IUP Sports Medicine Department

Sports Medicine Facilities

Memorial Field House Sports Medicine Clinic

The Memorial Field House Sports Medicine Clinic is the center of the Sports Medicine Department.  All treatments and evaluations are performed in the Clinic.  Student-athletes have access to various electrical, thermal and hydrotherapy modalities.

Rehabilitation Center                            

The Sports Medicine Department has a separate rehabilitation facility used to help return the student-athletes to their highest level of performance after sustaining an injury.  The Sports Medicine Staff is continually adding and updating equipment to provide student-athletes with access to the best therapeutic exercise equipment.

Taping Room

The recently renovated taping room gives the student-athletes a separate facility for taping and game/practice preparation.

Hours of Operation

In general, the Clinic is open from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.  Morning hours are used for injury evaluation, treatment and rehabilitation.  The afternoon hours are for pre-practice preparation and post-practice treatment.  The official hours of operation vary according to the schedule of the Certified Athletic Trainer respective to each sport.  Operating hours are posted outside of the ATR.

Sports Medicine Clinic Rules

The Memorial Field House Sports Medicine Clinic is used as a base for the IUP Athletic Training Program.  During the year, it is a very busy room.

1. Unless student-athletes are being treated or taped, they should please stay out.  This will allow the athletic training staff to attend to those in need.  It is expected that student-athletes respect the request to leave the if asked to vacate.
2. The Sports Medicine Clinic is a medical facility, and should be treated as such.
3. The Sports Medicine Clinic is not a social gathering place.
4. Student-athletes are not to help themselves to anything in the Sports Medicine Clinic.  Always ask a member of the sports medicine staff.
5. The Sports Medicine Clinic is a co-ed facility.  Appropriate dress is required. 
6. No food, drink, or tobacco products are permitted in the Sports Medicine Clinic as per OSHA regulations.
7. Except in case of emergency, athletes are required to shower prior to receiving post-activity treatment and/or evaluation.
8. The telephones and computers are for athletic training/medical business only.
9. No cell phones are permitted in the Sports Medicine Clinic.
10. All bags, extra articles of clothing, cleats, and sports equipment must be left in the waiting area.  Study material may be brought into the facility.
11.  The Rehabilitation Center is for athletic injury rehab only, unless permission is given by a certified athletic trainer for other use.
12. Student-Athletes who are derelict in keeping daily appointments for treatment and rehabilitation without reasonable explanation will forfeit athletic training room privileges.
13. No locker room talk is permitted in sports medicine facilities.
14. The Sports Medicine Staff reserves the right to remove a student-athlete from the sports medicine facility if conduct is inappropriate.

Athletic Training Students work under the supervision of a Certified Athletic Trainer.  They are not allowed to make any decisions in regard to treatment, rehabilitation and evaluation without consulting a Certified Athletic Trainer.