Sports Injuries

Sports injuries happen at every level — from high school athletes to weekend warriors to farmers and tradespeople whose daily work is physically demanding. What separates patients who recover fully from those who deal with recurring problems is whether the underlying movement dysfunction gets addressed or just the pain.

Screen First, Then Treat

Dr. Britt is certified in the Functional Movement Screen (FMS) — a seven-test movement assessment designed to identify movement asymmetries and dysfunction before they cause injury. For athletes and active patients, an FMS screen tells you exactly where your movement system is vulnerable so you can address it before it sidelines you.

For patients already injured, the Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA) maps where movement has broken down and how it's contributing to the current problem. This matters because injury often creates compensation patterns that outlast the original injury — and those patterns cause the re-injuries that frustrate athletes who "keep doing the same thing over and over."

Sports Injuries We Treat

• Ankle sprains and chronic ankle instability
• Tennis elbow and golfer's elbow (lateral and medial epicondylitis)
• Shoulder impingement and rotator cuff issues
• Runner's knee (patellofemoral syndrome) and IT band syndrome
• Hamstring and quadriceps strains
• Lumbar strains and disc injuries from lifting
• Concussion — post-concussion cervical rehabilitation
• Shin splints and plantar fasciitis

Return to Play

For student-athletes and competitive athletes, getting cleared to return to sport is a clinical decision — not just a pain check. Dr. Britt uses SFMA-based return-to-play criteria that assess whether movement quality has been restored, not just whether pain has resolved. Playing through a movement deficit is how one injury becomes a season-ending one.

For the Non-Athlete

The farmers, loggers, tradespeople, and manual laborers of Steuben County and Tioga County PA put more load through their bodies in a workweek than most athletes do. Sports injury protocols apply directly — find the dysfunction, restore the movement, support the recovery. Your livelihood depends on your body working. We take that seriously.