Sports & Camp Physicals

Sports provide children the opportunity to learn discipline, sportsmanship, and socialization skills, as well as getting much-needed exercise. The exercise is obtained during the many practice sessions and numerous games. During this physical activity, injuries are bound to happen. The propensity for injury makes sports physicals doubly important. Sports physicals are required for school sports as well as athletic leagues and professional sports. Children and adults alike should obtain a sports physical before starting any type of sports.

Sports physicals are not something invented just to waste time. Their purpose is to identify any potential physical problems that may lead to injury on the field. Orthopedic problems may make a player more prone to a season-ending injury, and more in-depth medical problems may be even more dangerous. Undiagnosed heart problems have been discovered during routine sports physicals.

Summer camps are designed to be more than just sitting around a campfire and roasting marshmallows. Swimming, hiking, horseback riding, and lots of other physical activities make a physical just as important before summer camp as it is before starting a new sport.

The sports or camp physical includes the assessment of vital signs, joints, and flexibility. Vision testing and an overall fitness assessment also help determine possible physical activity limitations.

Shining Star Pediatrics offers sports and camp physicals. Schedule one today by calling 903-212-6060.