Care for Athletes and Active Patients
We see school and club athletes, recreational players, runners and other active patients. Your evaluation and treatment plan depend on your injury, symptoms and activity goals.
The injuries we treat every week
Sports medicine is the diagnosis, repair, and rehab of injuries to muscles, ligaments, tendons, and joints — with one goal: return to play, safely and fully. Most sports injuries don't need surgery. When yours does, you want it done by hands that do it constantly.
- Shoulder
Rotator cuff, labrum, instability
The throwing shoulder, the swimmer's shoulder, the "I can't sleep on that side" shoulder — arthroscopic repair when needed, aggressive rehab always.
- Hip
Hip arthroscopy — impingement & labral tears
The deep groin pinch that cortisone only quiets. Arthroscopic hip surgery reshapes the bone and repairs the labrum through keyhole incisions — a procedure few surgeons in the Houston area perform. Hip arthroscopy with Dr. Chin →
- Knee
ACL & meniscus
Reconstruction and repair — including the BEAR implant, which helps your own ACL heal instead of replacing it, for the right candidates. Return-to-play testing before you're cleared, not just a calendar date.
- Elbow & ankle
The connectors
Tennis elbow, UCL injuries, ankle sprains that never healed right, and the stress injuries endurance athletes know too well.
- Youth
Growing athletes
Growth-plate fractures and overuse injuries need different decisions than adult injuries. We make them every week — and Saturday visits by appointment in Spring mean you don't wait for Monday.
Return to play is a plan, not a guess
Return to play depends on the surgeon, therapist and athlete working from one plan, and ours work within the same practice. Strength benchmarks, movement testing, sport-specific milestones: you get cleared when your body says so, and you know exactly where you are the whole way.
The sports medicine surgeons
Read each profile for training, areas of care and office locations.
Bill Hayes, MD
Keith Johnson, MD
Paul C. Chin, MD, PhD, FAAOS, FAANA
Mark Eilers, MD, MS, FAAOS
Matthew Reid, MDMedically reviewed by Keith W.V. Johnson, MD, FAAOS · Updated October 21, 2026