What is Sports Medicine?

Sports medicine is an area of health and special services that apply medical and scientific knowledge to prevent, recognize, manage, and rehabilitate injuries related to sport, exercise, or recreational activity.

From the professional athlete who tears a knee ligament during a game to the weekend recreationalist who wakes up with a sore shoulder, Dr. Vince Dalton with Ortho Virginia provides the highest quality care for athletic injuries. Dr. Dalton himself is an athlete with a passion for soccer. Read about his own achilles heel repair.

No matter what your injury, Dr. Dalton's goal is to see you active, and see you active within a treatment plan that works.

Minimally invasive surgery which also may be known as arthroscopic surgery is one of the fastest growing areas in sports medicine. With special equipment, outfitted with a small camera, Dr. Vincent Dalton is able to make a much smaller incision.

For my patients, smaller incisions mean less time in the hospital, faster healing time, which equals to a faster overall recovery. Most athletes can return to their sport of choice with minimal scarring.

Generally incisions are one half to one quarter inches long. This in comparison to the six to eight inches with open surgery. The camera maneuvered through a much smaller incision allows the Dr. Dalton to view the injury from the inside via a screen in the operating room.