Women's Sports Medicine

Women's Sports Medicine

Get female-focused sports medicine care from experienced providers who help you stay active.

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Why choose UCSF Health for women's sports medicine?

Our women's sports medicine program is the only one of its kind on the West Coast. We recognize the unique needs of female-identifying athletes of all ages and skill levels. Our specialists help you recover safely after an injury and achieve peak athletic performance.

Our sports medicine physicians are female athletes themselves and international leaders in sports medicine. We tailor treatments and care to support your performance – whether you're an elite or recreational athlete.

Women's sports medicine services

You get whole-person care from our women's sports medicine team. Our experts include:

  • Orthopedic surgeons

  • Primary care sports medicine specialists

  • Dietitians

  • Athletic trainers

  • Physical therapists

  • Sports psychologists

Whether it's a sprained ankle or torn ACL, we provide complete injury care to help female athletes heal:

  • Injury prevention. We provide holistic education, including nutritional and bone health guidance, to prevent injury. Our team also helps you strengthen muscles, refine movements and support your joints to prevent overuse or acute injuries.

  • Nonsurgical therapies. You work with primary care sports medicine specialists who help you reduce injury risk, stay active and achieve peak sports performance. We explore medications and orthobiologic treatments to help you heal.

  • Surgical treatments. Our female orthopedic surgeons are all athletes and understand the significance of recovering well after a sports injury. We use minimally invasive techniques tailored to the female body to treat knee, hip, elbow and shoulder injuries.

We help you perform your best with personalized, whole-person care:

  • Sports performance analysis. Get running assessments and performance evaluations at our Human Performance Center. We offer recommendations to help you improve your capabilities.

  • Athletic training. You can work with athletic trainers to recover from an injury, recondition your body or reach elite performance goals.

  • Sports nutrition. Get tailored dietary recommendations from our dietitian, who specializes in performance nutrition.

  • Sports psychology. Our sports psychologists help women athletes at all levels overcome mental blocks after an injury, manage performance anxiety and improve overall well-being.

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Recognized excellence in orthopedic care

Our patient-centered orthopedic care has earned us top accolades.

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Women's sports medicine care

We provide personalized sports medicine care to female-identifying athletes of all ages and ability levels.

Meet our experts

Watch UCSF providers talk about their own sports backgrounds and how they help patients return to the activities they love.

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