Sports Medicine
COASTherapy has built its stellar reputation as a premier sports medicine and physical therapy clinic by successfully rehabilitating athletes of every caliber. COASTherapy continues to help athletes, from elite to weekend, achieve their goals through customized sports medicine disciplines directed by the experienced Certified Athletic Trainers and Licensed Therapists of COASTherapy.
The importance of Athletic Trainers
An Athletic Trainer must have multiple capabilities. Our Athletic Trainers possess extensive knowledge of the following: injury prevention, injury recognition and evaluation, injury management, injury rehabilitation, and injury education and counseling. The key elements of these programs are outlined below.
- Injury Prevention
- Stretching
- Taping
- Protective equipment
- Environmental conditions
- Preseason physicals
- Injury Recognition and Evaluation
- Assess extent of the injury
- Institute proper action
- Injury Management
- Emergency care
- Appropriate medical referral
- Injury treatment
- Injury Rehabilitation
- Implement rehab program
- Education and Counseling
- Athlete injury education
- Health counseling
As you can see, there are many different areas where our Athletic Trainers can have an impact on the efficiency of your athletic program. There is no doubt that our Athletic Trainers can be a critical asset to your sports team.
COASTherapy offers unparalleled Athletic Training services that include game coverage, prophylactic taping, and fitness testing by our NATA certified trainers.