT, DPT, clinical program manager, Sports Medicine Physical Therapy at Children's National, and Kevin McGuinness, PT, DPT, SCS, CSCS, sports medicine physical therapist.
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Nathalia Conover Clinical Program Manager, Sports Medicine Physical Therapy
Briana Crowe Sports Medicine Physical Therapist
Kevin McGuinness Sports Medicine Physical Therapist