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Note: Health and P.E. must be taken BEFORE Sports Medicine I course can be taken. Therefore, some 9th graders may not be able to take Sports Medicine I unless their Health and P.E. is first semester, and that cannot be guaranteed.
SPORTS MEDICINE I* (Elective)- Prerequisite: Health and Physical Education
This course is designed for students interested in the career of athletic training. The primary focus includes, but is not limited to, the following topics: The Athletic Training/Sports Medicine (ATSM) Team, organization and administration, injury prevention, physical training and conditioning techniques, nutritional considerations, protective sports equipment, psychology of sport injury/illness, mechanisms and characteristics of sports trauma, tissue response to injury, human anatomy, exercise physiology, biomechanics, kinesiology, CPR/blood borne pathogens, injury assessment and evaluation, environmental concerns, basic taping and bandaging, explanations of therapeutic modalities, basic exercise rehabilitation, drug use/abuse in sports, and skin disorders. Students may be required to engage in practical experience outside of class for the purpose of applying knowledge and techniques learned in class.
SPORTS MEDICINE II* (Elective)- Prerequisite: Sports Medicine I
This course is designed for students wanting to further their knowledge in the field of athletic training through the integration of information presented in Sports Medicine I. The primary focus of this course is anatomy and physiology of the foot/ankle/lower leg, knee, shoulder, elbow, forearm, wrist/hand, hip, thigh, groin, pelvis, abdomen, thorax, lumbar/thoracic/cervical spine, head, and face. With each of these areas the students will learn how to prevent and treat different types of injuries with hands-on injury evaluations and advanced taping techniques. Students may be required to engage in practical experience outside of class for the purpose of applying knowledge and techniques learned in class.
SPORTS MEDICINE III* (Elective)- Prerequisite: Sports Medicine I and II
This course is designed for students wanting to pursue a career in the Sports Medicine Field. The primary focus of this course will be to build on the material that was covered in Sports Medicine II. The students will be required to participate in on campus observations at LMHS athletic events.. They will also be required to participate in off campus observations at a physical therapist office. This course is designed to refine their injury evaluation, assessment, and taping techniques that were previously learned in Sports Medicine II.
SPORTS MEDICINE IV* (Elective)- Prerequisite: Sports Medicine I, II, III
This course is designed for students wanting to pursue a career in the Sports Medicine Field. The students will be required to participate in on campus observations at LMHS athletic events. They will also be required to participate in off campus observations at a physical therapist office. This course is designed to refine their injury evaluation, assessment, and taping techniques that were previously learned in Sports Medicine III.
*In person course offerings are dependent upon student enrollment.
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