What is Sports Medicine?
Sports Medicine plays a major role in illness and injury prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of all VIS athletes. Sports Medicine focuses on the clinical aspects of an athletes’ physical and mental well being. Dr Peter Harcourt coordinates the program and is a resident doctor along with Dr Anik Shawdon and Dr Greg Hickey.

Sports Medicine services are available Monday-Thursday afternoons and Friday mornings.

How Sports Medicine Helps
The VIS Sports Medicine Team assists athletes with:

• Injury Management and Education
• How to avoid and treat injury
• Physiotherapy
• Soft Tissue Therapy and massage
• Nutrition and Healthy eating plans
• Research

The Sports Medicine team ensures an athlete is in peak health to meet the demands of training and competition.