With sports, injuries are often part of the game. Pediatric sports medicine specialist Eric Bowman, DO, talks about caring for young athletes as well as Phoenix Children’s growth in the East Valley.
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We tend to really understand that the athlete has a drive to get back. Athletes don't wanna take their time, they want to get out there and they wanna do whatever they can to get out there. And I think as a sports medicine physician, one of the things that I'm trained in is to get those athletes on the field on the court in the water faster but safely, there are certain nuances to pediatric athletes, whether it's growth plate injuries or the development that still occurs as part of their playing process, not to mention the overuse injuries that we just don't see in some of the adult population. And so being able to see someone who's focused in, on understanding those nuanced things for youth athletes and for being able to rehab those youth athletes. I think it's really important for people to understand that there is a difference and, and that's one of the great things we can do here. We have new offices that are opening in all parts of the valley and we have the ability to take care of patients from everywhere, having facilities such as our, our Bellan Park and our East Valley Clinic as, as well as our physical therapy out there. It really does give that ability for patients to have that access, especially in the East Valley. So I think it's really important for pediatricians or referring physicians to, to know that we're here as a support for them. Any time they feel uncomfortable. I think it's really important for them to send them our way. The other thing is if they just have any additional questions or maybe it's beyond what they feel like is their scope of practice. Right. That's what we're here for. We're here to be able to hone in and really see these specific sports injuries and have detailed plans for those patients being able to be there. Is that resource for those referring physicians, I think is a really important thing to do.
