CVHC to offer sports physicals this spring

Clearwater Valley Hospital and Clinics will offer sports physicals in their Orofino clinic on Wednesday, May 24, from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Next year's junior high students are asked to arrive at 5:30 p.m. and senior high students at 6 p.m. Appointments are not necessary.

Pioneer Medical Clinic, Pierce, will provide sports physicals on Tuesday, May 23, and Thursday, May 25, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. and on Wednesday, June 7 during their regular business hours, 9 a.m. to noon and 1-5 p.m. Appointments are encouraged.

"We can offer individual sports physicals at any time, but we always set aside this particular time so we can offer them at the reduced rate of $25 and return $15 to the schools for use in their athletic and academic programs," said Jeanette Gorman, CVHC Community Relations Coordinator. "The students will need the completed 'Health Examination and Consent' form signed by a health provider before they can begin practicing in the fall. Now is the time to have the physical completed, rather than waiting until the late summer or fall."

Students entering the 7th, 9th and 11th grade and all transfer students must have a completed sports physical form on file with the school prior to their team's first practice.

Students should bring the Health Examination and Consent form completed on the front side and signed by a parent or guardian. They should also bring their immunization records and a completed consent for immunization form signed by a parent or guardian. Both forms are available from the clinics and the schools. Immunizations will be provided at no charge during the scheduled Sports Physical clinics. A charge will be assessed if students have their physical at another time.

Students should wear loose fitting clothes. For more information call the Orofino Clinic, 476-5777 or to make an appointment at the Pioneer Medical Clinic in Pierce call, 464-2578.

Photo: Clearwater Valley Hospital and Clinics Orofino Clinic will be providing sports physicals on Wednesday, May 24 from 5-7 p.m. The Pioneer Clinic will hold theirs on May 23 and May 25th from 3:30-5 p.m. and all day on Wednesday, June 7. Cost is $25 with $15 being returned to the schools. Debbie Christopherson, RN, weighs one of the young people who participated in a previous clinic. (Photo courtesy of Jeanette Gorman)