VAIL CO \u0097 Vail Valley Medical Center The Steadman Clinic and Eagle County Paramedic Services will provide free high school pre-participation physicals for all Eagle County student-athletes on Saturday May 14 at Battle Mountain High School. Last year nearly 250 high school boys and girls took advantage of this free offering.<\/p>\n\n\n
“VVMC The Steadman Clinic and other local medical providers have partnered to offer this service for almost 20 years” explains Vail Valley Medical Center’s President and CEO Doris Kirchner. “The goal of offering this testing at no cost is to make athletics possible for all our high school student-athletes but our true mission is to keep these young athletes healthy and safe.”<\/p>\n\n\n
Competitive runners skiers dancers football and ice hockey players will be screened for vision and hearing heart blood pressure and pulse as well as general health and all incoming freshmen will receive ImPACT baseline testing for concussions. In addition VVMC’s trauma services representative will provide education to the student-athletes and their parents on injury prevention concussions when to return to sport after injury and physical rehabilitation.<\/p>\n\n\n
“In the 12 years I’ve done pre-participation physicals I’ve met an increasing number of athletes and parents who want to learn more about concussions” says Brandie Martin a certified athletic trainer at The Steadman Clinic and director of the athletic training program for the Eagle County School District. “I have also seen an increase in the number of reported concussions which may mean that our initiatives to educate athletes about the danger of concussions are being heard.”<\/p>\n\n\n
The purpose of the high school physicals is to try to find any pre-existing issues that can be corrected so the students can play more safely. While athletics support an active and healthy lifestyle there are inherent risks of injury especially as sports become more rigorous in high school. Concussions a particular area of concern in young athletes will be one area of focus for the physicals. A second area of concern in young athletes is the heart. Shocking incidents of sudden cardiac arrest and other heart-related deaths in high school athletes across the nation have signaled the need for physicians to check for a history of heart disease and listen for heart murmurs. Irregular heartbeats blood pressure and pulse are of particular concern for athletes living and competing at high altitude.<\/p>\n\n\n
“EKG screenings are the least expensive and easiest way to look for heart pathology” explains Dr. Nelson Prager a cardiologist who specializes in electrophysiology and will be performing the EKGs for all student-athletes who choose to receive them. “They only take a few minutes and are noninvasive. They may pick up heart abnormalities that could be life threatening.”<\/p>\n\n\n
A musculoskeletal exam is also required to participate in sports. While some students of high school age experience growing pains that are of less concern Martin explains that joints that swell slip or come out of place are a red flag for orthopaedic physicians and athletic trainers.<\/p>\n\n\n
“Often we can find these issues get the students on a therapy plan and develop programs for stretching and maintenance to help minimize the chance for injury” explains Martin.<\/p>\n\n\n
Similar pre-participation testing to those offered on Saturday would require visits to a family physician or pediatrician and a musculoskeletal specialist. Participants in the free physicals will receive all-in-one assessments and advice at no cost.<\/p>\n\n\n
Acerca del Vail Valley Medical Center<\/strong> Acerca de The Steadman Clinic<\/strong> About Eagle County Paramedic Services<\/strong> VAIL CO \u0097 Vail Valley Medical Center The Steadman Clinic and Eagle County Paramedic Services will provide free high school pre-participation physicals for all Eagle County student-athletes on Saturday May 14 at Battle Mountain High School. Last year nearly 250 high school boys and girls took advantage of this free offering. “VVMC The Steadman Clinic…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Desde sus modestos inicios en 1965, VVMC se ha convertido en uno de los hospitales de monta\u00f1a m\u00e1s avanzados del mundo, brindando medicina deportiva de calidad ol\u00edmpica, investigaci\u00f3n l\u00edder basada en evidencia, atenci\u00f3n oncol\u00f3gica moderna y amplios servicios de cardiolog\u00eda, todos servicios de alta calidad con resultados excepcionales. Como centro m\u00e9dico independiente sin fines de lucro, VVMC mantiene cientos de empleos y recursos locales, sirviendo mejor a nuestra comunidad y a los visitantes. Brindando servicios de salud superiores con compasi\u00f3n y resultados excepcionales, VVMC ofrece servicios en expansi\u00f3n, bajas tasas de infecci\u00f3n, servicios comunitarios gratuitos y las m\u00e1s altas puntuaciones de satisfacci\u00f3n del paciente. Para obtener m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n, visite www.vvmc.com.<\/p>\n\n\n
The Steadman Clinic is a world-renowned orthopaedic clinic with facilities located in Vail Frisco and Edwards Colorado. Specializing in knee hip shoulder elbow hand spine foot and ankle injuries our experience and research have led to significant advances in the fields of orthopaedics and sports medicine. Our clinic treats patients from all walks of life including recreational and professional athletes from all over the world. For information please visit www.thesteadmanclinic.com.<\/p>\n\n\n
Eagle County Paramedic Services (ECPS) is a full-service Emergency Medical Services (EMS) agency that provides 9-1-1 emergency response inter-facility patient transportation including Paramedic level Critical Care Community Paramedic community events medical support of special events and specialized response teams. ECPS responds to over 4000 requests for service annually and covers approximately 1692 square miles including most of Eagle County and the eastern portion of Garfield County Colorado.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"