Dragon Athletic Training

Pine City High School Sports Medicine provided by Welia Health (formerly FirstLight Health System).

Welcome to the Dragon Athletic Training website!

This web page has been designed to provide student-athletes, parents/guardians, coaches, and volunteers easy access to the Pine City High School (PCHS) athletic trainer. This site will include your care team, announcements, calendar of events, parent/athlete education info, policies and procedures, and visiting team info. If you have additional questions or concerns, feel free to contact the current athletic trainer.

WHAT IF YOU COULD MAKE HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SAFER?

We’re not talking about changing sports equipment or the rules of engagement. We are talking about adding a new member to the team. Someone called an athletic trainer. An ally. A friend. An expert in sports medicine.

LOWER THE NUMBER OF ATHLETE INJURIES

Can athletic trainers make a significant difference in sports safety? The statistics say “yes.” Schools with an athletic trainer report that their student athletes sustain fewer injuries (both acute and recurring) than athletes at schools without athletic trainers. Having athletic trainers on staff also improves the rate of early detection of dehydration, head injuries, and other sports-related health issues. Student athletes at secondary schools with athletic trainers incur more diagnosed concussions, demonstrating better identification of these injuries.

At Your Own risk

A safer approach to work, life, and sport. Find out how you are at your own risk without an athletic trainer.

Athletic trainers (ATs) are highly qualified, multi-skilled health care professionals who collaborate with physicians to provide preventative services, emergency care, clinical diagnosis, therapeutic intervention and rehabilitation of injuries and medical conditions. Athletic trainers work under the direction of a physician as prescribed by state licensure statutes.

Athletic trainers provide medical services to all types of patients, not just athletes participating in sports, and can work in a variety of job settings. Athletic trainers relieve widespread and future workforce shortages in primary care support and outpatient rehab professions and provide an unparalleled continuum of care for the patients.

Athletic trainers improve functional outcomes and specialize in patient education to prevent injury and re-injury. Preventative care provided by an athletic trainer has a positive return on investment for employers. ATs are able to reduce injury and shorten rehabilitation time for their patients, which translates to lower absenteeism from work or school and reduced health care costs.

Athletic Trainers Work In:

Public and private secondary schools, colleges and universities, professional, and Olympic sports
Youth leagues, municipal and independently owned youth sports facilities
Physician practice, similar to nurses, physician assistants, physical therapists and other professional clinical personnel
Rural and urban hospitals, hospital emergency rooms, urgent and ambulatory care centers
Clinics with specialties in sports medicine, cardiac rehab, medical fitness, wellness and physical therapy
Occupational health departments in commercial settings, which include manufacturing, distribution and offices to assist with ergonomics
Police and fire departments and academies, municipal departments, branches of the military
Performing arts including professional and collegiate level dance and music

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