Running Injury and Performance Services
Sanford Orthopedics & Sports Medicine’s Running Injury and Performance Services help runners evaluate their performance, reduce injury risk and rehabilitate following injury. With a combined team of sports medicine physicians, physical therapists, exercise physiologist and registered dieticians, we work one-on-one with athletes to develop individualized programs to achieve specific running goals. The state-of-the-art equipment we use to evaluate runners is one of only two in use in the United States.
Everybody Wins
Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Mark Lundeen has treated a diverse range of orthopedic and sports medicine injuries from the recreational to elite athlete (ie. U.S. Olympic Ski Team) to patients in need of total joint replacement. Today, in addition to his busy practice, he chairs the physician leadership team for Sanford Orthopedics & Sports Medicine.
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Verle Valentine, MD, Sports Medicine
Dr. Valentine specializes in family practice sports medicine; focusing on the treatment of athletic and activity injuries, running injuries and sports-related concussions. He is also the Medical Director for Sanford’s National Institute for Athletic Health & Performance. He has served as a team physician in the WNBA, NBA, LPGA and for multiple DI universities.
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Sports Injury? Get Care Now.
Non-emergency sports injury? Our sports medicine specialists will see you without an appointment at our Fargo and Sioux Falls Sports Medicine walk-in clinics.
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