As coaches, parents and teammates balance the risk-reward of keeping sports seasons during the pandemic, they also need to make sure teams rally around players who step forward if they have COVID-19 symptoms rather than blaming them for missed practices or team quarantine. “It’s important that we all take a step-back and focus on the […]
Physical therapists play a key role in getting kids back in the game
At 13, Cassidy Wren has done more leaps, jumps, spikes and pirouettes than most people twice her age. The athletic 8th grader at Holy Family School has always given 100 percent on the court and dance floor, but a stress fracture in her lower back forced her to give 100 percent in a new arena […]
Dr. Allyson Weldon scores big in new role as sports psychologist
After suffering a career-ending injury as a collegiate athlete her senior year, Dr. Allyson Weldon’s career choice took a left turn. Seated on the sidelines, she felt robbed of her final soccer season and as if she’d lost a part of her identity. From education to sports-based psychology, Dr. Weldon switched her focus to help […]
