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Pre-Season Football Practices

Sports Medicine: High School Athletic Training Services

Orthopedics: Sports Medicine

High School Performance Enhancement Programs:

Practice Coverage

Athletic Trainer (ATC) staffs the school’s athletic training room during all regularly scheduled athletic practices and sessions.

August Two-a-Day Pre-Season Football Practices

ATC provides full-time coverage during the start of fall sports season for a maximum of two weeks.

Sporting Event Coverage

On-site staffing of all regularly scheduled “home” and “away” sporting events as requested in advance by the Athletic Director.

Tournament Coverage

Onsite ATC staffing of host high school tournaments including:

  • Pre-tournament management including (but not limited to)
    1. Preventative taping and wrapping
    2. Water cooler set up
    3. Stretching
  • Tournament first-aid, injury assessment, initial injury treatment
  • Post-tournament management
    1. Ice application to injured players
    2. Water cooler clean-up
    3. Injury treatment and wrapping

Saturday Injury Clinic

On-site injury clinic program including:

  • 2 hours Athletic Trainer Service
  • Triage of athletic injuries
  • Treatment clinic for athletic injuries
  • Personalized home treatment plan instruction
  • Referral to Sparrow Orthopedic Surgeons

Access to Orthopedic Specialists

Sparrow Orthopedics has direct communication with Orthopedic Surgeons who are experts in treatment of athletic injuries. The Athletic Trainer works closely with surgeons to create a team approach to sports injury treatment, greatly enhancing the quality and speed of athlete recovery.

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