FHS SPORTS MEDICINE

STUDENT ATHLETE HANDOUT

REPORTING INJURIES

ALL ATHLETES ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT ALL INJURIES AND ILLNESS TO THE STAFF

ATHLETIC TRAINERS IMMEDIATELY.  ALL INJURED ATHLETES ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND

PRACTICE AFTER THE COMPELETION OF THEIR TREATMENT AND/OR REHABILITATION WITH

THE STAFF ATHLETIC TRAINERSATHLETES THAT ARE ALSO SEEING A PHYSICAL THERAPIST

WILL BE REQUIRED TO ATTEND TREATMENTS.

DOCTOR’S NOTES/PHYSICIAN’S VISITS

ANY STUDENT ATHLETE THAT SEES ANY PHYSICIAN OR DOCTOR FOR ANY REASON

(ILLNESS OR INJURY) AT ANY TIME MUST SUPPLY A WRITTEN NOTE FROM THAT

PHYSICIAN OR DOCTOR BEFORE BEING ABLE TO RECEIVE TREATMENT AND/OR RETURN TO

PARTICIAPTION IN THEIR SPORT/ATHLETIC EVENT. NO STAFF ATHLETIC TRAINER WILL BE

ALLOWED TO OVERRIDE OR SUPERSCEED A DOCTOR’S NOTE. IF A NOTE IS NOT SUPPLIED,

THE ATHLETE WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO RECEIVE TREATMENT OR RETURN TO PRACTICE.

STUDENT ATHLETIC ACCIDENT INSURANCE

FISD WILL NOT PROVIDE MEDICAL INSURANCE FOR STUDENTS THAT PARTICIPATE IN

INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETICS.

MORNING TREATMENTS

MORNING TREATMENTS WILL BE HELD MONDAY –FRIDAY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SCHOOL

YEAR, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL HOLIDAYS – THANKSGIVING BREAK, CHRISTMAS BREAK, EASTER, AND SPRING BREAK.

DURING THE ABOVE HOLIDAYS, A SCHEDULE OF OPERATING HOURS WILL BE POSTED

ON THE DOORS TO THE ATHLETIC TRAINING ROOM AND ALL COACHES WILL BE NOTIFIED

AND ASKED TO RELAY THAT INFORMATION TO THEIR ATHLETES. IT IS THE ATHLETE’S

RESPONSIBILITY TO KNOW THE OPERATING HOURS OF THE ATHLETIC TRAINING ROOM

IF AN INJURED ATHLETE FAILS TO SHOW UP FOR MORNING TREATEMENTS WITHOUT

NOITIFYING THE STAFF ATHLETIC TRAINERS, THEIR COACH WILL BE NOTIFIED AND THAT

ATHLETE MAY BE REQUIRED TO REPORT TO THE TRAINING ROOM  DURING THEIR ATHLETIC

PERIOD AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THEY HAVE COMPLETED THEIR TREATMENTS.

SENIORS WITH OFF-CAMPUS FIRST PERIOD WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO

ATTEND TREATMENTS DURING THAT TIME.

MORNING TREATMENT HOURS

AUGUST-OCTOBER

6:30 AM   FRESHMAN FOOTBALL, FRESHMAN VOLLEYBALL, BOY’S AND GIRL’S CROSS COUNTRY ONLY

7:00 AM   ALL OTHER HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES     

7:30 AM   JUNIOR HIGH ATHLETES ONLY

NOVEMBER-MAY

7:00 AM ALL HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES    

7:30 AM JUNIOR HIGH ATHLETES ONLY

ACADEMIC DAY

ATHLETES ARE NOT ALLOWED TO MISS ANY CLASS, INCLUDING ANY STUDENT

AIDE PERIODS, TO SEE THE ATHLETIC TRAINERS.

ATHLETIC PERIODS

ALL INJURED ATHLETES WILL BE REQUIRED TO SEE THE STAFF ATHLETIC TRAINERS PRIOR

 TO REPORTING TO PRACTICE.

CONTINUATION OF TREAMENTS/REAHABILITATION

ALL INJURED ATHLETES WILL BE REQUIRED TO ATTEND TREATMENTS UNTIL RELEASED

FROM THE ATHLETIC TRAINING ROOM BY THE STAFF ATHLETIC TRAINERS.

SUMMER HOURS

THE ATHLETIC TRAINING ROOM WILL NOT BE OPEN DURING SUMMER VACATION.

PREVENTATIVE ANKLE AND WRIST TAPING

ANY NON-INJURED ATHLETE THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE TAPED FOR GAMES AND

PRACTICES IN ORDER TO PREVENT INJURY, WILL BE REQUIRED TO PREFORM

STRENGTHENING EXERCISES THREE TIMES A WEEK DURING THE NORMAL OPERATING

HOURS OF THE ATHLETIC TRAINING ROOM. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS WILL RESULT

IN THE ATHLETE NOT BEING TAPED.  NO ATHLETE IS ALLOWED TO TAPE THEMSELVES OR TO

BE TAPED BY ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE FHS STAFF ATHLETIC TRAINERS, UNLESS OTHER ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN BY THE FHS ATHLETIC TRAINING STAFF.