Hazleton Area Sports Medicine

As a reminder: free breakfasts and lunches are available from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm in the following locations on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays: Career Center... Arthur Street Elementary Freeland Elementary/Middle Heights Terrace Elementary/Middle McAdoo-Kelayres Elementary/Middle West Hazleton Elementary/Middle Thank you!

Attention winter sports athletes and parents: Starting this year and moving forward we will be handling physical paperwork digitally. We are not accepting paper copies of any form at the high school. Please follow the instructions below on how to complete and turn in your sports physical for the upcoming season. In order to participate in open gym or preseason workouts you must have the COVID-19 waiver signed online. Pages 1-6 of the sports physical, the COVID-19 waiver and drug & alcohol form must all be completed by the first practice or you will not be allowed to participate.

As partners in healthcare the Hazleton Area School District, Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) and Coordinated Health, a part of LVHN, are committed to a safe return to athletic participation after COVID-19. We realize the unique challenges faced by families and school districts during this time and have teamed up with your school to keep our promise of delivering free, convenient physicals for all student-athletes. Typically, physicals are provided at schools but with the... influence of COVID-19, we will instead be offering free physicals at many of our convenient locations. These physicals will be done on an individual basis and appointments will be scheduled ahead of time. Appointments will be scheduled starting on October 19th, and will run through the beginning of winter sports. How does this benefit you, the athlete? Our updated system is: Convenient. Schedule your free physical where and when it works for you. Safe. With strict cleaning and screening protocols in place, LVHN puts the safety of our patients first. Easy. Click here to access our rapid appointment request form. https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx At LVHN and Coordinated Health, we’re excited to get back to sports and can’t wait to join our school partners for the thrill of another season. No matter what you need this season, we’re here for you.

Packed house for the Girl's Volleyball game tonight, Go Cougars!

Link to register: https://us02web.zoom.us//tZAuduysrTgrHNR2GQYVH2AhgQn1JhTvs

Check out today's Standard Speaker to get an in-depth look at what we are doing to keep all of the student athletes and coaches at HASD safe and playing!

Service Electric Cablevision (SECV) is going to again offer the eLearning promotion which entails the following: 90 days free Internet service to students and... teachers who do not already subscribe to SECV Internet. This offer includes the 40M x 4M tier of Internet service, along with a free cable modem rental. Self-installation required with the assistance of a technician outside the residence to ensure the safety of our employees. All new customers must provide written proof of their child’s current enrollment at a local school in SECV’s service area. All teachers must reside in SECV’s service area and provide evidence of current employment status. Other restrictions may apply. For more information or to enroll in the eLearning offer, please call 877.955.7328. It applies only to those who do not currently subscribe to SECV Internet service.

LVHN is continuing free physicals for athletes until 8/31, make sure you sign up if you haven't yet! https://www.cognitoforms.com//RegisterNowForAFreePIAAPhysi

Middle School athletes are encouraged to complete their pre-participation paperwork on ATS as soon as possible. Link to instructions for registering for your free physical and completing your paperless pre-participation paperwork on ATS: https://www.hasdk12.org/Page/181

New and improved high school campus AT facility. We can't wait to be watching sports and helping our athletes again!

The PIAA has pushed the start date for fall sports back 2 weeks. This means we will continue fall sport voluntary workouts until the new official start date on August 24th. Athletes need their sports physicals turned in before that date to participate. Only the COVID-19 waiver and daily screening questions are required for voluntary workouts.

Starting this year and moving forward we will be handling physical paperwork digitally. We are not accepting paper copies of any form at the high school. Below is a link where you can find PDF instructions on how to complete and turn in your sports physical for the upcoming season. Pages 1-6 of the sports physical, COVID-19 waiver, and drug & alcohol form must all be completed by the first practice or you will not be allowed to participate. https://www.hasdk12.org/Page/181

I'm posting the link for all students and coaches to fill out their daily COVID-19 screening checklist so it's easy to find. Log in with your ID and password and the questionnaire will pop up. This must be done before every practice or workout. hasd4.atsusers.com

Don't forget to register for your free sports physical! A link and PDF instructions can be found on the athletics page of the school's website. https://www.hasdk12.org/Page/14129

Starting this year and moving forward we will be handling physical paperwork digitally. Below is a link where you can find PDF instructions on how to complete and turn in your sports physical for the upcoming season. https://www.hasdk12.org/Page/181

LVHN & Coordinated Health have over 1000 student athletes registered to receive their free sports physicals for this upcoming year! We appreciate all of our athlete's and their parent's patience as we do our best to work through these requests and get the appointments scheduled. I would like to send a huge shout out to each of the urgent care sites, Athletic Trainers and all of the moving parts that got this up and running so quickly for all of our schools partnered with LVHN and Coordinated Health!

