Urgent Care
If you are injured over the holiday, OrthoIndy Urgent Care is open
Should you come to
OrthoIndy Urgent Care or Visit the Emergency Room?
The following chart will help you determine the best course of treatment for your injury.
Come to
Urgent Care
If you have a bone, joint or muscle injury that occurred within the past few days, please come to OrthoIndy Urgent Care.
Visit the
Emergency Room
If you are bleeding from an injury, please proceed directly to a hospital emergency room (or contact your current treating physician's office for guidance).
If you need emergency room attention, please go to the Trauma Center at St. Vincent Indianapolis. The OrthoIndy Trauma team is exclusively at St. Vincent Indianapolis and is on call 24/7 for orthopedic trauma. To make an appointment to see an orthopedic physician who specializes in your problem, please call our OrthoIndy Northwest office at 317.802.2000 or our OrthoIndy office at 317.884.5200 to find a location near you.
What to Expect
A member of our urgent care team will examine you, order x-rays if needed, provide a diagnosis and treat your specific injury. If the urgent care provider determines that a physician is needed for your issue, a referral to one of our orthopedic physicians at the location of your choice will be made.
The following will NOT be treated at the OrthoIndy Urgent Care clinics:
- Prescription refills.
- Individuals bleeding from an injury. Please proceed directly to a hospital emergency room or contact your current treating physician’s office for guidance.
- Individuals whose pain is not the result of a very recent injury or if under the care of an orthopedic surgeon. Please call our office and request to be seen sooner.
- Those suffering from long-term or chronic conditions, such as back pain. Please make an appointment to see one of our physicians who specializes in your condition. (The urgent care clinic is only appropriate in this situation if there has been a fall or other traumatic injury in the past few days.)
- Patients who need to address problems with a cast or surgical dressing. Please contact your treating physician for these issues.
- Injuries due to animal bites.
- Rib injuries.