MANKATO — There will be an open house for the public 3-6 p.m. Thursday at Mayo Clinic Health System-Orthopedics and Sports Medicine at The Pond on Madison.
The facility opened this past month and is neighbors with ETS Performance. Together they are providing area athletes and active adults with a wide spectrum of sports medicine care in one convenient location, according to a Mayo press release.
Mayo’s new facility expands its ability to care for and support patients through injury prevention, treatment and recovery by opening a new location at The Pond on Madison featuring orthopedics and sports medicine.
It also improves Mayo’s ability to offer same-day, next-day and walk-in care for orthopedics and sports medicine patients, said Dr. Wade Johnson, chairman of physical medicine and rehabilitation for Mayo Clinic Health System and co-director of sports medicine in southwest Minnesota for the Health System.
“One thing we wanted to really let people know is we offer a comprehensive range of sports medicine services at Mayo Clinic,” Johnson said. “This facility offers the ability for patients to address their concerns in a very efficient way.”
The joint Mayo and ETS open house at 1850 Madison Ave. will feature professional and collegiate athlete meet-and- greets, raffle giveaways, family-friendly activities and tours.
Former Minnesota Viking and current Carolina Panther Adam Thielen will be present, as will former Minnesota Wild player Ryan Carter. Carter now does broadcasting for the Wild. Minnesota State University athletes will also be present.
The new Mayo facility is a boost for the community, Johnson said.
“It brings several different treatments, including bracing and casting,” he said. “It brings a lot of different procedural options including injections and other therapies.”
The open house also allows Mayo “a great opportunity to highlight our sports medicine team.”
A growing local demand was a key factor in Mayo’s Mankato expansion, Johnson said.
“We saw an expanding need and growth of sports medicine in terms of volume of youth athletes and adult athletes,” he said. “We also saw the growing sports programs in the area and that’s kind of what drove this development.”