Dr Weitz is a Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician (CCSP) and he has also worked with many athletes over the years, including a professional basketball team, professional football, baseball, and hockey players, and professional sprinters. Dr. Weitz is well trained to be able to examine and diagnose your sports injury and to play a role in treating the injury, whether it be the spine, the shoulder, the elbow, the wrist, the hand, the hip, the knee, the ankle or the foot. Patients often wonder if they have pain in one of their joints, like their knee, who should they see–their primary care MD, an orthopedic MD, or a Doctor of Chiropractic. Your primary doctor may be a voice of reason but there is little that they can do treatment-wise other than recommend medication or refer you to an orthopedist or a physical therapist. The orthopedic surgeon, of course, is an expert at assessing such injuries, esp. if you are looking for a surgical approach to your problem. The advantages of seeing a Doctor of Chiropractic, like Dr. Weitz, is that not only is he a trained expert at examining and diagnosing sports injuries, and he can prescribe x-rays or MRI, but he can also provide some hands-on treatment to promote healing and reduce pain during the same visit. Such conditions may include rotator cuff tendinitis and impingment of the shoulder, tennis or golfer’s elbow, carpal tunnel syndrome of the wrist, hip flexor tendinitis, hip impingement, knee sprain or strain, patella tendinitis of the knee, ankle sprain, achilles tendinitis, and plantar fascitis of the foot. Other common conditions that we treat include temporomandibular joint syndrome (TMJ) and rib misalignment/strain.