Sports Medicine Program

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GMC Sports Medicine Program Helps Gwinnett Schools Achieve Important Safety Designation

14 schools honored as Safe Sports Schools by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association

The Sports Medicine program at Gwinnett Medical Center (GMC) announced today that 14 of its partner schools in Gwinnett County have achieved “Safe Sports School Status” awarded by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association. The designation is given to schools that have taken crucial steps to keep their athletes free from injuries.

Peachtree Ridge student Rachel Havens

Heads up!

Peachtree Ridge student Rachel Havens has no recollection of being hit in the head during the soccer game that dramatically changed her life in the fall of 2011. She doesn’t recall anything about the game – just, that suddenly she awoke in the hospital.