Dr. Matthew Heckler, D.O. provides comprehensive general orthopedic surgery and sports medicine care with a focus on injuries of the shoulder, knee and hip. He is board certified by the American Osteopathic Association and fellowship trained in Orthopedic Sports Medicine. Dr. Heckler has specialized training in complex rotator cuff and labral surgery of the shoulder, ACL and ligament reconstruction, cartilage restoration, anterior total hip replacement, and total joint replacement.
Dr. Matthew Heckler, D.O. provides comprehensive general orthopedic surgery and sports medicine care with a focus on injuries of the shoulder, knee and hip. He is board certified by the American Osteopathic Association and fellowship trained in Orthopedic Sports Medicine. Dr. Heckler has specialized training in complex rotator cuff and labral surgery of the shoulder, ACL and ligament reconstruction, cartilage restoration, anterior total hip replacement, and total joint replacement.
Dr. Matthew Heckler, D.O. provides comprehensive general orthopedic surgery and sports medicine care with a focus on injuries of the shoulder, knee and hip. He is board certified by the American Osteopathic Association and fellowship trained in Orthopedic Sports Medicine. Dr. Heckler has specialized training in complex rotator cuff and labral surgery of the shoulder, ACL and ligament reconstruction, cartilage restoration, anterior total hip replacement, and total joint replacement.
He has a particular interest in partial knee replacement, minimally invasive patient specific total joint arthroplasty, and MRI-computer based navigation joint replacement.
Dr. Heckler has previously worked as an assistant team physician for a number of professional sports teams including the NFL Minnesota Vikings, MLB Minnesota Twins, NBA Minnesota Timberwolves, NHL Minnesota Wild, WNBA Minnesota Lynx, and the NLL Minnesota Swarm.
Continuing to feed his passion for sports medicine, Dr. Heckler is the orthopedic team physician for Dayton's professional soccer club and the Dutch Lions. He also cares for many of our local high school athletes through the Dayton Sports Medicine Institute and the medical director for Wilson Sports Medicine.

Dr always makes time to hear my concerns. He and Nicole are such good listeners and I never feel rushed or stressed. I highly recommend Dr Heckler to everyone.
LOVE DR HECKLER
Very prepared and personable.
Best doctor patient relationship I have ever experienced in my 82 years of life
Best staff ever
Dr Heckler replaced my right knee in 2017. No problems until I fell on driveway. The large scrape was examined ad
Took the time to explain my knee issue and gave good, practical advice. Kind approach and informative with options.
Excellent Doctor! He listens to you, very patient and explains things in detail so you can understand.
Super fast in and out. He gave me my results from an MRI of my knee. He then explained it to me. And asked me if I had any questions. I was very pleased with Dr. Heckler.
Excellent!!! He took his time to explain my op options. And he did not try to persuade me one way or the other as to what I decided to do.