UR Medicine Sports Medicine

08/17/2021

Want to join a great team? Learn more about building a career with UR Medicine Orthopaedics. Contact: Susan_Larosa@URMC.Rochester.edu

08/06/2021

This Olympics has shown how crucial mental fitness is to an athlete's well-being. Tune in to WXXI's Connections (1370AM) at noon today, where Dr. Craig Cypher and Dr. Katie Rizzone from our Sports Medicine team will share their insights.

First hour: What we've learned from Simone Biles about athletes and mental health Second hour: Discussing the ethical implications of fast fashion

07/28/2021

The pandemic has taken a toll on youth athletes, who saw games and sometimes entire seasons cancelled. Our sport psychologist Dr. Craig Cypher and Fitness Science trainers have been offering services and strategies to cope with uncertainty and frustration so they can stay in the game and keep growing their skills.

Athletes have lost a crucial year of development.

07/28/2021

The surprise withdrawal of Simone Biles from the team gymnastics competition offers important lessons for athletes and coaches at all levels, UR Medicine’s sport psychologist Craig Cypher says. He offers his insights on ways athletes can manage stress, protect their mental health and thrive.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The most decorated American gymnast, Simone Biles, may not have walked away with the gold in the Olympic gymnastics team competition, but still won the hearts of many Ameri…

07/26/2021

Join our team! Questions about working here? E-mail Susan_LaRosa@urmc.rochester.edu

07/09/2021

06/24/2021

Very exciting day for our team: the groundbreaking for the new patient care tower on our ambulatory campus being built at Marketplace. The new building will be home base for our CHAMPP and Fitness Science programs.

Leaders with UR Medicine broke ground Thursday on its future orthopaedics center at Marketplace Mall. The UR Medicine Orthopaedics and Physical Performance Center will be the largest offsite facility for the organization. The 330,000-square-foot facility will be housed in a portion of the mall.

06/09/2021

It's becoming clear that athletes’ mental health is as important as their physical conditioning to their performance and their well-being. Sport psychologist Craig Cypher from UR Medicine Fitness Science tells 13WHAM how young athletes – as well as their parents and coaches – can better manage the stress of competition and everyday life.

Rochester, N. Y. – Tennis star Naomi Osaka surprised the sports world when she suddenly dropped out of the French Open. The four-time Grand Slam champion cited ongoing battles with depression and anxiety as the reason she dropped out of the tournament. The announcement came after Osaka had bee...

03/05/2021

Our new ambulatory orthopaedics campus at The Marketplace Mall is under way! This one-of-a-kind facility will include a surgery center, ambulatory facilities, and CHAMPP - the Center for Human Athleticism and Musculoskeletal Performance and Prevention.

URMC, and its construction partner, LeChase Construction gave News10NBC a tour Thursday of the now empty and gutted former Sears store.

02/25/2021

Sports Medicine chief Dr. Mike Maloney spoke with WHEC about the complex fractures Tiger Woods sustained in his car accident and the challenges he will face during his recovery.

Tuesday the sports world was stunned to see the images of Tiger Woods's horrific rollover car crash in Southern California.