Sports Medicine

Professional Teams

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Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp
Team Physician: Dr. Brett Frykberg Team Physician: Dr. Carl Freeman
Team Physician: Dr. Gregory Smith

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Local Colleges and Universities

JOI is proud to be on the field representing the following colleges, universities and high schools.

Local High Schools

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Bishop Snyder High School
Team Physician Dr. Carlos Tandron
Athletic Trainer: Lauren Whetzel

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Bishop Kenny High School
Team Physician: Dr. Carlos Tandron
Athletic Trainer: Luke Bratton

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Episcopal School of Jacksonville
Team Physician: Dr. Carlos Tandron
Athletic Trainer: Ben Quigley

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Paxon High School
Team Physician: Dr. Carl Freeman

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JOI Certified Athletic Trainers

What is an Athletic Trainer?

By: Michelle Duclos, MA, ATC, LAT

Jacksonville Orthopaedic Institute employs the largest number of athletic trainers in the Jacksonville area. What is an Athletic Trainer? Athletic trainers are health care professionals who specialize in the prevention, evaluation, and treatment of injuries and illness in the athletic and physically active population. Athletic trainers are often referred to as “trainers,” leading a person to believe that athletic trainers are the same as personal trainers. There is, however, a big difference in the education, skill set, job duties and patients between an athletic trainer and a personal trainer.

ATC’s

Athletic trainers are required to have at least a bachelor’s degree from a nationally accredited athletic training education program. Many athletic trainers choose to continue their education, earning a master’s degree to supplement their knowledge and gain experience. They are also required to maintain current First Responder CPR/AED certifications. In Florida, athletic trainers are required to be licensed by the Department of Health as well. Once certified and licensed, athletic trainers must meet ongoing continuing education requirements to remain certified.

Athletic trainers must also work under the direction of a physician and within their state practice act. Athletic trainers have a background in: acute care and assessment of injuries and illnesses; exercise physiology; anatomy and physiology; kinesiology; biomechanics; nutritional aspects of injury, pathology of illness, pharmacology, psychosocial intervention and referral; strength training and reconditioning; therapeutic exercise and rehabilitative techniques; and therapeutic modalities. They possess the added skills necessary to evaluate injuries on the field and determine if the athlete needs to be transported to the emergency room, seen in the office by a doctor, or treated conservatively by the athletic trainer at the school.

JOI ATC’s

Jacksonville Orthopaedic Institute provides athletic training services to several high schools in Jacksonville including Bishop Kenny, Episcopal, Bishop Snyder, and Paxon. JOI also provides athletic training services for Florida State College at Jacksonville. These certified athletic trainers serve as a liaison between the athletes and the orthopedic physicians and serve to coordinate and administer the athlete’s care.

JOI is proud to be a founding member of JSMP.