Orthopedic Urgent Care

OrthoCarolina’s Orthopedic Urgent Care clinics specialize in acute orthopedic injuries, making them the better choice for more timely orthopedic care. Whether it’s a broken arm from playing basketball or sprained ankle from a bad fall you can skip the wait for an appointment and receive specialized, immediate orthopedic care at one of our eight urgent care locations.

What’s the Benefit of Orthopedic Urgent Care? 

The quick answer: specialization and speed. 

Typical urgent care clinics are led by medical practitioners who focus on generalized medical conditions. A visit with a specialist, such as an orthopedic doctor or surgeon, usually requires a referral and an appointment scheduled in advance. Getting an appointment with a specialist can often take weeks, or even months ​​depending on insurance coverage and/or provider availability.

OrthoCarolina’s Urgent Care clinics provide patients with prompt access to specialized orthopedic medical care access at convenient hours, and on a walk-in basis. Our waiting rooms are also less congested than typical urgent care clinics, since we exclusively offer care for orthopedic injuries.

Visiting an emergency department can result in several hours of waiting, delayed time to getting definitive answers for your health concerns, and beginning the next steps in the process to healing.

Our eight different Orthopedic Urgent Care locations have various hours of operation, including after-work hours and weekends for the convenience of our busy patients. View all of our orthopedic urgent care locations and hours of operation to choose the clinic that works best for your needs.

Please note that those seeking immediate care or experiencing life-threatening injuries require a visit to the emergency room. Call 911 or go to the nearest hospital if you are in critical condition, regardless of the type of injury.

What Is Treated at an Orthopedic Urgent Care?

Orthopedics is a type of medical care that focuses on the treatment of injuries to the musculoskeletal system. This includes injuries to bones, joints, muscles, ligaments, and tendons.

Common ailments that can be treated at our walk-in Urgent Care clinics include:

• Fractures
• Dislocations
• Sprains
• Strains
• Ligament injuries

If you’ve suffered from a sports injury, or even a work-related injury that requires speedy attention, OrthoCarolina’s Urgent Care walk-in clinics are the place to go.

Can I Get X-Rays and MRIs at Your Clinic?

When you visit one of our Orthopedic Urgent Care locations, you can expect to receive a comprehensive evaluation of your injury. Depending on your presenting injury, this may require further workup via advanced imaging techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We work with our patients to find a time and location suitable to their needs when scheduling MRIs if we feel their exam warrants further radiologic examination after their initial evaluation.

Once your injury has been assessed, your healthcare provider will develop a personalized treatment plan tailored to your specific needs.

The prompt access to this level of specialized care can help ensure you are properly diagnosed and treated, and can provide an easier path on the road to recovery.

Urgent Care Treatment for Acute Injuries

Once your injury has been assessed, your healthcare provider will develop a personalized treatment plan tailored to your needs. Our internal communication allows for efficient and effective relay of your care needs amongst our various, specialized teams.

• In general, treatment for acute injuries may include: 
• Immobilization (splints, casts, slings, braces)
• Prescription medications
• Injections
• Referrals for physical therapy
• Referral for surgical intervention

Your healthcare specialist will work with you to develop a treatment plan that addresses your needs and goals, and get you back to your normal activities as fast as possible.

Providing you with better care when you need it includes knowing when to divert your care to emergency experts. Go directly to your local ER if you're experiencing any of the following:

• Stroke
• Cardiac Arrest
• New onset chest pain
• Abdominal pain
• Actively, bleeding wounds
• Bites
• Cough, upper respiratory infection symptoms