The
school district, in partnership with Apple Physical Therapy, is
continuing to offer free baseline concussion screenings this year for
junior high and high school athletes involved in high-impact sports.
The
next round of free screenings are this month for students who will
participate in high school boys soccer or junior high girls soccer and
boys basketball in spring 2014.
The
last in a series of three free screenings will be done by appointment
only between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Saturday, January 25. The testing will
be done at the Apple Physical Therapy clinic on South Hill, and
appointments can be made by calling (253) 604-0679.
A
$10 concussion screening fee is charged by Apple Physical Therapy for
tests not performed on the three scheduled Saturdays this month.
Athletes
do not need to get a baseline concussion screening to participate in
high-impact sports if they had one done in the past two years by a
licensed health care provider trained in concussion management and have
records of the results.
The
next set of concussion screenings will be the third time this year that
Puyallup School District student athletes have been invited to
participate in the testing.
Screenings also were held in October and November at Apple Physical Therapy, and in August at Sparks Stadium.
This
fall was the first time that the district required all junior high and
high school athletes participating in high-impact sports (football,
soccer, basketball, and wrestling) to undergo a concussion baseline
screening before they could participate in those sports.