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Sports Medicine - AthletiCare

AthletiCare at HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital is a comprehensive and complete outpatient sports medicine program, located on the HSHS St. Mary’s campus.

A female patient lays on her stomach on a trainers table as a trainer works on her ankle.

AthletiCare has a team of Certified Athletic Trainers. The AthletiCare staff provides care to area athletes by evaluating injuries, offering training assistance to coaches and game coverage for sporting events.

Common injuries and conditions managed by AthletiCare include concussion, shin pain, knee pain, shoulder pain, back pain, skin conditions, hand or foot injuries.

For more information on AthletiCare and the services available, call 217-464-5970. 

Sports Medicine Team

Our skilled health care team is specially trained in sports medicine. Athletic trainers evaluate injuries, offering training assistance to coaches and game coverage for sporting events all under the supervision of a board-certified physician who specializes in sports medicine.

A trainer works with a patient doing box jumps

Where We Work

Schools

Events and Organizations

  • Learn to Run
  • Path to Well Being
  • Mt. Zion JFL
  • Springfield Horseshoes
High school football player

Athlete's Edge

AthletiCare at HSHS St. Mary’s offers our student athletes a unique sports enhancement experience because the training is brought to your child’s school at a time convenient for them.

Each athlete will work to improve SPEED, AGILITY, VERTICAL JUMP and POWER, while training to PREVENT INJURY. We utilize all new equipment including: speed parachutes and heavy resistance cords for speed training, Vertimax jump system and plyo-boxes to maximize vertical jump, battle ropes and heavy med balls for developing power and more.

Pre- and Post-tests will be completed and sent to all parents at the conclusion of the camp.