OS1 Holdings, Inc. has opened OS1 Sports Injury Clinic in Hoover, Alabama. Located in The Village at Brock’s Gap, the clinic is the first of 15 planned orthopedic urgent care clinics.
OS1 Holdings Opens First of 15 Urgent Care Orthopedic Clinics
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Chris Vance is the president and chief executive officer of OS1 Holdings. Over the next three to five years, OS1 Holdings plans to open 14 additional clinics. A physician or group of physicians will own each clinic. Future locations may include Huntsville, Alabama and Newark, New Jersey.
OS1 Sports Injury Clinic provides urgent care for sports-related and orthopedic injuries including sprains, dislocations, joint injuries, and fractures. Its services include digital x-ray imaging and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). It also provides ultrasound guided injections including cortisone, Orthovisc, Synvisc, platelet-rich plasma (PRP), and trigger-point.
The clinic has extended office hours and does not require an appointment. It is the first orthopedic urgent care clinic in the Birmingham area. To further expedite services, OS1 patients are able to check-in online.
Chris Williams, M.D., will lead the clinic after he completes his fellowship at the end of July. Serving as the clinic’s primary medical provider, Dr. Williams will treat sports-related injuries and orthopedic medical issues. As a non-surgical sports medicine provider, he will focus on sprains, strains, fractures, dislocations, overuse injuries, and osteoarthritis.
Dr. Williams is completing fellowship training at the American Sports Medicine Institute (ASMI) and Andrews Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center. His fellowship allows him to practice alongside Andrews Sports Medicine’s physicians and surgeons. He has also served as assistant team physician for Jacksonville State University, Birmingham-Southern College, and Oak Grove High School.
OS1 Sports Injury Clinic’s physician advisory board includes Chairman Jeffrey R. Dugas, M.D., Norman E. Waldrop, III, M.D., Benton A. Emblom, M.D., Jay Umarvadia, M.D., and Emily Bell Casey, M.D. All advisory board members are from Andrews Sports Medicine in Birmingham, Alabama.
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This is a fascinating development. In my practice we've seen similar outcomes with the revised protocol. The key differentiator seems to be patient selection criteria. Has anyone else noticed the correlation with BMI thresholds?
Great point. I'd push back slightly on the conclusion, the sample size in the cited study is too small to draw population-level inferences. That said, the directional signal is compelling and worth a larger RCT.
We implemented a similar approach last year. Early results are promising but we're still gathering 12-month follow-up data. Happy to share our protocol if anyone is interested.
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