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Kent School

Sports Medicine

Sports Medicine

By utilizing the most efficient, proven, and current technologies alongside the best equipment available, Kent cares for, prevents, treats, and rehabilitates injuries while maximizing athletic performance and a safe return to play.

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Our goal is to provide student-athletes with the best health care possible. We pride ourselves not only on treating the injury but treating the injured athlete as a person.

Trusted With Health and Well-Being

We aim to honor the trust placed in us by Kent's student-athletes and their families by offer a health care system that reduces the risk of athletic injury. We are a dedicated to the care, prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of injuries while maximizing athletic performance and a safe return to sport.

 

Athletic training encompasses the prevention, examination, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of emergent, acute or chronic injuries and medical conditions. At Kent, athletic training is integrated and multidisciplinary. The athletic trainers specialize in five domains:

  1. Prevention of athletic related injuries
  2. Recognition, evaluation and immediate care of athletic related injuries
  3. Rehabilitation and reconditioning of athletic related injuries
  4. Health care administration
  5. Professional development and responsibility.

Our athletic trainers work in partnership with the Kent School Physician and nurses that are available twenty-four hours a day.



 


 

Concussion Policy

Kent School takes multiple steps to ensure concussions are recognized and treated appropriately to ensure student well-being.



 


 

Severe Weather Policies

The decision to suspend or terminate an ongoing athletic event due to weather is made by the Athletic Trainers.