Dr. Karl Bertrand Fields M.D.
Sports Medicine Specialist | Sports Medicine
1131-C North Church Street Greensboro NC, 27401About
Dr. Karl Fields is a Sports Medicine Family Practitioner in Greensboro, NC. As a Sports Medicine Family Practitioner, Dr. Fields is trained to assess, diagnose, prevent, and treat sports injuries in patients of all ages, and refer those patients to further services if needed. Sports Medicine Family Practitioners must complete specialized training in order to help each patient maximize function and improve quality of life.
Education and Training
Univ of Ky Coll of Med, Lexington Ky 1976
University of Kentucky College of Medicine 1976
Board Certification
Family MedicineAmerican Board of Family MedicineABFM- Sports Medicine
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A case of SSRI-induced hyponatremia.
- Hypertension in the athlete.
- More on the 4-year FM residency program.
- The effect of anabolic steroids on the gastrointestinal system, kidneys, and adrenal glands.
- Evidence-based treatment of hamstring tears.
- Peripheral nerve entrapment and injury in the upper extremity.
- Plantar fasciitis: prescribing effective treatments.
- Healing heel pain: help for plantar fasciitis.
- Prevention of running injuries.
- Ultrasonography in early diagnosis of metatarsal bone stress fractures. Sensitivity and specificity.
- Presence of automated external defibrillators in North Carolina public middle
- Diabetes in sports.
- Running injuries - changing trends and demographics.
- Sternal stress fracture in a middle-aged woman.
- Ultrasound Diagnosis of Calf Injuries.
Treatments
- Arthritis
- Osteoarthritis
- Back Pain
- Plantar Fasciitis
- Pain
- Tendonitis
- Abnormal Gait
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