Medical Problems in Organization of an Athletic Program

Abstract

The heart of an athletic organization is a team made up of school administrator, head coach, team physician and trainer, whose members understand one another and carry out their individual functions capably.

Organized medicine, in recent years, has displayed a great interest in the field of athletics, resulting in many improvements in prevention and treatment of injury.

The time is ripe for the individual physician to associate himself with an athletic organization, particularly in the high school, where so many serious injuries occur which carry over into adult life.