On Dave Ward Drive, just off a route much of Conway travels every day, there is a place built on a simple belief: when something hurts, excellent care should not be far away. It is a commitment OrthoArkansas brings to every patient who walks in, to the community of Conway it serves, and to people in every corner of Arkansas. That is the idea behind OrthoArkansas in Conway, and it is backed by something much bigger than a single clinic.

OrthoArkansas is the largest physician-owned orthopedic practice in Arkansas, independent and built by doctors who wanted a real say in how care is delivered. Since two respected Little Rock practices merged in 2019, the group has grown into something far more complete than either was on its own.

Today it includes more than 35 providers across 10 locations, from Little Rock and North Little Rock to Conway, Bryant, Hot Springs, Arkadelphia, and beyond. The growth has never been about size for its own sake. It has been about putting comprehensive care within reach for more Arkansans. Each new clinic and each new specialist has been added with the same question in mind: how to put the right care closer to the people who need it.

Part of what sets the group apart is how much lives under one name. A patient may see a sports medicine specialist, a joint replacement surgeon for a hip, knee, or shoulder, a spine expert, a foot and ankle surgeon, or a hand and wrist specialist, while staying within the same connected team from the first visit through recovery. With services that include rheumatology, hand and physical therapy, workers’ compensation care, imaging, and outpatient surgery, many orthopedic needs can be evaluated and treated without asking patients to start over somewhere else.

In Conway, that same kind of care is right where the community lives and works. The clinic at 505 E. Dave Ward Drive brings OrthoArkansas and its team to Faulkner County. Here, a high school athlete or a weekend gardener can find care that fits their injury, their life, and their next step forward.

Recently, that local team grew again. OrthoArkansas added two fellowship-trained surgeons: Dr. Derrick Henry, specializing in foot and ankle care, and Dr. David Black, specializing in the hand, wrist, and elbow, broadening the care available to Conway-area patients. They join familiar faces who have long been part of the Conway community — including Dr. Grant Bennett, an orthopedic surgeon who lives and practices in Conway and puts it simply:

“I live here. My kids go to school here. It is important that the people in our community have excellent orthopedic care where they live — and I’m proud we can provide that for them.”

OrthoArkansas Orthopedic Urgent Care in Conway rounds out that promise. Open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., it offers walk-in care for many recent injuries, sprains, and fractures, with no appointment needed and an orthopedic team ready for conditions that do not require emergency room care. When the seasons change and sports start back up, local families can also turn to the clinic for convenient sports physicals.

OrthoArkansas is invested in Conway well beyond the clinic. As a member of the Conway Area Chamber of Commerce and a sponsor of local events and causes, the practice shows up for the place its patients call home.

Behind all of it is something much simpler: helping people get back to the life they want to be living. Sometimes that is a morning walk that feels good again. Sometimes it is lifting a grandchild without a second thought, or returning to the field, the garden, or the job that gives a day its shape. 

For Conway, Faulkner County, and surrounding areas, that is the promise: expert orthopedic care that is easier to reach, simpler to navigate, and built to serve every patient, close to home.

Schedule a visit at OrthoArkansas.com or by calling 501-500-3500.