Physician - Sports Medicine
Justin Lee MD, CAQSM, FAAFP
UNC Family Medicine Sports Concussion Management
📍 Chapel Hill
Return to Play/Learn
Hospital Program
AppOrtho Sports Medicine (UNC Health Appalachian)
📍 Boone, North Carolina · ✓ Listing verified 2026-07-11
About
AppOrtho Sports Medicine provides concussion care in Boone, North Carolina. It is a hospital program. The practice is part of UNC Health.
Concussion work here covers Sports Concussion and Return to Play. In this directory the listing sits under Return to Play/Learn.
The practice sees athletes, children and teenagers and adults.
AppOrtho, the sports medicine program of UNC Health Appalachian in Boone, treats active individuals and athletes of all ages through a team approach that includes primary care sports medicine specialists, physician assistants, athletic trainers, physical therapists, and surgeons. Among the injuries it manages are concussions, which athletic trainers can evaluate for severity and next steps. AppOrtho is the official sports medicine provider for App State Athletics and several area high schools and clubs.
Services
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Clinical focus areas
Sports ConcussionConcussionReturn to Play
Details
Provider typeHospital Program
Health systemUNC Health
ServesAthletes/Sports, Pediatric/Youth, Adult
Before your first appointment
Patients who contact AppOrtho Sports Medicine (UNC Health Appalachian) in Boone usually want to be clear on a few things first:
- the 6-step return-to-play protocol — The standard stepwise protocol athletic trainers and team physicians follow.
- spotting a concussion in a child who can't describe it — What to watch for in a child too young to tell you what hurts.
- how to assess a head injury at home — The danger signs that mean the ER tonight, and why no home test rules a concussion out.
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