(Joplin, MO) – Keeping young athletes healthy while playing a sport they love is the primary focus behind free pre-participation physicals scheduled throughout the region by Freeman Health System’s Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine.
The examinations are designed to screen for injuries, illnesses or other factors that could potentially increase risk for athlete’s injury and are vital to a student’s participation in sports or physical activities as well as their individual health and safety.
“Freeman has been providing this service since 1993, or a little over 30 years, which turns out to be approximately 31,000 free physicals for our area athletes,” said Mylene Ray, Freeman Sports Medicine Outreach Coordinator.
Free physicals will take place over four evenings for more than 1,000 incoming student-athletes grades seven through 12 at area schools who partner with the Freeman Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Program.
Monday, June 3 at Joplin High School Gymnasium
- 5:30 pm – Joplin Schools students
- 6:00 pm – Riverton, Kansas students
- 6:30 pm – Freeman employee children
- 6:30 pm – Baxter Springs, Kansas students
Monday, June 10 at Webb City Middle School Gymnasium
- 5:30 pm – Webb City students
- 6:45 pm – College Heights Christian School students
- 6:45 pm – Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School students
Tuesday, June 11 at Neosho High School Gymnasium
- 5:30 pm – Neosho students
- 6:00 pm – McDonald County students
- 6:30 pm – Diamond students
- 6:30 pm – East Newton students
“We really appreciate our Freeman volunteers who work alongside our athletic trainers,” Ray said. “Volunteers come from all aspects of the hospital — orthopaedic providers; clinicians; emergency and internal medicine; family practice; ear, nose, and throat specialists; and Screen Team — just to name a few. Volunteers help make these nights possible and they keep things running smoothly.”
Each examination includes a student’s family medical history, height, weight, pulse, blood pressure, hearing, and vision. Additionally, a student’s nose, throat, heart, lungs, and abdomen will also be examined, along with their ankles, knees, hips and shoulders.
Volunteer check-in will begin at 5:00 pm each night. For more information concerning the pre-participation physicals, call 417.347.8778.
About Freeman Health System
Locally owned, not-for-profit and nationally recognized, Freeman Health System includes Freeman Hospital West, Freeman Hospital East, Freeman Neosho Hospital and Ozark Center — the area’s largest provider of behavioral health services — as well as two urgent care clinics, dozens of physician clinics and a variety of specialty services. In 2020, Freeman earned dozens of individual awards for medical excellence and patient safety from CareChex®, a quality rating system that helps consumers evaluate healthcare providers. U.S. News & World Report named Freeman Health System the Best Hospital in Southwest Missouri for 2020. With more than 320 physicians on staff representing more than 80 specialties, Freeman provides cancer care, heart care, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopaedics, children’s services and women’s services. Additionally, Freeman is the only Children’s Miracle Network Hospital in a 70-mile radius. For more information, visit freemanhealth.com.
Reference:
Kevin McClintock, Media Relations Coordinator
Freeman Health System
417.434.3458
KSMcclintock@freemanhealth.com
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