1The St. Francis Orthopaedic Institute Scientific Bulletin
Sports Medicine CenterThe St. Francis Sports Medicine Center
provides a
comprehensive sports medicine service, offering the finest
evaluation and management strategies to active patients of all ages
and all activity and skill levels. Through a multidisciplinary
approach, we care for all athletic injuries in recreational and
competitive ath-letes and strive to restore their active
lifestyles.
Our staff includes fellowship-trained surgeons, physical
therapists, and athletic trainers with decades of combined
experience. Our surgeons are recognized as regional, national, and
international leaders in their respective areas of expertise. They
are committed to continued excellence in their fields by training
other physicians, physician assistants, therapists, athletic
trainers, and nurses at the local, national, and interna-tional
levels.
Using the sports medicine program developed by our consultant,
we provide full-time coverage for the stu-dent-athletes at
Brookstone School and St. Anne-Pacelli School. Our athletic
trainers are present at each school’s athletic events and, with our
physicians, George M. McCluskey III, MD, and Robert G. Lewis, MD,
provide quality, accessible care.
The Sports Medicine Center is located in the St. Francis
Orthopaedic Institute. The facility offers state-of-the-art
evaluation and management equipment, includ-ing digital imaging and
surgical suites, as well as a fully equipped outpatient
rehabilitation center. The orthopaedic inpatient unit offers
tailored orthopaedic care during inpatient visits. An arthroscopic
teaching laboratory and clinical research staff enable our
physicians to constantly evolve and perfect the management and
outcomes in their patients.
The Sports Medicine Center is a referral center serv-ing the
southeastern United States. We routinely treat recreational,
amateur, and professional athletes and nonathletes with simple and
complex upper and lower extremity musculoskeletal injuries. Our
physicians are well trained in, but not limited to, procedures,
such as
arthroscopic rotator cuff repairs; arthroscopic treat-ment of
shoulder instability; arthroscopic treatment of the elbow, hip,
foot, and ankle; and arthroscopic knee reconstructions.
Through a coordinated approach based on science, continuing
education, and clinical outcomes, the St. Francis Sports Medicine
Center provides patients with a center of excellence for the
treatment of their activity-related musculoskeletal injuries.
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LaToya Franklin, MEd, ATCLaToya Franklin, MEd, ATC, earned a
bachelor of
science degree in athletic training from Springfield College in
Springfield, Mass, in 2007, and a master’s of education degree in
exercise science with a special-ization in athletic training from
Auburn University in Auburn, Ala, in 2010. She was certified by the
Na-tional Athletic Trainers’ Association Board of Certifi-cation,
is a member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association, is a
licensed athletic trainer in Alabama and Georgia, and has been a
certified kinesio taping practioner since 2009. LaToya also
participates in the St. Francis Orthopaedic Institute Journal
Club.
In 2010, LaToya joined the Sports Medicine Center. She serves as
the Head Athletic Trainer for St. Anne-Pacelli High School,
bringing extensive experience to the Viking athletic program. She
has worked at various levels of college athletics and at the high
school level in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Alabama, and Georgia.
In 2004, LaToya was a volunteer at the Boston Mara-thon.
In addition to her service to St. Anne-Pacelli, LaToya works
with the outcomes project database. This database includes
information on all arthroscopic shoulder procedures performed by 2
surgeons at the St. Francis Orthopaedic Institute and will enable
them to conduct outcomes studies.
