UI Sports Medicine, urgent care clinics provide easy access in Cedar Rapids

Orthopedic injuries and complaints – those involving the bones, muscles, ligaments, nerves, or tendons – make up an average of 15-20% of all primary care, urgent care, and emergency medicine visits. That number can be even higher for children, with doctors reporting musculoskeletal injuries and complaints making up around 40% of all pediatric visits, says Ashlee Enzinger, MD, FAAP, CAQSM, a doctor in University of Iowa Sports Medicine Clinic–Cedar Rapids, IA.

 It's one reason she says she’s grateful her sports medicine clinic shares space with UI Urgent Care–Cedar Rapids.

“This shows a huge need for having musculoskeletal specialists located on site and sharing workspaces with emergency rooms or urgent cares, since they are the ones initially receiving these patients,” Enzinger says. “Because of the proximity of our sports medicine clinic with UI Urgent Care–Cedar Rapids, we can often see patients more quickly, giving them better access to care. This allows us to provide real-time recommendations for care until we can facilitate getting them to another UI Health Care orthopedic specialist or surgeon for further care.” 

Hope Breitbach knows firsthand the importance of having collaborative medical care in one convenient location.