AT EPIC PC, we provide comprehensive pre-participation exams to ensure the health and safety of young athletes. Take a look at this presentation to know more.

1. EPIC Primary Care Sports Physical Exam
Maintaining the health and safety of your little athletes

2. Child Development
Sports and recreational activities play a great role in your
child’s overall development. They are a great way to:
Reduce
stress and
pressure
Keep your
kids active
Help them
stay in shape
Boost self-
esteem
Induces
self-discipline
Encourage
healthy decision
making
Enhance
problem-
solving skills
Helps in cognitive
and academic
development
Inculcate teamwork
and cooperation

3. However, while we must encourage our kids to actively
participate in sports, we also need to ensure the health and
safety of our little athletes.
In fact, preventing sports injuries should be a priority for
parents, coaches, schools.
So, while National Youth Sports Week is already over, raising
awareness about the benefits of sports and ensuring the
safe participation of kids in various sport-related activities
should not.
Here are some statistics to stress on the importance of
sports safety.
Child Development

4. The Fact Sheet - Did you know?
• More than 38 million children participate in sports
each year in the United States.
• Nearly 1.3 million children, 19 and under, suffer from
sports-related injuries.
• 90% of sports-related concussions occur without loss
of consciousness.
• One in three children who plays a team sport is
injured seriously due to miss practice during the
game.
• Girls are up to eight times more likely to have an ACL
injury than boys.
• Around 62% sports-related injuries occur during
practice rather than in games.

5. Types of Sports Related Injuries
The most common types of sports-
related injuries among children are:
Sudden death
Muscle strains
Bone or growth
plate injuries
Twists, falls and
fractures
Collisions
Cuts and bruises
Repetitive motion
injuries
Heat strokes
Breathing issues
Sports-related
injuries

6. Play it Safe!
To keep kids safe while playing sports, parents and sports coaches should encourage children to:
Always be in a proper
physical health state
Know and follow the
rules of the game
Wear appropriate
protective gear
Know how to use
athletic equipment
Always warm up and
stretch before playing
Stay
hydrated
Avoid playing when
tired or in pain
Learn the signs and symptoms of
concussion and try to avoid
overuse injury
Get an annual pre-participation
physical exam done to rule out
any potential health condition
that might put kids at risk while
playing a sport

7. Role of EPIC PC Pre-participation Exam in Maintaining the Health of Little
Athletes
Pre-participation exams involve a comprehensive medical assessment of an athlete’s overall health and well being, and
his/her ability to perform a sport at the highest level. During a pre-participation exam, your EPIC primary care physician will
perform various tests to:
Determine the general
health of kids
Recommend nutrition and
training related tips and advices
to maximize the health of your
young athletes.
Determine the general
health of kids
Ascertain the current
immunization status
Identify health
risk behaviors
Evaluate physical
fitness
Detect an underlying medical
condition that may
predispose to injury/illness
while playing sports
Make
recommendations
regarding participation
in a particular sport
Meet the legal
requirements to
athletic participation

8. Components of EPIC PC Pre-participation Exam
Your EPIC PC
pediatrician will
evaluate your
child’s:
Examination of heat
disorders
Height and weight
General medical health: BP,
pulse, body temperature, etc
Cardiovascular health
Pulmonary status
Musculoskeletal problems
Neurological condition
Eyes
Dental health
Gastrointestinal status
Genitourinary issues
Dermatologic health

9. Components of EPIC PC Pre-participation Exam
Apart from this, we also provide a range of other pediatric
healthcare services, including routine health-checks,
management of acute and chronic illness, and weight
management, nutritional counseling, and immunization and
vaccination services to keep your children healthy and fit.
So, this year, before making your kid participate in school
sports, ensure his proper health and well being.
Schedule a pre-participation exam at EPIC Primary Care and
make way for healthy athletes.
AT EPIC PC, we provide comprehensive pre-participation
exams to ensure the health and safety of young athletes.
This Nation Youth Sports week, schedule a PPE at EPIC PC
and get your kid’s health tested.

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