Easter Break: Sport Medicing

There were two games to medic over the Easter Weekend (Saturday and Monday).

My role as a medic doesn't involve taking photos - but I did capture these when I had time.

... Just to help you visualise what the sport medic scene is like. 

As sport medics, we report to the coach, manager and team physiotherapist. However, we are trusted to make autonomous decisions and play a crucial role in advising whether a player is fit for play. Sport medics generally arrive at the match venue when the manager arrives. This enables us to set up & attend to any player before the team warms up and completes their pre-game preperation. We leave once all players that want medical attention, after the game, are seen to. This can make for a long day. Sport medicing is primarily about sport first aid. However, the sport medic involved with a team also looks after the player's individual physical health. Therefore, we provide massage, strapping and stretching pre- and post-game too.

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Dunedin Technical A.F.C

Medics are allowed in the team areas [with players (on the bench), the coach, coaching assistant and manager]. Other people in the area include; the ball-boys (they fetch and cycle the match ball when it leaves the field) and photographer (local news paper reporter).
We lost this match 3 - 2.

Team physiotherapist

Soccer Ball!!

Scenic Soccer Field! This is Monday's field... it's much nicer than the location of Saturday's game.

Just before the match commences!  Monday's match - we won 8 - 0.

This is the players changing room pre-game.

Sport medics get their own treatment area!

Although the School of Physiotherapy offers the Sport Medicing course, it is in no way associated with any individual in a sport medicing context. Because of this we, as medics, are not allowed to wear any clothing with the School of Physiotherapy's name or logo. Nor can we say that we are physiotherapy students. Rather, we are qualified Sport Medics!