Keeping Bodies in Motion
As a Board Certified Orthopedic Surgeon and Sports Medicine physician, Dr. Melander specializes in the evaluation and treatment of sports, exercise and work-related injuries in order to get you back into the game or back to work safely and quickly. If surgery is required, Dr. Melander is an expert in arthroscopic, minimally invasive, and open surgical techniques.
As an advocate on prevention of sports and exercise-related injuries, Dr. Melander lectures and educates athletes and their families, coaches, athletic trainers, and physical therapists on the most current and cutting edge research available. His lectures include topics such as proper training and equipment techniques, hydration, nutrition and medication, injury prevention, and many more. He has extensive experience in the sports medicine community both personally and professionally and is dedicated to getting you back to the top of your game through efficient diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation.
Conditions We Treat
Dr. Melander performs surgeries and runs diagnostics that treat these sports-related injuries:
Knee:
Elbow:
Hip:
- Hip Arthroscopy
- Labrum Repair
Shoulder:
- Rotator Cuff tear
- Labrum Injury
- Shoulder pain
- Shoulder Replacement
- Reverse Shoulder Replacement
- Superior Capsular Reconstruction
Wrist and Hand:
- Wrist pain
- Carpal Tunnel
- Trigger Finger
- Dequervain’s tenosynovitis
- Wrist Fractures
- Hand Fractures
- Finger Fractures
Ankle:
- Ankle Pain
- Ankle Sprains
- Ankle tendonitis
- Ankle fractures
- Bunion Injury
Biologics:
- Stem cell surgery / therapy
- Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Treatment
- Bone Marrow Transplant
Team Sports
In addition to maintaining his private practice, Dr. Melander’s unmistakable passion for sports medicine ultimately prompted his commitment, as a Team Physician, for Fort Zumwalt West High School, Troy Buchanan High School, and Cheer St. Louis. He is also a sports medicine consultant for Big River Running Company and Fleet Feet. If you would like Dr. Melander to be a team physician for your school, gym, dance or cheer studio please contact 636-627-7678.
To schedule an appointment, or if you have any questions, contact Dr. Melander.
