Sports Injuries

Dr Rimmington specialises in all sports injuries to the knee and shoulder. He treats a wide range of athletes across many sports with varied injuries and problems. During his extensive training in Canada in 2006 at the renowned Fowler-Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic,  Dale worked under the supervision of Dr. Peter Fowler a past President of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, as well as other leading surgeons at the Fowler-Kennedy clinic including Prof. Bob Litchfield, Dr. Robert Giffin and Dr. Kevin Willits.

Common sports injuries can include but are not limited to the knee ligaments – anterior cruciate ligament, the posterior cruciate ligament, the medial collateral cruciate ligament, and the lateral collateral ligament. If left untreated they can cause recurrent knee instability preventing a return to rigorous activity, and can continue to “give way” during normal daily activities and cause pain.

Due to the complex and elegant structure of the shoulder joint and the stresses often placed upon it, the muscles and tendons of the shoulder are highly vulnerable to injury. One of the most common injuries occurs to the rotator cuff, a very important structure composed of four tendons that connect the muscles of the shoulder blade (scapula) to the upper arm bone (humerous), and responsible for keeping the shoulder joint stable and allowing flexibility of the arm and the shoulder.