Atlantic Sports Health offers a variety of resources for patients who want to know more about injury prevention, training, nutrition and living an active life.
Health Encyclopedia
Learn more about sports medicine by viewing articles, images and news in our health encyclopedia:
- Returning to sports after a back injury
- Sports physical
- Sports cream overdose
- Back pain and sports
- Nutrition and athletic performance
- Concussion
- Sport Psychology
- A Runner’s Guide to Self-Care In These Stressful Times: Maintaining your physical and mental health is good for everybody while we try to flatten the coronavirus curve >
By Selene Yeager, March 20, 2020 - A Cyclist’s Guide to Self-Care In These Stressful Times: Maintaining your physical and mental health is good for everybody while we try to flatten the coronavirus curve >
By Selene Yeager, March 18, 2020
- A Runner’s Guide to Self-Care In These Stressful Times: Maintaining your physical and mental health is good for everybody while we try to flatten the coronavirus curve >
- Stress Fractures
- Stress Fractures- Identify & Manage
By Dean Padavan, April 22, 2020
- Stress Fractures- Identify & Manage
- Tendinopathy
- Overview of Tendinopathy
By Daniel Harrington, DO, Spring 2020
- Overview of Tendinopathy
Important Guidelines for Returning to Sports and Activities
Wednesday, June 24 at 12:30pm — After the last few months it’s understandable we’re itching to restart our old fitness routines or get back to the sports activity we love. But there are some important guidelines to know before hitting the gym or the playing field.
During this Community Conversation, Damion Martins, MD, medical director of Sports Medicine for Atlantic Health System, team physician for New York Jets and a leading voice in the reopening of sports activities, and Matthew Martinez, MD, director of Atlantic Health System Sports Cardiology at Morristown Medical Center, will discuss the latest steps to begin organized sports across New Jersey for student athletes and some general fitness best practices for “weekend warriors” as they return to activity.
Community Conversation: Dr. Damion Martins and Dr. Matthew Martinez
Getting Back Into Sports
Read a blog co-authored by Dr. Martinez in the British Journal of Sports Medicine about the resurgence of sports in the wake of COVID-19 >
New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association: Return to Play Guidelines Phase I >
Sports Medicine Video Series
Expert medical professionals from Atlantic Health System have partnered with Parisi Speed School on an informational video series.
Learn how physicians properly diagnose and treat common sports-related injuries and safely help patients return to activity.
Risk Factors with Early Sports Specialization
In the News
Atlantic Sports Health specialists are regularly featured in national publications that cover sports medicine. Read some of articles in which they were quoted:
- August 10, 2021
Golden opportunity: Olympic athletes like Biles made headlines for mental health, not just medals, and practitioners say that’s crucial victory (ROI-NJ)
- March 17, 2021
This Cyclist Shows That “You Don’t Have to Be Built Like a Stick to Be a Cyclist” (Men's Health)
Webinars: Physician Lectures
Atlantic Sports Health sponsors webinars, where experts in sports medicine lecture on various topics of interest to coaches, athletes and team physicians:
Apple A Day Cafe
Apple A Day, serving Starbucks-brand beverages and meals, is available at:
111 Madison Avenue
Hours: Monday through Friday,
8:00am to 3:00pm
Sports Health Partnerships
