Sports Medicine

St. Anne’s-Belfield aims to provide every student-athlete with the most comprehensive, highest quality individual sports medicine health care available.

Our professional, compassionate, and service-oriented staff provides care to all student-athletes on our middle and high school teams. We strive to create a diversified prevention, evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation program that assures a healthy recovery experience and a safe return to full athletic participation.

The Sports Medicine Program

The Athletic Training Staff

St. Anne's-Belfield employs two full-time Athletic Trainers (ATs) at our Belfield Campus (with rotational hours at our Upper School, Greenway Rise Campus). Athletic Trainers (ATs) are healthcare professionals who collaborate with physicians to provide preventative services, emergency care, clinical diagnosis, therapeutic intervention, and rehabilitation of injuries and medical conditions.

Meet the Athletic Trainers

Jessica Matula, Head Athletic Trainer, jmatula@stab.org

To become a Certified Athletic Trainer, candidates must graduate with a degree from an accredited Athletic Training program and successfully pass the Board of Certification (BOC) Exam.

To practice in most states, the Athletic Trainer must also be credentialed within the state. In addition, Athletic Trainers must comply with National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) ethical standards and practice acts while remaining current with their continuing education requirements to remain certified.

We are proud to partner with local physicians to help provide the best care possible to our students. Our network of team physicians includes:

We also collaborate with the UVA Health Concussion Clinic, if a student athlete is not progressing with in 2 weeks of diagnosed concussion. Learn more about our concussion policies here. We are a clinical site for the UVA M.S. Athletic Training Program.

Athletic Training Rooms

The Vito A. Perriello, Jr. Athletic Training Room is located on the School's Belfield Campus in the Conway Convocation Center.

The athletic training room is named in honor of the School’s long-time team pediatrician Dr. Vito Perriello, Jr. Dr. Perriello dedicated much of his life to the health and safety of young athletes. He gave selflessly of his time and talents to the athletic training room and sidelines. Not only did he provide excellent care to the School’s student-athletes, but he also helped shape the Sports Medicine program. His support set a standard for exceptional care, which continues today.

Athletic Training Room In the Upper School Infirmary

The Athletic Training Room at the Upper School is located in the Infirmary on the bottom floor of the Scott Center for Arts and Sciences

Concussion Policy

Our concussion policy encompass education, baseline testing, and returning our students back to the classroom and sport. We feel all of these components are essential to the health and safety of our student-athletes.

Concussion Education

Students

Baseline Concussion Testing: Each rising Grades 7 - 12 student must complete concussion baseline testing with the School's Sports Medicine staff. Baseline testing needs to be completed every school year prior to participating in athletics at the School. Students who plan to play a sport at any point during the school year are strongly encouraged to attend summer baseline testing, if their schedule allows.

Resources

Concussion Basics
Parent/Guardian Fact Sheet
Fact Sheet for Athletes:
- Ages 14 – 18
- Ages 11 – 13
A Fact Sheet for Coaches
A Fact Sheet for Teachers, Counselors and School Professionals

Concussion Return to Learn

Once a student-athlete is diagnosed with a concussion, he or she is monitored closely by the athletic trainers. Our Return to Learn guidelines are designed in an effort to simplify and clarify expectations of the student, parents, and teachers and aid in reducing the anxiety involved with a concussion recovery.

Concussion flowchart

Return to LEarn Strategy

Concussion Return to Play

Our Return to Sport protocol is a gradual five-step process to ensure a safe return to sport. Each step typically takes a minimum of 24 hours.

All questions regarding the Concussion Policy should be directed to the athletic trainers.

Concussion Policy	Appendix I	Appendix II
Appendix III	Appendix IV	Driving Post Concussion

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