The physicians at Sports Orthopedics & Spine wish all athletes an injury free season, but realize that injuries do occur on the playing field. Sports Orthopedics & Spine Educational Foundation will provide to Jackson and the West Tennessee communities a free Injury Clinic during the football season. All injured athletes have access to the clinic every Saturday from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m., starting August 26, 2006 and running through October 28, 2006. The service is offered to everyone regardless of their ability to pay and the only cost to the athletes is for x-rays. The Injury Clinic is held at 569 Skyline Dr, Suite 100, Jackson, TN 38301. The Clinic has been marketed to high school coaches in Jackson and in the surrounding counties. It will also be advertised on several radio stations and publications.

For all athletic programs a physical is required in order to participate, at a cost of $150.00. The Sports Orthopedics & Spine Education Foundation will offer free physicals to the college athletes and those associated with their college programs (i.e., summer camp programs). The physicals begin in August each year and are offered throughout the school year. The summer camp physicals run from May to June. The physicals are offered at their college campus or at 569 Skyline Dr, Suite 100, Jackson, TN 38301. The physicals are offered to assure that the athletes are physically fit to participate and minimize their risk of injury. The information about the physicals is conveyed to the coaches in written format as required by the school.

The Sports Orthopedics & Spine Educational Foundation also will provide physicals to high school athletes residing in Jackson and in the West Tennessee communities at a low cost of $10.00. The physicals are offered throughout the entire year at 569 Skyline Dr, Suite 100, Jackson, TN 38301. The physicals are offered regardless of a family’s ability to pay and assure that all athletes are physically fit to participate which minimizes their risk of injury. The information about the physicals is conveyed to the coaches in written format as required by the school.

Sports Orthopedics & Spine Educational Foundation will sponsor a yearly Coaches Clinic in July. The coaches clinic will be lead by the physicians at Sports Orthopedics & Spine and will provide educational presentation to high school coaches on how to minimize injury through proper playing techniques and training. The information presented in this clinic will also provide the coaches with the ability to properly assess an injury. This year’s Coaches Clinic was held on July 22nd, 2006 at 7:00 a.m. This clinic was held at Jackson Country Club, 31 Jackson Country Club Ln, Jackson, TN 38305. The clinic is a free service to all of Jackson and the West Tennessee community’s high school coaches. Each coach has been presented with an invitation to the clinic.

Sports Orthopedics & Spine Educational Foundation will sponsor game coverage for five colleges as well as five high schools. The game coverage is provided by the physicians or the physicians assistants of Sports Orthopedics & Spine. The coverage is provided at no cost to the schools and the providers are on their field during playing time. The on site coverage allows injuries to be assessed timely. The game coverage is marketed through school advertising.

Other events that will be initiated by Sports Orthopedics & Spine Education Foundation in 2006 include:

• Educational presentations for Workers Compensation Case Managers
• Education presentations for High School and College Coaches
• Arthritis Education and Treatment Options
• Sponsoring the March of Dimes Walk
• Free Osteoporosis Testing for post menopausal women
• Sponsoring a 5k run for the community