The Orthopedic Surgery & Sports Medicine Institute prides itself on giving back to the community they love. A community foundation enables our staff to build relationships with other like-minded organizations to maximize their charitable support. We try to select volunteer activities that draw upon our strengths as specialists gained in sports medicine and orthopedics.
The following are a few of the ways our staff at the Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Institute is involved in giving back:
Ongoing Community Involvement
Saturday Morning Sports Clinic: September, October and November
Every fall, the staff at OSMI hosts a FREE Saturday Morning clinic for student athletes that are injured in school sponsored sporting events. The clinic is open 8am-10am and is first come, first served. This is a great opportunity to get quick x-rays and exams for any Friday night football or other sports injury. Our group is passionate about making sure that all student athletes have access to high quality care and can return to play as soon as possible. We gladly provide services without regard to whether or not the patient is covered by insurance.
Project Access Tarrant County
OSMI also provides free healthcare to those who need it most through Project Access. This is a network of volunteer physicians, partnering hospitals, charitable community clinics, and other healthcare partners who dedicate their time and resources to provide services to underserved patients. Tarrant County residents who don’t have health insurance or government-based healthcare are eligible to participate. Read more about Project Access here.
School Physicals – Preparticipation Physical Examination (PPE)
Taking care of student athletes and giving back to the community are priorities for OSMI. Our surgeons and their assistants donate their time to do annual sports physicals. They typically do more than 2000 free sports physicals each year for high school and junior high athletes. A nominal fee for each physical is charged. OSMI donates that money back to the school’s athletic department or booster club. We believe that the time and resources donated to local training programs will enrich the experience of future athletes, one student at a time.
We partner with the following schools for sports physicals:
- Aledo
- Cleburne
- Crowley
- Kennedale
- North Crowley