Who Is Helping Athletes Behind the Scenes?

Athletic trainers are on the frontlines of the battlefield in the fight to keep athletes in the game. In addition to continually offering prevention measures, injury assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation, the sports medicine program at Heartland Orthopedic Specialists helps in this fight by offering a full team of experienced athletic trainers to area college and high school athletes.

Heartland Orthopedic Specialists’ athletic trainers have a wide array of knowledge and expertise on how our bones, muscles, and joints operate. Below are three of the fourteen athletic trainers that work closely with your athletes and the specialists at Heartland Orthopedic Specialists:

“Our athletic trainers’ expertise stretches far beyond their athletic training outreach duties,” explains Dr. Eric W. Nelson, sports medicine specialist at Heartland Orthopedic Specialists. “In addition to working with area high schools and colleges, they work side-by-side with us in clinic and at area sports facilities to help ensure all athletes return to the game in a timely and safe manner.”

To learn more about our athletic trainers and the services that they offer within the sports medicine program, call (320) 335-6078.