Central Florida access
Physmedi has offices in Orlando, Clermont, and Kissimmee. Clinician and sports-medicine availability may vary by location. Our team must confirm the appropriate office after reviewing the request.
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Sports Medicine in Central Florida
Pain or an injury can make it harder to train, compete, exercise, or stay active. Physmedi uses a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) approach to understand the problem, how it affects movement and function, and which next steps may be appropriate.
- Function-first evaluation
- Sport and activity goals
- Secure request review
Request an AppointmentRefer a PatientSubmitting a request does not schedule or confirm an appointment. Our team reviews your information before offering appointment options.
Who may benefit from a sports medicine evaluation?
An evaluation may be appropriate when pain or a movement problem affects exercise, recreation, training, competition, work, or another physical activity.
- Pain that began suddenly during a sport, workout, or physical activity
- Pain that developed gradually with repeated movement, training, or overuse
- Swelling, stiffness, weakness, or reduced range of motion
- Difficulty running, jumping, throwing, lifting, reaching, gripping, or changing direction
- Symptoms that return when activity intensity or training volume increases
- Trouble progressing back to an activity after an injury
- A prior injury that continues to limit strength, confidence, endurance, or movement
- A need to understand reasonable activity goals and next steps
You do not need to be a competitive athlete to have an activity-related concern. These examples do not establish a diagnosis or confirm that Physmedi is appropriate for every age, injury, sport, or level of participation. The right next step depends on your history, examination, records, symptoms, and care needs.
What is sports medicine?
Sports medicine addresses health concerns related to sport, exercise, and physical activity. Musculoskeletal sports injuries involve structures that support movement, including muscles, tendons, ligaments, bones, joints, and nearby soft tissues.
Some injuries happen suddenly, such as after a fall, twist, collision, or forceful movement. Others develop gradually when repeated activity or increasing demands place more stress on a body area than it can tolerate.
An office-based sports medicine evaluation can consider both the medical problem and the activity a person wants or needs to perform. Requesting an evaluation does not guarantee a diagnosis, specific treatment, clearance, or return to a previous level of sport.
When to seek urgent help: This appointment-request pathway is not urgent or emergency care. Seek prompt medical attention for severe pain, swelling, or bruising; inability to bear weight or use the injured area; an obvious deformity; a joint that appears out of place; or an open injury. After a head impact, call 911 or go to an emergency department right away for a worsening headache, repeated vomiting, seizure, slurred speech, unusual behavior or worsening confusion, weakness or numbness, loss of consciousness, extreme drowsiness, or inability to wake. If a neck or spine injury is suspected—especially after significant trauma with new weakness, numbness, paralysis, or loss of bladder or bowel control—call 911 and do not move the person unless immediate danger exists. Do not continue a sport or exercise through severe or worsening injury symptoms while waiting for a routine appointment.
What Physmedi may evaluate
Depending on your concern and evaluation, services available through Physmedi may include:
- How and when the problem began, including changes in activity, technique, equipment, surface, training volume, or intensity
- Where symptoms occur, what movements reproduce them, and how they affect daily activity or sport
- Review of relevant medical history, medications, prior injuries, treatment, imaging reports, and test results
- A focused examination that may consider movement, posture, range of motion, strength, joint stability, sensation, balance, or activity-specific function
- Consideration of whether a muscle, tendon, ligament, joint, bone, soft-tissue, spine, or nerve-related problem may be involved
- Discussion of practical goals, such as walking, exercising, returning to a recreational activity, or resuming part of a sport safely
- Recommendations for additional records, diagnostic testing, rehabilitation, specialist input, or other care when clinically appropriate
Not every patient needs imaging or another test. Some injuries require urgent treatment or evaluation by orthopedics, a surgical specialist, emergency medicine, primary care, neurology, or another clinician.
An office evaluation does not mean that Physmedi provides surgical care, sideline or team coverage, event clearance, medication, therapy, imaging, an injection, a procedure, or another specific treatment.
Planning a return to activity
Returning to activity is an individualized process, not a promised date. The appropriate pace depends on the suspected injury, symptoms, healing, examination findings, activity demands, prior injury, and response as activity increases.
A clinician may consider factors such as pain and swelling, movement, strength, balance, endurance, confidence, and the ability to tolerate activity-specific tasks. Depending on the findings and services available through Physmedi, next steps may include education, temporary activity changes, rehabilitation, exercises, protective equipment guidance, or coordination with another clinician.
