Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine Center to Offer Saturday Morning Injury Clinic

Monday, August 31, 2009

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic's Sports Medicine Center will provide a Saturday morning injury clinic for middle school and high school athletes injured during Friday night or Saturday morning sports activities. The clinic will be open each Saturday from Sept. 5 to Oct. 17, from 8 a.m. to noon. The last appointment is at 11:30 a.m.

Appointments may be scheduled by calling 507-266-7800, starting at 7:45 a.m. on Saturday. Walk-ins also are welcome but must arrive before 11 a.m. Appointments will receive priority.

The Saturday morning injury clinic, located in Mayo Clinic's Sports Medicine Center, Charlton Building (L-C), 10 Third Ave., N.W., will be staffed by a physician, physical therapist and athletic trainer. Care options will include X-rays, splinting, bracing, crutch instruction, and rehabilitation exercises.

For more information, contact Chad Eickhoff, athletic training services coordinator, at 507-266-3461 or eickhoff.chad@mayo.edu.

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