Shoulder and elbow care

UAB Sports & Exercise Medicine and UAB Orthopedic Surgery work together to provide complete care for shoulder and elbow conditions, from arthritis, fractures, ligament tears, and tennis/golf elbow to more serious diagnoses that require surgery or even joint replacement. Our team approach brings together experts in several medical and surgical specialties, and they work together to develop the most effective care plans for each individual patient, including recovery and rehabilitation.

Our services are provided at multiple convenient locations and delivered by experienced, fellowship-trained physicians and surgeons. They use the most advanced technology and procedures to improve or restore function and reduce pain, based on the latest research.

The conditions treated and services provided include:

Shoulder

• Rotator cuff tears
• Shoulder replacement for arthritis, or as revision surgery
• Labral injuries/tears, including SLAP lesions (superior labrum anterior-posterior)
• Fractures
• Dislocation/instability
• Proximal biceps tendon injuries/tears
• Impingement
• Frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis)
• Bursitis

Elbow

• Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis)
• Golfer’s elbow (medial epicondylitis)
• Arthritis and instability
• Biceps/triceps tears
• UCL injuries (ulnar collateral ligament)

Our providers participate in clinical trials to study promising new therapies, so patients may have access to treatments not available elsewhere. Our providers serve as team physicians for several local high school, college, and professional sports teams.

To make an appointment or for more information, please call 205-930-8339.

Care Providers

Thomas Evely, DO Orthopedic Sports Medicine, Orthopedic Surgery Will Brabston, MD Orthopedic Sports Medicine, Orthopedic Surgery Walter Smith, MD Orthopedic Sports Medicine, Shoulder and Elbow Orthopedic Surgery, Sports Medicine, Orthopedic Surgery Amit Momaya, MD Sports Medicine, Orthopedic Sports Medicine, Orthopedic Surgery Megan Allmendinger, CRNP Orthopedic Surgery Steven Brown, MD Pediatric Sports Medicine, Orthopedic Sports Medicine, Non-Operative Orthopedics, Sports Medicine Calvin Spellmon, Jr., MD Family Medicine, Sports Medicine John Lax, MD Aerospace Medicine, Family Medicine, Sports Medicine Matthew Miesch, MD Non-Operative Orthopedics, Pediatric Sports Medicine, Sports Medicine, Orthopedic Sports Medicine, Family Medicine Ian McKeag, MD Family Medicine, Sports Medicine Joseph Coppiano, MD Family Medicine, Sports Medicine Jeremy Towns, MD Non-Operative Orthopedics, Orthopedic Sports Medicine, Sports Medicine Dale Colorado, DO, MPH Orthopedic Sports Medicine, Sports Medicine, Non-Operative Orthopedics, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Johan Latorre, MD, MS Orthopedic Sports Medicine, Non-Operative Orthopedics, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Christopher Grijalba, DO Family Medicine, Sports Medicine

Related Specialties

• Orthopaedic Services
• Sports & Exercise Medicine