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Salem High School

Blue Devil Pride

Injury Care & Prevention

Injury Care and Prevention

Our prime focus is athletic injury and illness prevention, recognition, evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation as deemed appropriate by the guidelines of the National Athletic Trainer’s Assoc and the State of New Hampshire as well as by written direction of a licensed healthcare providers including our team doctor. We provide extensive practice and competition coverage from mid August to mid June.

Rehabilitation plays an important part in returning to sports after injury. Properly designed treatment, stretching and strengthening programs help speed healing and reduce the risk of re-injury.

The Salem High School Athletic Training Program is well equipped to handle most of the post-injury rehabilitation needs of our student-athletes upon written order of their physician.

We use the following reconditioning and injury prevention equipment/modalities in our facility: 

  • BAPS and Airex Balance System    
  • Airdyne (bicycle) ergometer    
  • Body bades    
  • Cryo-Cuffs    
  • Elliptical Ergometer    
  • Foam rollers    
  • Hand weights and medicine balls
  • Ice, ice bucket and ice massage
  • Mulit axial ankle exerciser
  • Pro-stretch for Achilles
  • Tapes, wraps, braces, & pads
  • Stretch straps and massage sticks
  • Therabands and theraballs

Athletes also have access to an assortment of weight machines and free weights in our Weight Room.

Care and Education is available on the following areas (by team or individually):

  • Nutrition
  • Weight gain and loss
  • Dietary supplementation and ergogenic aids
  • Stretching routines for injuries and increased flexibility
  • Sports specific strengthening
  • Other topics - just ask