{"id":129,"date":"2015-04-03T00:43:10","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T00:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.marketingbydata.com\/?page_id=129"},"modified":"2017-07-26T20:35:41","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T20:35:41","slug":"sports-medicine-physician","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.schechtermd.com\/dev\/sports-medicine-physician\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Medicine Doctor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#547aa5&#8243; inner_shadow=&#8221;on&#8221; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; allow_player_pause=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;off&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;on&#8221; make_equal=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_header admin_label=&#8221;Fullwidth Header&#8221; title=&#8221;Sports Medicine Physician | David Schechter, MD&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; header_fullscreen=&#8221;off&#8221; header_scroll_down=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;off&#8221; content_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; image_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_button_one=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing=&#8221;0&#8243; button_one_use_icon=&#8221;default&#8221; button_one_icon_placement=&#8221;right&#8221; button_one_on_hover=&#8221;on&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing_hover=&#8221;0&#8243; custom_button_two=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_letter_spacing=&#8221;0&#8243; button_two_use_icon=&#8221;default&#8221; button_two_icon_placement=&#8221;right&#8221; button_two_on_hover=&#8221;on&#8221; button_two_letter_spacing_hover=&#8221;0&#8243;] [\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Section&#8221; fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; specialty=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"subSubTitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.schechtermd.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Sports-Medicine-Physician-Dr-David-Schechter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1151 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.schechtermd.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Sports-Medicine-Physician-Dr-David-Schechter.jpg\" alt=\"Sports Medicine\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.schechtermd.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Sports-Medicine-Physician-Dr-David-Schechter.jpg 200w, https:\/\/staging.schechtermd.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Sports-Medicine-Physician-Dr-David-Schechter-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Sports Medicine<\/strong> is a specialty that I was certified in in 1993 re-certified in 2003 and 2013. \u00a0I try to bring the knowledge that I&#8217;ve learned from treating athletes to everyone who has aches, pains, and injuries&#8211;recreational athletes, injured workers, pain patients, and even the elderly.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve had the opportunity as a <strong>Non-Surgical<\/strong> Sports Medicine Physician to treat world class Ice Skaters, Marathon Runners, and high school and college football players. I&#8217;ve also treated hundreds of runners, tennis, basketball, and hockey players. Sports Medicine is about injuries, but it&#8217;s also about fitness, it&#8217;s about exercise programs that you can maintain, and it&#8217;s about prevention.<\/p>\n<p>Sports Medicine is a great field that\u00a0I believe offers many types of patients a focus that is missing in other fields that treat similar problems. \u00a0 My focus is on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all the treatments a patient needs<\/span>; including medications, physical therapy, injections (where appropriate), and avoiding surgery. \u00a0 I do refer to top surgeons if that becomes necessary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><em>Dr. Schechter has been named a <strong>Top Doctor<\/strong> in Sports Medicine (non-surgical) on more than one occasion.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243;][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_cta admin_label=&#8221;Call To Action&#8221; title=&#8221;Schedule an Appointment&#8221; button_url=&#8221;http:\/\/www.schechtermd.com\/contact-us\/&#8221; button_text=&#8221;310.836.2225&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#74b3ce&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;off&#8221; use_background_color=&#8221;on&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; custom_button=&#8221;off&#8221; button_letter_spacing=&#8221;0&#8243; button_use_icon=&#8221;default&#8221; button_icon_placement=&#8221;right&#8221; button_on_hover=&#8221;on&#8221; button_letter_spacing_hover=&#8221;0&#8243;] [\/et_pb_cta][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243;][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports Medicine is a specialty that I was certified in in 1993 re-certified in 2003 and 2013. \u00a0I try to bring the knowledge that I&#8217;ve learned from treating athletes to everyone who has aches, pains, and injuries&#8211;recreational athletes, injured workers, pain patients, and even the elderly. 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