Dr. Ceballos Dual Board-Certified Orthopedic Surgeon & Sports Medicine Specialist
Most people meet an orthopedic surgeon for the first time after something has already gone wrong. Performance Medicine is my answer to a different question: what if the first conversation happened before that while you’re still moving well, still training hard, still performing at a high level, and simply want to keep it that way for as long as possible?
This isn’t recovery from an injury, and it isn’t a wellness package. It’s proactive orthopedic and sports medicine care for people athletes and non-athletes alike who treat their physical performance as an asset worth managing deliberately, not something to think about only once it breaks down. Nothing about Performance Medicine replaces treating an actual injury when one occurs I still do that, quickly, when it’s needed. What it adds is a track for people who don’t want their first meaningful orthopedic evaluation to be the day something tears.
A performance evaluation is only as good as the person interpreting it. Because I’m a practicing orthopedic surgeon with direct arthroscopic, biologic, and rehabilitation expertise, a Performance Medicine evaluation here isn’t a generic fitness screening it’s a genuine orthopedic assessment, with the full weight of surgical judgment behind every recommendation, whether that recommendation is “keep doing exactly what you’re doing” or “let’s address this before it becomes a problem.”
Performance Medicine evaluations and proactive interventions are individualized based on a comprehensive assessment. Some therapies referenced, including certain regenerative and biologic treatments, may be investigational or not FDA-approved for specific indications. Proactive evaluation does not guarantee prevention of future injury, and individual outcomes vary. A physician patient relationship and informed consent are required before treatment.
No. Performance Medicine is specifically for people who don’t currently have an injury but want a proactive orthopedic evaluation a baseline read on joint health, movement mechanics, and injury risk before anything goes wrong.
Athlete Recovery & Longevity is built around recovering from an injury and protecting a joint that’s already shown wear. Performance Medicine starts earlier a proactive evaluation for people who haven’t been injured yet but want to understand and optimize their movement, mechanics, and joint health before that happens.
A movement and biomechanical assessment, baseline strength and asymmetry testing, and for patients with relevant risk factors or history direct joint evaluation using needle arthroscopy. From there, I build an individualized plan based on what the evaluation actually shows.
No. While competitive athletes are a natural fit, I see just as many active adults, former athletes, and busy professionals whose physical performance matters to them, regardless of whether they compete.
Proactive evaluation and correction of movement patterns, strength asymmetries, and early joint changes can meaningfully reduce injury risk, but no evaluation can guarantee prevention. What it can do is give you an honest, evidence based picture of where you stand rather than an assumption.
It can, when the evaluation supports it PRP or other regenerative therapies may be used proactively to support joint and tendon resilience. Not every patient needs this, and it’s individualized based on what your assessment shows.