The Athletic Personal Health Record

Although we've all been told that a physical lifestyle rich in athletic activities is beneficial to our health, there is also an inherit health risk. Your initiative to begin and maintain a Personal Health Record, even treating it as a journal of your daily routines, could be the deciding factor in your ability to return to your activities in the event of an emergency.

The Athlete's Personal Health Record
Athletes, especially ones involved in secondary/post-secondary education sports, will near require a complete Personal Health Record that is presentable to physicians during physicals and injury assessments. It's also becoming a greater practice for coaches to take a more active stance in ensuring that their players are healthy and remain so. Coaches need to know any medical problems in order to allow their players to maintain an active stance within their sport but still remain safe. Doctors and physicians must also know about all medical history of both the athlete and family in order to properly treat and release the downed athlete.


Personal Health Record Contents
Athletes tax their musculoskeletal and cardiopulmonary systems continually. Therefore, any past history of surgery, injury, persistent aches and pains, difficulties in breathing and so on must be tracked constantly. Any signs of deterioration in any of these bodily systems could be serious and must be noted. Deterioration or defects of these systems can also be hereditary in nature, therefore, family history must be documented in detail. Any allergies, medications, tests and chronic conditions, even if seemingly unrelated must also be presented.

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