The athletic training room at Episcopal High School gives students access to state-of-the-art care often reserved for college and professional athletes. Two, full-time certified athletic trainers are on staff and present for all home sporting events and practices. The training room is open approximately two hours before and one hour after all practices and on-campus athletic competitions.
In the 2050-square-foot training room, students have access to services including hydrotherapy, cryotherapy, electronic stimulation, ultrasound, first aid, and rehabilitative/physical therapy services. Episcopal High School was fortunate enough to be the first high school in the country to purchase a HydroTrack, an underwater treadmill system, giving students access to aquatic therapy when necessary.
Additionally, EHS has had a long-standing relationship with a local team orthopedist, Dr. Ben Kittredge, for over 13 years. Dr. Kittredge sets aside six appointments per week at his practice, Commonwealth Orthopedics, for Episcopal students, and he is present on the sidelines at every home football game.
Every aspect of athletic training services provided at EHS helps to ensure that students are back on the field in a safe and timely fashion after any injury.
The athletic trainers work in collaboration with both the athletic department and health services staff. The athletic trainers evaluate all athletic injuries and determine athletic status using
consultation with the medical director when necessary. At the start of each season, coaches and students
are instructed as to appropriate use of the training room facility and of proper
procedure for notifying athletic trainers of injury. Likewise, students are strongly encouraged to
report all sports related injuries to
an athletic trainer at the time of injury.
Injuries
of an athletic nature, occurring during a school-sponsored activity (on or off
campus), must be reported to the athletic trainers. Decisions regarding follow-up care, ongoing
athletic training, and/or orthopedic consultation are at the discretion of the athletic training staff, in consultation with the medical director when indicated or
necessary. In addition, the athletic trainers
will make the determination regarding a student’s return to play and participation
in daily athletics. Such determination
will be made in consultation with the medical director when indicated or
necessary
Injuries
of an athletic nature sustained during non-school-sponsored
athletic activities are not the responsibility of the athletic trainers and should be directed to the Health Center or appropriate primary
provider.
The
athletic status of a student will be posted in the Daily Report available to
coaches, faculty, and administration via the password-protected faculty and staff portal on the School's website. It is the responsibility of both
the student and coach to be aware of athletic status by communicating with the athletic trainers or health center staff and by checking the Daily Report. Participating in sports activities despite a
Daily Report posting “no participation” is considered a violation of school
policy and a risk to the student and the School. When disagreement arises between a student, his/her family, any consulting
physician, the athletic trainers, or others regarding sports participation, the ultimate
decision lies with the medical director.