Walk-in orthopedic care in Kennesaw, GA

Broken Bone and Fracture Treatment in Kennesaw, GA

★★★★★ 4.7 from 44 Google reviews at OS1 Kennesaw

If you think you have broken a bone, you need an X-ray and a provider who treats fractures every day. You can walk into OS1 Kennesaw without an appointment or a referral, get your X-ray on site, and leave with a diagnosis and a treatment plan the same visit. For most closed fractures this is faster and costs far less than an emergency room, and you are seen by orthopedic-trained providers rather than general ER staff.

How to tell a break from a bad sprain

You often cannot tell without an image, which is exactly why an X-ray matters. That said, these signs point toward a fracture and mean you should be seen today:

• You heard or felt a snap or crack at the moment of injury
• The limb, finger, or toe looks bent, rotated, or out of place
• Pain is sharp and focused over one specific spot of bone rather than spread across a joint
• You cannot put weight on it, grip with it, or move it through its normal range
• Swelling and bruising came on fast, within minutes to an hour
• The area is numb, tingling, cold, or pale

Sprains tend to hurt across a joint and improve somewhat as swelling is controlled. Fractures tend to stay sharply painful over one point of bone and get worse with use. When in doubt, get the X-ray. A missed fracture that heals in a bad position is a much bigger problem than an X-ray you did not strictly need.

What happens at your visit

Walk in during clinic hours and you move through the visit in one place:

1. Evaluation. An orthopedic-trained provider examines the injury and checks circulation, sensation, and stability.
2. Digital X-ray on site. Images are taken and read during your visit. You are not sent to a separate imaging center and told to come back.
3. Diagnosis and immobilization. If it is broken, we splint, cast, boot, or brace it that day and control the swelling.
4. Advanced imaging if needed. Some fractures, especially stress fractures, do not show on early X-rays. If your provider orders it, open MRI is available on site.
5. Plan and follow-up. You leave with a written plan, a follow-up interval, and clear instructions on weight bearing and activity.

Fractures that need an operation get referred promptly to a surgeon. OS1 is a non-surgical orthopedic clinic, so we handle the diagnosis, stabilization, and the entire non-operative course, and we make the handoff fast when surgery is the right answer.

Fractures we treat

Wrist and distal radius fractures, hand and finger fractures, boxer’s fractures, ankle fractures, foot and metatarsal fractures, toe fractures, collarbone fractures, forearm fractures, elbow fractures, kneecap fractures, rib injuries, growth plate injuries in children and teens, and stress fractures from running and repetitive load.

Who you will see at OS1 Kennesaw

Andrew Alexander, MD completed his residency at Mayo Clinic and a sports medicine fellowship at Emory University, where he provided medical coverage for the Atlanta Falcons, the Atlanta Hawks, and the College Park Skyhawks. OS1 Kennesaw holds a 4.7 star rating across 44 Google reviews.

Serving Kennesaw and north metro Atlanta

The OS1 Kennesaw clinic sits at 4300 Bells Ferry Rd in Cobb County, convenient to Town Center at Cobb, Kennesaw State University, Big Shanty, the Bells Ferry corridor, and North Cobb High School. We regularly see patients from Acworth, Marietta, Woodstock, Powder Springs, Dallas, and Cartersville. Parking is on site and you can walk in during clinic hours, Monday through Friday, 10 AM to 6 PM.

Cost, insurance, and self-pay

OS1 Kennesaw accepts most major plans, including Blue Cross Blue Shield, Aetna, Cigna, and UnitedHealthcare. If you are uninsured or on a high deductible plan, we publish flat self-pay pricing for visits and imaging so you know the cost before you are treated. For the same injury, a walk-in orthopedic visit here is typically a fraction of an emergency room bill.