Does urgent care handle sports injuries?

Yes! Urgent care can handle any kind of sports injury so long as it’s minor. This means that so long as you’re absolutely sure that the injury is not life-threatening, you can go to urgent care for treatment. For instance, minor cuts that need stitches can be handled by urgent care. But for more serious injuries like cuts that are bleeding uncontrollably, you absolutely must dial 911 and go to the ER (emergency room).

You might be thinking that you could go to your primary care physician for common, minor sports injuries, and you certainly can, but urgent care can provide better service in this area. With your primary care physician, you’ll have to make an appointment and accommodate the doctor’s schedule even though your situation is urgent. If you have a minor cut that needs stitches, you’ll want to have it stitched up right away at an urgent care clinic where you won’t even need an appointment for service.

What sports injuries can urgent care handle?

Urgent care clinics like DOC-AID Urgent Care can handle any non-life-threatening sports injury or other kinds of common, minor injury. You’ll be able to walk right in for a same-day, appointment, the clinic will be able to provide urgent care service on the spot, and you’ll be able to go back home and heal quickly.

Here are some examples of the kinds of injuries we can treat at our clinic:

- Strains, like shoulder strains
- Minor sprains, like minor ankle sprains
- Minor muscle tears, such as minor torn shoulders
- Cuts that are bleeding controllably
- Simple wounds, like simple puncture wounds
- Minor fractures, such as hairline fractures
- Mild concussions
- Bruises
- And others

We can take care of any other minor injury, so don’t hesitate to reach out to us for help if you or a loved one is suffering from a minor injury.

How does urgent care treat sports injuries?

With urgent care, you can expect to get patched up properly. With DOC-AID Urgent Care, you’ll be able to get a cast, splint, sling, bandage, stitches, or other treatments to help you heal better. Urgent care doctors are able to reset a dislocation, provide stitches, disinfect a wound, and much more. And here at DOC-AID Urgent Care, our urgent care doctors can even provide you with X-rays from our in-house, state-of-the-art X-ray machine. This will help us make any advanced diagnoses we need so we can provide the best, quickest treatment possible.

Where can I get sports injury treatment in Laredo, TX?

You’ll be able to come right over to DOC-AID Urgent Care for common sports injury treatment with no appointment necessary. You can walk right into our clinic for service, and our clinic doors are open for you and your family Monday through Sunday, 10 am to 8 pm. Come see us today for on-the-spot common sports injury treatment. We serve patients locally in Laredo, Hebbronville, Zapata, Carrizo Springs, Cotulla, Eagle Pass, and throughout the state of Texas via our telehealth option.