What is Orthopedic Urgent Care? Find Better Care, Faster

That’s where orthopedic urgent care comes in.

Orthopedic urgent care offers convenient, specialized, and affordable musculoskeletal care without the long waits, high costs, and uncertainty that often come with ER visits.

Why Choose BOS Express for Orthopedic Urgent Care?

#1: No Hours-Long Wait For Care

Emergency rooms must prioritize life-threatening emergencies.  However, since musculoskeletal injuries are often non-emergent, this could mean waiting hours for a broken wrist, ankle, shoulder, or torn ACL. The emergencies take priority—as they should.

Most orthopedic urgent care visits at BOS Express in Waltham take less than an hour to complete, and the evaluation is performed by a specialist trained to treat musculoskeletal injuries.

#2: Direct Access to Orthopedic Specialists

The Emergency Room is for ALL emergencies. ERs have general clinicians and physician assistants trained to evaluate emergencies and decide if a patient needs emergent care or not. Non-emergent issues that involve bone, ligaments, or soft tissue injuries are often stabilized and sent out for follow-up with a specialist. The patient then has to find a specialist, sometimes get a referral, and then try to make an appointment. Why not skip the middleman?

When you see a BOS Express orthopedic urgent care provider, you get immediate access to the orthopedic specialist you need. A physician or physician assistant will make the diagnosis, deliver first-line care, and offer immediate access to the specialized care the patient needs to start their recovery.

#3: On-Site X-Ray, Splinting and Treatment

Expertise in evaluating bone and ligament injuries requires getting the correct x-rays and making sure that there’s no further damage caused. BOS Express has radiology technicians trained in musculoskeletal x-rays. All of our specialists and assistants are trained in applying splints and braces properly so that there is no further harm to the injured joint.

#4: Orthopedic Urgent Care is a Lower Cost Than the ER

We need emergency rooms – but they have become very expensive for patients. With high-deductible insurance plans and high co-pays, a visit to the emergency room can cost thousands of dollars. An orthopedic urgent care is billed as a specialty office visit, saving patients hundreds to thousands of dollars compared to ER fees.

Conditions Treated at Orthopedic Urgent Care

• Sprains and strains
• Fractures and broken bones
• Shoulder injuries (rotator cuff, labrum, dislocations)
• Knee injuries (ACL, meniscus, patellar issues)
• Ankle/foot injuries
• Wrist/hand injuries
• Back or neck pain
• Tendon injuries and tears
• Youth sports injuries

When to Go to the ER for Orthopedic Injuries

The ER is still appropriate for severe trauma, open fractures (through the skin), major bleeding, loss of consciousness, injuries requiring an ambulance, or chest pain. On the other hand, our orthopedic urgent care is the better choice for fast musculoskeletal evaluation and treatment.

Orthopedic Urgent Care in Waltham, MA

Boston Orthopedic and Spine offers orthopedic walk-in and urgent care on a daily basis and on Saturdays from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm in our Waltham office. Your broken wrist, torn rotator cuff, torn ACL or any other acute orthopedic injury can be quickly evaluated.