Tickets on Sale next Thursday, June 25th at Capriotti's. Watch for more information on the Ticket Sales Procedures next week!

Link to register: https://www.cognitoforms.com//RegisterNowForAFreePIAAPhysi

Follow our official Twitter page for more updates and news! @HASDSportsMed

The outbreak of Covid-19 has caused unprecedented change in all aspects of life, and obviously athletics is no different. It is with that in mind that LVHN’s Athletic Training Department would like to offer telemedicine services for your student athletes. How it works: First, all high school and middle school student athletes and their parents will have to sign an informed consent form to allow their child to participate in telemedicine services. This can be done digitally th...rough a link when booking your appointment. Setmore.com is a web based scheduling service that our department is utilizing to schedule telemedicine visits. Setmore allows for complete customization of schedules (days/hours that the staff is available) as well as what types of services are offered such as injury evaluation, supervised rehabilitation, etc. The video portion is being hosted by Teleport video. Teleport is an integrated video conferencing app that utilizes secure end to end encryption ensuring the privacy and confidentiality of the visit. For the first visit, we ask that the parent/guardian of the student athlete be present. All visits conducted in this manner will continue to be documented just as any other in person visit with the athletic trainer would be. This telemedicine service will continue to be available even after the current health crisis passes, enabling your student athletes to continue to get the prompt, cutting edge service that you are accustomed to. This feature will be available to all HASD student athletes beginning on Monday, May 18th. You can schedule appointments here https://lvhnhahsathletictraining.setmore.com.

On behalf of the entire sports medicine team we are so proud of all of the HASD seniors and our hearts go out to those robbed of their senior season. We all miss our teams and cannot wait to be back on the sidelines with you all!

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It appears the link will not allow students to edit the document. Students can view the spreadsheet schedule and email me what day they would like to come in or stop by my office. Thank you and sorry for any inconvenience. My email is [email protected].

This is the link to a Google calendar for our sporting events. To sign up for an event, just type your name in the "Name" row of the date which you wish to observe. Highlight the event you wish to observe in red or just come to the office after school and you will be placed at whichever event will deliver the best learning experience that day. If you have any issues accessing the spreadsheet or signing up you can always see me in my office after school. You should not need a Gmail account to access this. Also, please do not change any event times, locations, or names that are not yours, but if you do accidentally just send me an email so that I can fix it. https://docs.google.com//1FwbwkiYqN7KljmDabVUtVk0hpB/edit

Shadowing & observation orientation will take place today right after school at the athletic training office and will only be about 15 minutes. If you cannot make it you can come down to the office this week and I will let you know what you missed.

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Good luck ladies!

On next Wednesday, March 4th, we will have a 15-20 minute group Orientation to kick off the spring sports season. All members interested in shadowing spring sports should attend. We will take a look at the facilities here at the high school for anyone who hasn't seen them and go over all pertenant information before we start the shadowing program. If you cannot make it that day we can arrange to have a meeting and go over any information you missed.

https://youtu.be/lNaQaaQ5Xjo

Our next meeting will be after school on 2/27 in one of the computer labs at the high school. It will be announced at all three schools once it gets closer.

Play many sports when you're young, you'll be a better all-around athlete for it.

CONCUSSION MYTH: concussions only happen in contact sports. While concussion rates are indeed high in contact sports, they are also significant in non-conta...ct sports such as baseball, swimming, basketball, and others This study focused on sports, but it's important to keep in mind that concussions can happen outside of athletics as well. Get the truth about more concussion myths here: https://baselinetesting.com/debunking-concussion-myths-inf/ Did anything on the list surprise you? Let us know

Thanks to those who came and made the first meeting a success. I look forward to moving forward and doing more as a club. I am reposting my contact info in case anyone missed it or was unable to attend. You can share this page with any other interested students as well. Larry Halye, LAT, ATC [email protected]