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Athletic Training Services
An athletic trainer is an allied health professional who works under the direction/ supervision of a licensed physician to provide health care to athletes. His/her role is to prevent injuries, recognize/ evaluate injuries, manage/treat injuries, and educate and counsel athletes. An athletic trainer provides on-site evaluation and treatment for the injured athlete, immediate first aid care, follow-up rehabilitation care, and specific conditioning programs for injury prevention. Each team is assigned an athletic trainer. All injuries should be reported to the athletic trainer assigned to your team. If you do not know who he/she is, contact your coach to find the appropriate athletic trainer or report to the nearest athletic training room and let one of the on duty athletic trainers make an assessment of your injury. The Hale Center is the main athletic training room, conveniently located near the Team Physician’s Office in case further follow-up is needed. The other athletic training rooms are located in the lower levels of the College Ave Gym and The RAC (Louis Brown Athletic Center). In general, the Hale Center and RAC training rooms are open five days a week during the morning and afternoon, while the College Ave training room is open during the afternoon only, throughout the fall and winter sport seasons. However, hours will vary by team, season, and semester. There will be weekend hours and extended weekday hours while teams are in-season. Call the training room or your athletic trainer to find out the schedule. Student-athletes with injuries (athletically or non-athletically related) and/or illnesses (all medical problems, i.e. colds, viruses, allergies, infections, skin disorders, chest pain) should contact the athletic trainer for their team. They will be evaluated and started on a course of treatment that may include visiting the Team Physician, who then, if necessary, will refer the student-athlete to appropriate consultants. The student-athlete should not try to diagnose and treat their injuries or try to decide how severe an injury might be. Our Team Physician makes all referrals. Service in the Orthopedic Clinic is by referral only. Student-athletes with personal/confidential matters may be seen directly by the Team Physician without first being referred by an athletic trainer. Contact the Team Physician’s Office to make an appointment in such instances. Our medical staff will closely monitor the recuperation and recovery process after an athlete’s injury or illness to ensure appropriate health status before returning to full athletic participation. If an injury or illness occurs when the training rooms are closed, please follow the steps of the Emergency Procedure
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