North Oaks Sports Medicine Physical Day Serves 1,345 Tangipahoa Parish Student-Athletes

Student-athletes from 25 Tangipahoa Parish schools and Southeastern Louisiana University received free physical examinations at North Oaks Sports Medicine Physical Day on Saturday, April 20.

North Oaks sponsored the 22^nd annual event to help junior high and high school student-athletes fulfill Louisiana High School Athletic Association requirements and as the official health care provider of Southeastern Louisiana University Athletics.

More than 100 North Oaks physicians, nurse practitioners, athletic trainers, employees and Southeastern Louisiana University athletic training education students volunteered at Physical Day. The event was held at North Oaks Diagnostic Center and Clinic Building from 7-11 a.m.

Ponchatoula High School Football Coach Hank Tierney comments, “This was the greatest and best-run Physical Day ever!”

A second Physical Day will be held on May 18 at North Oaks-Livingston Parish Medical Complex for student athletes who attend participating Livingston Parish schools.

In addition to Physical Day, North Oaks Sports Medicine cares for student-athletes on the playing field and beyond by providing education for coaches, athletes and families; onsite emergency acute care at practices and games; and rehabilitation to help severely-injured players safely return to the playing field.

Click here for more information on North Oaks Sports Medicine and program enrollment criteria or call (985) 230-5248.