Returning too quickly can worsen symptoms or contribute to another injury. No webpage can provide individual clearance, and no evaluation can promise that a patient will return to the same activity, timeline, or level of performance.
What to expect
Before an appointment is offered
Our team reviews your secure request. We may ask for recent office notes, imaging or test reports, prior treatment information, insurance details, a referral, or authorization before offering appointment options.
During the evaluation
Your clinician may ask about the activity, how the symptoms began, what movements change them, and what you want to return to doing. Depending on the concern, the examination may assess movement, range of motion, strength, joint or soft-tissue findings, sensation, balance, or selected functional tasks.
After the evaluation
Your clinician will explain the findings and discuss reasonable next steps. Those steps may include education, activity guidance, rehabilitation, review of existing studies, additional testing when appropriate, or coordination with another clinician. The evaluation does not promise clearance, a diagnosis, or a particular treatment.
How to prepare
Please have the following information available, if it applies:
- When the problem began and whether it followed a specific injury or developed gradually
- The sport, exercise, work task, or activity involved and any recent change in training volume or intensity
- The movements that reproduce symptoms and what makes them better or worse
- How the concern affects sleep, work, daily activity, training, or participation
- A current medication and allergy list
- Relevant office notes, imaging reports, laboratory results, or prior test reports
- Previous therapy, exercises, bracing, medications, injections, procedures, or surgery and how you responded
- Your insurance information and any referral or authorization required by your plan
- One or two realistic activity or function goals that matter to you
Bring records rather than relying on memory when possible. Do not stop or change a medication unless the prescribing clinician has instructed you to do so.
A function-focused care team
A physiatrist is a physician who specializes in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Physiatrists evaluate how an injury, illness, or condition affects movement, function, and participation in daily life.
For activity-related concerns, the PM&R approach connects the history and medical examination with the movement demands and goals that matter to the patient. Depending on the findings and services available through Physmedi, care may involve rehabilitation planning, activity guidance, diagnostic evaluation, or coordination with primary care, therapy, orthopedics, a surgical specialist, or another clinician.
This page describes office-based evaluation only. It does not represent on-field, sideline, event, team, emergency, or surgical coverage. The goal is an individualized plan based on clinical findings; complete recovery, return to sport, performance improvement, and a particular timeline cannot be promised.
Locations, insurance, and referrals
Insurance and authorization
Coverage, referral requirements, and prior authorization vary by health plan and service. Benefits and requirements may be reviewed before appointment options are offered, but verification does not guarantee coverage or payment.
For medical offices: Please send the reason for referral and relevant records. Helpful items may include injury history, activity limitations, recent office notes, medication and allergy lists, imaging or diagnostic reports, prior treatment, operative reports when relevant, and insurance or authorization information. Use the secure referral pathway.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to be a competitive athlete?
No. Sports medicine can address concerns related to exercise, recreation, training, or another physical activity. Whether Physmedi is the right fit depends on your age, symptoms, records, medical history, and whether the service is appropriate and available through Physmedi.
Do I need imaging before requesting an appointment?
Not necessarily. Many evaluations begin with a history and physical examination. If you already have relevant imaging or reports, submit them through the approved secure workflow. The clinician determines whether additional testing may be useful.
Will this visit clear me to return to a sport or activity?
Not automatically. Return-to-activity decisions depend on the injury, symptoms, examination, activity demands, progress, and other clinical information. A request or evaluation does not confirm clearance, a return date, or return to the same level of participation.
What records should I provide?
Helpful records may include recent office notes, imaging reports, test results, operative reports, a medication and allergy list, and information about prior therapy, bracing, injections, procedures, or surgery. Our team may request other records based on your concern.
Does submitting a request confirm an appointment?
No. Submitting the form begins a secure review. Our team reviews the information before offering appointment options.
Will I receive an injection, medication, therapy, or procedure?
An evaluation does not mean that you will receive a specific treatment. Recommendations depend on the history, examination, records, expected benefits and risks, authorization requirements, and the clinician’s judgment.
Request a sports medicine appointment
Tell us what you are experiencing, which activity is affected, and what you hope to return to doing. Our team will review your secure request and explain what is needed next.
Request an Appointment
Submitting a request does not schedule or confirm an appointment.
Medical office? Send a secure referral.
Already a patient? Use the Patient Portal.
This information is educational and does not replace individualized medical advice. Do not use this page or the appointment-request form for urgent or emergency care. If you believe you may be experiencing a medical emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department.
