Functional Sports MedicineDr. Joanne Fava
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For parents, coaches, and athletic trainers

High school athletes

Send the case the training room does not have time to finish.

Parents · Coaches · Athletic trainers

The stubborn one can still make the week.

The athletic trainer is covering a roster, a game, and the next ankle. Send the shoulder, the back, or the rehab that needs more hands than the training room has. We see them the same week and write what they can do tomorrow.

  • Parents

    You do not need a referral. Book the visit, or call and say the school and the sport. You leave with a plan, not a vague “rest until it feels better.”

  • Coaches

    We do not pull an athlete off the team unless the issue needs it. Practice stays in the plan. You hear what they can do at the next session.

  • Athletic trainers

    Send the case that is stuck. Tell us what you have already ruled out. You get a note: cleared for, held from, and the next visit. You stay the person on the sideline.

Book a visitCall 1-941-492-6880How an athletic trainer sends an athlete

A high school season does not wait on a six-week list. Dr. Fava is the sports chiropractor for Venice High School Athletics and works the sidelines with Steve Bennett, ATC. She also has close ties at Riverview and Cardinal Mooney, and she treats a lot of athletes from those schools and from Sarasota High School. North Port High School and Wellen Park High School athletes are welcome the same way.

We treat the injury and the calendar. An ankle that is still swollen at practice, a shoulder that will not throw, and a back that keeps them out of the weight room are not the same problem. The visit is the part the training room is too busy to finish — the hands-on care and the progression.

Same-week athlete slots when we can. The note says what they can do tomorrow, what they cannot, and when they come back. Venice is the closest office to Venice High and Wellen Park. University Park is the closer drive for many Sarasota schools.

Related injuries

Send an athlete referral

A parent has to be on this form. We cannot treat a minor without the parent. If you are a coach or athletic trainer, include the parent here or have the parent fill this out with you.

Who is sending this?

Parent — required

We cannot book or treat the athlete without this information.

Medical guardianship

Use this if the parent will not be at the visit. Name the adult who will be with the athlete. Dr. Fava can evaluate and treat the minor only with that person present.

I, , give Dr. Fava permission to evaluate and treat my child, , with present on my behalf.

This opens your email app with the referral addressed to the clinic. Press send. Do not use this form for chest pain, head injury, or sudden weakness — call 911.

Topics

What we clear for return to play

Ankle still swollen at practice

A sprain that is still fat at day ten is a season problem. We clear what can be loaded and write the steps back to cutting, not a week on the couch.

Shoulder that will not throw or serve

Overhead sports fail when the cuff and the shoulder blade stop sharing the work. We treat both and keep the throwing plan the coach can actually use.

Low back out of the weight room

Squat day and a game the same week is how backs flare. We calm the tissue and change the lift, instead of ending the season in the training room.

Knee at the start of the season

Pain under the kneecap after two-a-days is usually a hip that is late. We treat both and keep the easy days so they do not lose the week.

The case that is stuck

If it has been two weeks and the training room cannot get ahead of it, send them. That is the visit this page is for.

A note the AT can use

Cleared for, held from, and the next visit. No “as tolerated.” The athletic trainer should be able to run practice from the note.

Same week, not next month

Call and say it is an in-season athlete. We hold those slots for a reason. Parents can also book online.

We do not bench them for sport

Time off is a treatment, not a default. If the tissue can train, they train. If it cannot, we say so plainly.

For the adults around the athlete

Schools this page is written for

Venice High is the school where Dr. Fava already works the sideline. She also has close ties at Riverview and Cardinal Mooney, and she treats a lot of athletes from those schools and from Sarasota High. North Port High and Wellen Park High athletes are welcome the same way. We are not the athletic trainer. We are the clinic they send the stubborn case to. A parent has to be on every referral.

  • Cardinal Mooney High School

    Sarasota · athletes and staff

    Dr. Fava has close ties at Cardinal Mooney and already treats a lot of Mooney athletes. Call with the sport and what the training staff has already tried. A parent still has to be on the referral.

  • North Port High School

    North Port · Venice office

    North Port athletes are welcome the same week. The Venice office is the closest clinic. If a coach or athletic trainer sends the athlete, a parent still has to be on the referral.

  • Riverview High School

    Sarasota · athletes and staff

    Dr. Fava has close ties at Riverview and treats a lot of athletes from the school. University Park is often the shorter drive. The note can go back to the coach or athletic trainer. A parent still has to be on the referral.

  • Sarasota High School

    Sarasota · athletes and staff

    Dr. Fava treats a lot of Sarasota High athletes. Same-week slots when we can. If a coach or athletic trainer sends the athlete, the parent is still required before any treatment.

  • Venice High School

    Team chiropractor · Venice High Athletics

    Dr. Fava is the sports chiropractor for Venice High Athletics and works with Steve Bennett, ATC. Sideline coverage and clinic visits use the same return-to-play standard.

  • Wellen Park High School

    South county · Venice office

    As the school comes online, the Venice office is the closest clinic. Parents, coaches, and athletic trainers can send an athlete the same way as Venice High.

Send the athlete this week

Call and say the school, the sport, and that it is in-season. Parents can book directly.

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