Sports Medicine

The mission of the athletic training program is to provide quality health care for the student-athletes of Holy Child. The scope of the athletic training services covers various domains which include injury prevention, recognition, treatment, rehabilitation, and education that will enable the athlete to perform to their ultimate abilities and recover from injuries to return to their sport as quickly as possible. Our Athletic Trainer will work in conjunction with the overseeing physician and athletic administration to ensure our student-athletes receive quality care throughout their athletic career at Holy Child. 

Our new state-of-the-art athletic training room serves each one of our more than 200 student-athletes at Holy Child and provides them with a place where they can receive the newest and most current treatment and rehab techniques. One of the new treatment modalities that the new athletic training facility holds is a 150-gallon whirlpool so athletes can take ice baths as part of their recovery. Science has shown that ice baths and cold-water therapy help reduce swelling and normalize adrenaline production so the body can recover faster than normal. This reduces recovery time for injured athletes and decreases delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) for healthy athletes so they can continue to train at a higher level without soreness. 

Our athletic training room also has an advanced electrical stimulation unit, which helps to decrease acute and chronic pain as well as spasms. It is useful to increase blood flow to various muscles and tissues to promote healing. Finally, it can be used to improve joint mobility that has been limited due to injury.