The Steadman Clinic, Vail Health and Colorado Mountain Medical to offer physicals

The Steadman Clinic, alongside with its partners Vail Health and fitness and Colorado Mountain Professional medical, as soon as all over again will be offering no cost pre-participation physicals for high college learners in the Vail space.

The physicals are established for two forthcoming Fridays at two area superior educational facilities. The initial will be May 20 at Struggle Mountain Higher College in Edwards, and the next will arise a person 7 days later on on May perhaps 27 at Eagle Valley High Faculty in Gypsum. Each classes will get place from 3:30 p.m. until finally 6:30 p.m.

“We’ve been doing this for above 25 decades, offering pre-participation physicals to the area substantial faculty students in Eagle County,” reported Brandie Martin, the director of athletic schooling at The Steadman Clinic.

“We are delighted to provide it back to the superior educational facilities this calendar year after a quick split due to COVID-19. We missed this in 2020 and then noticed the good overall health care protocols final 12 months and held the physicals at Vail Well being for all of our neighborhood students.”

Martin pointed out the group hard work guiding this once-a-year function.

“It’s a crew hard work between Vail Health and fitness, Colorado Mountain Health-related and The Steadman Clinic,” Martin claimed.

“The Steadman Clinic gives the physicians. We will have nurse practitioners and athletic trainers as effectively, and Vail Wellness will be offering volunteers and encouraging us arrange and regulate the situations. It’s a good possibility for us to occur alongside one another and present a much-essential services to our group cost-free of cost. We all really like to have the chance to assist assistance the youth athletes in the county.”

The support is open up to all university student-athletes getting into grades 9-12 this coming drop. Physical varieties ought to be signed and filled out by a mother or father or guardian, and pupil-athletes underneath age 18 have to be accompanied by a father or mother or guardian. No appointments are required.

The events guarantee extra than just free of charge physicals.

“These are enjoyment occasions for both equally the athletes and their dad and mom,” included Martin.

“Sure, the principal reason is to offer the physicals for the learners, but we’ll be also be giving out some cost-free swag to men and women that arrive by. And for all those that are fascinated, we’re going to have data on some of the current exploration that we are accomplishing at Steadman Philippon Research Institute.”

All college student-athletes coming into ninth via 12th grades this drop are qualified.

“It’s a great prospect for us to arrive alongside one another and deliver a a great deal-wanted service to our community totally free of charge. We all appreciate to have the likelihood to assist help the youth athletes in the county,” Martin reported.

For further more data, get hold of Lynda Sampson, VP External Affairs (lsampson@sprivail.org, 970-479-1563)