Helpful Tips to Reduce Your Risks of Falling This Winter
By Mandy Vonderheid Winter can be a beautiful season full of holiday cheer – not to mention activities that can only be done during this time of year, like skiing or ice fishing. However, many Wisconsinites also dread winter for the below-zero temperatures, icy...
Common Fall Sports Injuries and How to Prevent Them
By Mandy Vonderheid Whether you’re an athlete on the field, a parent in the stands, or a community member watching highlights on the local evening news, high school fall sports are exciting for everyone. However, there’s another person you may see consistently on the...
Athletic Training Resident Research
By Jackie Burner As Stevens Point Orthopedics’ Athletic Training Resident (2018-2019), I’ve worked with orthopedic surgeons, physician’s assistants, and other healthcare professionals, and I’ve learned to wear many hats.I primarily work as a physician extender, which...
Common Faulty Running Patterns and How to Manage Them
By Sheila Banovetz, MS, PT Running is one of the most popular and practiced sports in the world. In the United States alone, almost 60 million people participated in running, jogging and trail running in 2017. Most running injuries occur in the lower extremities,...
Inaugural Ryan Ramczyk Lineman Camp a Success
The first-ever Ryan Ramczyk Lineman Camp was held June 27, and by every possible measure it was a smashing success. Almost 150 young athletes participated – 63 ninth through twelfth-graders in the high school camp, and another 75 third through eighth-graders in...
Patient Care Suite Expansion
Growth is a great thing…but it can get a little uncomfortable sometimes. Just ask your 13-year-old whose 12-year-old jeans suddenly stop somewhere above his ankle. The same sort of thing has been happening to Stevens Point Orthopedics — though not with our...
Complimentary Sports Physicals
While it seems like summer just started, it’s actually time for young athletes and their parents to start thinking about fall. Not back to school per se – it really is too early for that – but fall sports, and specifically the sports physicals that the Wisconsin...
Motion Analysis Assessment with Senator Patrick Testin
By Sheila Banovetz, MS, PT On June 14, State Sen. Patrick Testin spent the better part of a day at the D1 Training Facility in Stevens Point, where he coached, trained and sweated alongside his fellow athletes. After an early (5 a.m.) and very busy morning of coaching...
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