Athletic Training

ATHLETIC TRAINING STAFF:

MISSION:  The Framingham State Athletic Training staff provides prevention, evaluation, management, treatment and rehabilitation of athletic injuries sustained by our varsity and intercollegiate athletes. Our staff includes licensed and board certified athletic trainers and a team orthopedic physician from Orthopedics New England. We are committed to providing the best possible care for all of our varsity and intercollegiate student-athletes.

LOCATION AND HOURS:  The Athletic Training room is located on the bottom floor of the Athletic Center, just down the hallway and across from the main gym entrance. Hours vary seasonally and weekly schedules are posted on the door. The Athletic Training room is generally open Monday through Friday in the afternoons for treatment and rehabilitation and open weekends for athletic event coverage only. The Athletic Training room will be open two hours prior to and thirty minutes following the conclusion of a scheduled home athletic event.

VARSITY & INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETE PRE-PARTICIPATION PAPERWORK:  All student-athletes must complete health history and insurance forms annually for the Athletic Training Department.  All forms must be properly completed for participation in varsity and intercollegiate athletics at Framingham State University. The Athletic Training Forms for the 2012-2013 academic year will be available on the Athletic Training website over the summer.  Any questions regarding the pre-participation paperwork should be directed to the Head Athletic Trainer via e-mail or phone. 

2012-13 Athletic Training Pre-Participation Paperwork

Attention student-athletes: if any of your personal or insurance information changes at any point during the year, it is your responsibility to notify the Athletic Training Department. Also, if you see a physician for any reason during the school year, you must provide a clearance note signed by your physician.  This letter must be on file in the Athletic Training room before you will be allowed to participate in any team activity, practice, or game. The physician's clearance letter must specifically stating the following:

• When and for what reason you saw the physician
• Injury or illness diagnosis
• Current playing status (i.e. cleared or not cleared to return to your sport)

ADD/ADHD USE OF BANNED STIMULANTS:  The NCAA has instituted a stricter application of the medical exception policy for the use of banned stimulant medication for the treatment of ADD/ADHD.  This stricter application reflects a strong stand on policy enforcement, protecting the student-athlete competing while using these stimulants and the integrity of the sport.  If you have been diagnosed with ADD/ADHD and are using stimulant medication, you must provide proper documentation from your diagnosing health care provider in order to participate in NCAA athletics each academic year. The forms can be found on myFramingham and the Athletic Training website along with all other athletic training documents and should be printed and given to your diagnosing health care provider to fill out and return to the Athletic Training Department.  These forms must be filled out annually by the student-athlete and diagnosing physician.

Click here to access the necessary ADD/ADHD documentation forms and FAQs.

HOME ATHLETIC EVENTS: All home games will be covered by a certified and licensed athletic trainer unless otherwise notified.  At each contest the following equipment will be available: ice and water (for both teams), cups or water bottles (for both teams), crutches, splints, and an automated external defibrillator.  The team physician will be available at all home football and ice hockey games.  An ambulance will also be on site for all football games.  In the event that a student-athlete has to be transported to the hospital, Framingham Union Hospital is the closest hospital. 

Visiting teams: please call or email in advance if you will be traveling without a certified athletic trainer, especially if your team requires any special attention. We will be able to accomodate visiting teams in providing pre-game taping. Visiting teams must supply their own tape and wraps. Please send a stocked medical kit and any detailed instruction for specific taping. Modalities available include ice, moist heat, electric stimulation and ultrasound. Host athletic trainers will not perform ultrasound or electric stimulation, but visiting certified athletic trainers are welcome to use these modalities.  Modalities are available only in the Athletic Training room with prior arrangements.  No modalities are available at the athletic fields.

Visiting Team Information Letter

AWAY ATHLETIC EVENTS: A certified and licensed athletic trainer will travel with high risk sports, as well as to any postseason play, pending other event coverage.  All other travel by the Athletic Training Department is dependent on the needs of home events.  When varsity teams are traveling without an athletic trainer, a call or e-mail will be made ahead of time to the opponent's Athletic Training Staff to inform them of any medical care the athletes may require.  Each athletic team will be given a fully stocked medical kit at the beginning of the season to bring to away games. 

The closest hospital to Framingham State University is:

MetroWest Medical Center - Framingham Union
115 Lincoln Street, Framingham MA 01701
(508) 383-1000

Alternate Hospital:

MetroWest Medical Center - Leonard Morse Hospital
67 Union Street, Natick, MA 01760
(508) 650-7000

Directions to Local Hospitals (PDF)