UAB Medicine Orthopaedics Urgent Care Clinic
UAB Hospital-Highlands, 2nd floor
Inside the Orthopaedics Clinic
1201 11th Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35205
Inside the Orthopaedics Clinic
1201 11th Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35205
Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Friday, 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.
No appointment necessary
UAB Medicine’s Orthopaedics Urgent Care Clinic provides fast and convenient urgent care for a wide range of orthopaedic conditions, including:
- Sprains/strains
- Possible bone fractures
- Sports-related injuries
- Painful and/or swollen joints
- Foot, ankle, hand, and wrist injuries
View the chart below to decide if UAB Medicine’s Orthopaedics Urgent Care Clinic can help with your condition.
| Injury / Condition | Visit Orthopaedics Urgent Care | Visit Emergency Room |
| Chest Pain | X | |
| A bone, joint, or muscle injury that occurred within the past few days | X | |
| Possible sprained ankle or foot | X | |
| Possible broken bone | X | |
| Sprained knee | X | |
| Injury to hand, wrist, or shoulder | X | |
| Swollen joint | X | |
| Sports injury | X | |
| Recent back pain | X | |
| Animal bites | X | |
| Burns | X | |
| Head injury / concussion | X | |
| Work-related injury | X |