Welcome to
Forsyth Country Day School
Sports Medicine
and Athletic Training
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Head Athletic Trainer: Kevin Westwood, M.S., A.T.C.-L |
Assistant Trainer: Amanda Friedline-Weber, M.S., A.T.C.-L. |
SPORTS MEDICINE is the field of medicine dealing with injuries sustained in athletic endeavors and/or illnesses impacting sport performance. Sports medicine focuses not only on the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and injuries related to sports, but also on injury/disease prevention and management. The goal of sports medicine is to assist the athlete in achieving both optimal health and peak performance.
- From www.ascm.org
What Is an Athletic Trainer?
Certified athletic trainers (ATCs) are medical experts in preventing, recognizing, managing and rehabilitating injuries that result from physical activity. Athletic trainers can help you avoid unnecessary medical treatment and disruption of normal daily life; if you're injured, they can get you on the mend and keep you on the move.
As part of a complete health care team, the certified athletic trainer works under the direction of a licensed physician and in cooperation with other health care professionals, athletics administrators, coaches and parents. The ATC gets to know each athlete individually and can treat injuries more effectively.
- From www.nata.org
Our Services
We provide immediate on-site care for the practices and competitions of all school teams from 6th grade through our varsity teams. We also:
- Coordinate summer physicals
- Assimilate strength and conditioning rehabilitation exercise programs
- Offer modalities such as: hydrotherapy (whirlpools), electrotherapy, and hot or cold applications
- Accelerate appointment scheduling with orthopedic physicians in Winston-Salem
- Provide opportunities to participate in the latest research projects in sports medicine
Physicals
- All student/athletes are required to have a current physical on file in the athletic trainers office before participating in a sport. A physical is good one year from the date the physical was given. You may download the physical and parent permission forms using the link below.
Click here for the Athletics Pre-participation Physical Form.
