Dr. Metzl's latest book release March 13, 2012 Identify, treat, and—most important—prevent common debilitating sports injuries and medical conditions. Click here to learn more...

About Dr. Metzl

Jordan D. Metzl, MD, the athlete's doctor, is a nationally recognized Sports Medicine Physician at New York City's Hospital for Special Surgery, voted the number one hospital in Orthopedics by US News and World Reports.

One of only ten sports medicine physicians named by his peers to New York Magazine's Top Doctor's List, Dr. Metzl is recognized locally and nationally for excellence in patient care, research, and teaching. In addition to his practice, he is an award winning author, a national television and radio show host, a twenty nine time marathon runner, and a ten time Ironman triathlete.

Dr. Metzl specializes in the treatment of athletic patients of all ages. He encourages fitness, health, and rapid return to activity. With a practice of more than 20,000 patients, Dr. Metzl and his staff combine excellence in care with more than 10 years of experience to create a winning treatment method. His patients include young athletes, high school and collegiate athletes, professional athletes including skaters, dancers, triathletes, and runners, as well as every day people who wish to return to their activity of choice swiftly and injury free.

Dr. Metzl is the team physician for several area high schools, for many thousands of runners and triathletes, and is the sports medicine physician for the Radio City Rockettes. He is the co-founder of the Sports Medicine Institute for Young Athletes at Hospital for Special Surgery in 1999, one of the first multidisciplinary centers for the treatment and prevention of adolescent sports injury.

A lifelong sportsman and sporting enthusiast, the key to his practice is to keep his patients moving, healthy, and active.