OTHS Athletic Training

This morning 7 of our HOSA students at OTHS competed in the 1st ever SWC High School Sports Medicine Showcase!

The students were tested on skills such as taping, splinting fractures, anatomical landmarks, and took a written exam! They competed against 40+ students from other SWC schools. They also got to talk to vendors and representatives from nearby colleges with athletic training programs and get to experience using a anatomage table!

This group also had 4 individual place in the top 3 out of all students for some of the skills! These individuals are:
Elena Henry: 3rd place overall for the written exam
Hayley Williams: 2nd place overall - anatomical landmarks
William Brown and Cece McCarthy: tied for 1st place for wrist taping!!

Congrats to all 7 of you guys for competing and representing OTHS well! Your athletic trainers are very proud of you all!

Good luck to our runners!

Congratulations to our Volleyball girls! Hard fought victory. Onto the next one!

Happy Halloween from your OTHS Athletic Trainers!🎃👻
Remember, no matter what we’ve always got your back!

Introducing your OTHS Sports Medicine Team!

Christian Novy: Athletic Trainer
Kayla Bauer: Athletic Trainer - Athletico Physical Therapy
Dr. Derby: Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Physician
Dr. Underwood: Sports Medicine Chiropractic Physician
Jordan Dellamano: Physical Therapist - Athletico Physical Therapy
Will Nall: MSAT Student at McKendree University

We are so excited to provide the best quality care to the student-athletes here at OTHS!
Go Panthers!

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Motivation This Week Courtesy of Tony Dorsett! He is a Hall of Fame running back who was the first player to ever win a College National Championship, the Heisman Trophy, and a Super Bowl.

Our modality of the week is heat!

The application of moist heat decreases pain, promotes muscular relaxation, increases circulation, and is great for warming up the muscles for a practice or game!

Also featured is the Varsity Boys soccer team prepping for their game against De Smet tonight!

Wise words from a former Olympic athlete and gold medalist. Good luck to all our Fall sports athletes as games kick off this week!

Hello Panthers!

We are starting a series called “Modality of the Week” where we post some of recovery tools that we have to offer for our student-athletes.

A modality is a therapeutic tool that promotes healing and recovery.

Our first modality of the week are Normatec Compression Boots! They use air compression to reduce muscle soreness, reduce inflammation and swelling, increase blood circulation, and help with overall recovery.