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February, 2011
LPST Hosts 5th Annual Sports Injury Seminar 
Longview Physical & Sports Therapy and Longview Orthopedic Associates have announced plans for the 5th Annual Sports Injury Seminar for high school coaches.
The clinic will be held on Saturday, March 12th at Pacific Surgical Institute in Longview. More than 20 area coaches attended the 2010 event.
The seminar will get underway at 8 a.m. and include the following sessions:
- Brian Hoyt, MD – Prescription drugs in athletics
- Jon Kretzler, MD – Compartment syndromes (Defined by the Mayo Clinic as “an uncommon, exercise-induced neuromuscular condition that causes pain, swelling and sometimes even disability in affected muscles of your legs or arms.”)
- Anthony Lauder, MD – Hand and wrist injuries
- Peter Kung, MD – Shoulder pathologies in sports
- Dan Ruiz, ATC AT/L – Healthy eating and supplements
The LPST staff will also offer a taping lab, a presentation on bracing by ATC Ed Earnest, proprioception/balance drills, and information about hand-wrist and elbow injury evaluation and prevention.
Contact event organizer Dave Knoeppel at 360.578.1188 for details.
Ed Earnest, ATC, of Longview Physical & Sports Therapy demonstrates proper taping technique
