MISSION STATEMENT

Since the late 1980's, St. Joseph's/Candler Sports Medicine and Savannah State University Athletics have developed and maintained a strong partnership in the healthcare of the student athlete by focusing on the wellness, safety, prevention, evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation of athletic injuries.

Because of the growing emphasis on healthcare for the athlete and the vastness of this task, St. Joseph's/Candler, with great University support, has gradually expanded its level of service to the Athletic Department over the years going from home football game coverage and short bi-weekly practice visits to evaluate new injuries to the full scale on-campus sports medicine department that it is today where full-time nationally certified and state licensed athletic trainers provide a myriad of healthcare services including: Health Care Administration, Risk Management & Injury Prevention, Pathology of Injury & Illness, Assessment & Evaluation, Acute Care of Injury & Illness, Pharmacology, Therapeutic Modalities, Therapeutic Exercise, General Medical Conditions & Disabilities, Nutritional Aspects of Injury & Illness, Psychosocial Intervention & Referral and Professional Development & Responsibilities

St. Joseph's/Candler is very proud to be a part of the excitement of Savannah State Athletics and looks forward to continuing its service to Tiger student athletes for many years to come.
   

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