Title: Doctor of Spine and Sports Medicine

Company: Hospital for Special Surgery

Location: New York

As a team physician, Dr. Jennifer Solomon has covered several sporting events, including the New York City marathon, tennis tournaments, volleyball and various races. Dr. Solomon’s research interests include investigating common lower back injuries and other sports injuries that predominantly affect active women. She is a board-certified physiatrist in physical medicine and rehabilitation and was fellowship-trained in spine and sports medicine in 2003. Her practice is devoted to using non-operative and minimally invasive treatments of spine and sports injuries. Treatments involve a focused effort to combine multiple therapies (including but not limited to exercise, medication, physical therapy and injection treatments) to provide maximum effectiveness and success.

Dr. Solomon performs minimally-invasive procedures under fluoroscopic and ultrasound guidance, including special procedures for the lumbar, cervical and thoracic spines, as well as the hip and knee areas. These include transforaminal epidural and facet joint injections, cyst aspirations, radiofrequency denervation and discography. She also routinely performs PRP injections in the hip and knee areas under ultrasound for various conditions such as osteoarthritis, chronic tendonitis, or bursitis affecting the shoulder, hip and knee. She performs trigger point injections, various peripheral joint injections and tendon/sheath ligament injections in the office.

Dr. Solomon conducts electrodiagnostic testing (EMGs) and nerve conduction studies. This is a special test to evaluate the status of peripheral nerves (nerves that extend from the spine to the arms and legs) and muscles. She was a competitive tennis player growing up, and injured her back. That back injury peaked her interest of medicine, especially sports medicine, and led her to pursue her current career. In five years, she intends to focus on up-and-coming innovations for treatment.