TRIA Orthopaedic Center Offers Athletic Training for All Athletes
New Athletic Training Room provides injury evaluation, treatment, prevention
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — March 17, 2015 — While professional, college, and high school athletes have access to athletic trainers to prevent, evaluate, and treat their injuries; the majority of the everyday active population does not have that same luxury. For this reason, TRIA Orthopaedic Center (TRIA) has created a solution for athletes of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities, with the introduction of its new Athletic Training Room.
Similar to the types of services provided by athletic trainers in professional or school sports, TRIA’s Athletic Training Room offers a variety of injury evaluation, treatment, and prevention services for $10 per visit.
“It is not uncommon that a patient with a mild ankle sprain or sore shoulder hopes it will get better on its own or will wait until it gets worse before they seek medical care,” said certified athletic trainer Lisa Schniepp. “We want to offer a service that allows a place for those people to receive an orthopaedic evaluation and medical advice from a trained professional to get them back on the road to recovery early and prevent re-injury.”
Services offered through the Athletic Training Room include injury evaluation, taping techniques, coordination of care including patient education, home exercises, and treatment protocols. Patients that may need additional or more comprehensive care will have quick access to physicians, physical therapy, and/or other specialty services.
“We recognized there is an active population in the area that may be underserved and does not always have access to this type of care,” said Schniepp. “In youth sports or adult recreation, every participant deserves high level care available, similar to our professional, collegiate and high school athletes. That was our goal when we set out to open an athletic training room to the public.”
TRIA’s Athletic Training Room is open Monday through Thursday from 2:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m., Friday from 2:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m. and Saturday from 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Patients are encouraged to call ahead for an appointment or with questions. Same day appointments are also available. Visit https://tria.com/services/sports-medicine/athletic-training-room-services for more information.
About TRIA Orthopaedic Center
TRIA is a comprehensive center for orthopaedic medicine, providing incomparable clinical and surgical care, world-class research, and innovative programs. TRIA Orthopaedic Center has over 40 highly-trained physicians with a variety of sub-specialties such as sports medicine, acute injury, shoulder, hip, knee, spine, hand and wrist, foot and ankle, and fractures. TRIA’s sports medicine specialists have served as official team physicians for Minnesota’s professional sports teams for over 25 years. TRIA offers walk-in care through the Acute Injury Clinic, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. seven days a week, no appointment needed. From diagnosis to treatment, to rehabilitation and even surgery, it is all at one convenient location at I-494 and France Avenue in Bloomington, Minnesota. For more information, visit tria.com.