Sentences with phrase «team physician»
A "team physician" is a doctor who takes care of the medical needs of a sports team. Full definition
The league announced it would provide $ 3.5 million in funding for research, an annual conference of team physicians and athletic trainers, and a head trauma task force.
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Throughout the film, Wilks serves as the narrator who attempts to tie all the stories together as he talks to athletes across all different sports, from two - time surfing champion Tia Blanco to record - holding Olympic weightlifter Kendrick Farris, along with many medical professionals, such as Dr. James Loomis, the former team physician for the St. Louis Rams and Cardinals.
Led by Dr. James Clugston, a University Athletic Association team physician at UF and an assistant professor of community health and family medicine, the UF researchers will correlate the data they collect from the sensors with additional data from blood and magnetic resonance imaging tests.
Work closely with team physicians.
According to Michael G. Ciccotti, M.D., Rothman Institute, Head Team Physician for the Phillies & St. Joe's University MLB has taken a very serious, very focused stance on preventing concussions in baseball.
The PATS Team Physician Awards were given to Dr. James Masterson, DO and Dr. Michael Rogal, MD..
That view is echoed by Dr. Michael Freehill, a Wake Forest Baptist orthopedic surgeon who specializes in shoulder injuries and assists as team physician for the Winston - Salem Dash.
He was reevaluated by team physicians for «ongoing discomfort» for his knee on Thursday, when it was determined that surgery would be necessary, the Cavaliers announced.
According to the Lansing State Journal, which is also part of the USA TODAY Network, at least 95 gymnasts have alleged sexual abuse by Larry Nassar, who was the national team physician from 1996 to 2015.
More than 80 gymnasts have alleged sexual abuse by Larry Nassar, who was the national team physician from 1996 to 2015.
UNCs stand on catty - corner 25 - yard lines during NFL games, watching for possible concussions and assisting team physicians in evaluating players.
Mesa High School team physician, David Bazzo, MD, with the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, has implemented an educational program to teach young athletes and their families about concussions.
USA Gymnastics hired the former federal prosecutor last fall to review its practices and policies following criticism of its handling of sex abuse complaints, including a case involving the longtime team physician that has resulted in federal charges.
The procedure was presented at the NFL team physicians» meeting last month in San Francisco.
He also serves as the lead team physician for the Houston SaberCats, the city's first professional rugby team.
«Across the board, this year's team is superior [to any team in U.S. history],» says Heiden, now an orthopedic surgeonwho's in Turin as the U.S. speedskating team physician.
«ÄúHe certainly had several medical challenges, «Äù says team physician Donald McGinnis.
Dr. Andrew Peterson, University of Iowa team physician, says that injury rates are low and mostly predicated on long careers and repeated hits — not a few years of contact sports during middle or high school.
We provide team physicians and athletic trainers for professional sports teams, high schools and college athletics.
For Bridie Farrell, the revelations of the past year including the abuse of Olympic gymnasts by former team physician Larry Nassar, were not a surprise.
Gicewicz was a 3 sport athlete and athletic booster at UB and also served as the UB Bulls team physician for nearly 3 decades.
My long - term goal is to become a professional sports team physician.»
The HITS system allows team physicians to monitor hits players receive on the field using sensors placed inside their helmets.
Other leadership team physician members include Lindsay Petty, M.D., Allison Tribble M.D., and Carol Chenoweth, M.D..
Assistant Professor Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Department of Orthopedic Surgery Team Physician, University of North Florida Jacksonville, FL
John Ziegler, the US Olympic team physician, worked with some chemists to come up with a drug that had similar performance boosting abilities with no side effects.
Three years later, however, as the victims of CTE begin to pile up, a former NFL doctor and Steelers team physician, Dr. Julian Bailes (Alec Baldwin, «Still Alice») join up, providing strategic knowledge and inside information about the League's concussion protocol (or lack thereof).
He was first introduced to Chiropractic Medicine by his high school football team physician where he saw how chiropractic care helped him compete at his highest level.
If successful, answering the first question will help clinicians like Dr. Margot Putukian, team physician at Princeton University, assuage the increasing worries about concussion among the athletes she treats.
The program was developed by Dr Charles Tator, Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Toronto and Founder of ThinkFirst Canada, and Dr Michael Clarfield, Director of Sports Medicine Specialists in Toronto and former Head Team Physician of the Toronto Maple Leafs (1989 - 2004).
Because this was a retrospective study of medical records and notes by team physicians and athletic trainers, the research team wasn't able to quantify the specific amount of time athletes kept playing before reporting a concussion, whether that was immediately after finishing the game or days later, to determine how the length of a reporting delay contributed to recovery time.
Given the high activity level here in Marin, the word athlete no longer has an age association, says Dave Goltz, an orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist who works in Larkspur at Mt. Tam Orthopedics as well as in Park City, Utah, as the head team physician for the U.S. freestyle Olympic ski team.
That's part of the reason I didn't throw shade at Fuller when he sat out and the team physician cleared him to play.
The Texas Rangers ace meets today with Dr. David Altchek, the Mets» team physician and an expert in TJ surgery.
Walt Lowe, the Rockets» team physician and chairman of orthopedic surgery at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, specifically warns of stress fractures stemming from abnormally rigid, high - arched feet — the type of shoddy shock absorbers which ended the season, and maybe the career, of his most famous patient, Yao Ming.
And we know that injuries don't just happen during a sporting event, which is usually when the athletic trainer or team physician is present.
He is also a team physician for USA Boxing and served 13 years as the chief medical officer of the New York State Athletic Commission.
His return is always at the discretion of the team physician, and that has never changed.
A team physician and a UNC both cleared him for return.
A 2012 study of Canadian college hockey players [2] found that many coaches downplayed symptoms in an effort to get an athlete back into action, ignored the team physician's concussion diagnosis and recommendation that a player sit out, resisted treatment of suspected concussion, and even intimidated physician observers.
The Consensus Statement on Concussion in Sport of the 3rd International Conference on Concussion in Sport in 2008 [1] included a Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 2 (SCAT2)[2] for standardized assessment by medical and health professionals (team physicians, certified athletic trainers, neuropsychologists) of sports concussion in athletes ages 10 years and older.
Gregory W. Stewart, MD, chief, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and a team physician at Tulane University said, «There is nothing more important in sports today than keeping our athletes healthy and playing at peak performance levels; this position statement is an excellent way to get athletes, coaches, athletic trainers and others thinking about how to manage weight loss or gain effectively and safely.»