How Forrest Pecha Helps Injured Athletes Come Back Stronger than Ever

Today we talk all about injuries with the Club's Medical Coordinator, Certified Athletic Trainer, Forrest Pecha. Here's the thing about this episode: if you don't need to hear it right now, that's great - you are beating the odds! But as you'll learn, if you are an athlete (or a parent of an athlete) for whom sports is a big part of your life, there is a good chance that at some point, you may experience an injury. One of the first things we do today is normalize this! 

 

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In this episode, you will learn the following:

• How Forrest chose the path to become a CAT - we go a little deeper on this path
• The two main types of injuries: Overuse & Traumatic
• What's the first thing a kid/parent should do when an injury occurs?
• The Healthy Roster app & process
• The mental aspect of recovering from injuries
• Our one of a kind approach to keeping kids motivated and connected with our Injured Athlete Workout Programs
• & so much more to help kids get through the tough stuff!

For more Forrest Pecha, go here!

To facilitate the new program and connect athletes to their return-to-sport team, Forrest Pecha has been hired by SOSI for the position of Medical Coordinator for the SSWSC. The Medical Coordinator will have three core areas of focus: injury management, medical care coordination, and education for coaches, athletes, and parents.  Pecha was previously a Program Director for the Athletic Training Residency at both St. Luke’s Sports Medicine in Boise, ID and at Emory Sports Medicine in Atlanta, GA. He also served as the head athletic trainer for the USSA Men’s Alpine team for the 2002 Winter Olympic games and has traveled with U.S. Soccer for over 13 years providing medical care. Pecha will be on location half time each at SSWSC and SOSI.

And because his twins are just too cute and we all do what we do for more than just ourselves, here's a gratuitous twin shot!

As always, please share your questions, comments, feedback and requests. Go to sswsc.org! Now get out there and support, lead or be a champion on and off the mountain!