Sports Medicine, also referred to as “primary care sports medicine”, is a medical field that involves the non-operative musculoskeletal care of the athlete.  In practice, sports medicine physicians work with patients of all ages and activity levels, with the goal being to minimize pain and to optimize physical function by non-operative means.   On a given day, Dr. Graveley may see a 12 year-old baseball pitcher with shoulder pain, a 30 year-old marathon runner with a chronic tendon injury, a 50 year-old construction worker with a back injury, and a 70 year-old patient with knee pain from arthritis.  Most patients with musculoskeletal pain do not require surgery.  However, when surgery is necessary, Dr. Graveley works closely with orthopedic surgeons who can perform that service.