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Therapy Procedures

Therapy Procedures

Please click on one of the following links for more information on Athletic Therapy Procedures:

1) Medical Facilities
2) Medical Support


1) Medical Facilities

Only varsity athletes currently competing or those with injuries incurred during the previous season will be treated at the clinic.

  • Appointments are required for therapy. If there are openings to see new patients those athletes showing up at the clinic without an appointment may be seen that day. This is at the discretion of the therapist.
  • Athletes who do not show i.e. do not call to cancel an appointment, for appointments will be ineligible for further treatment until they meet with their therapist to explain their absences. There will be a charge for missed appointments of $35. A missed appointment is considered to be not calling or informing the clinical associate in some manner about missing an appointment prior to a booked appointment time.
  • Only those athletes who have appointments will be permitted in the clinic especially when the clinic is busy. This is due to space, noise, and privacy and temperature limitations.
  • All in season athletes will have equal access to clinic appointments. Out of season athletes will be accommodated by the therapy staff as soon as possible after in-season athletes have been addressed.
  • Urgently injured athletes will be seen in the clinic as soon as possible.
  • Athletes using the clinic must be supervised i.e. student therapist or therapy staff. Unsupervised varsity athletes are not permitted to utilize the clinic.
  • All athletes entering the clinic are required to wear t-shirts unless requested by a clinical associate to remove for assessment or treatment.
  • Please leave footwear, bags, coats etc outside the clinic.
  • (Football) All athletes injured during games on Saturday are required to report those injuries to the football therapist after the game or at the Sunday practice. Your injury will be assessed and a treatment plan for the week will be formulated. Coaches will be informed as to your injury status for the week by the football therapist.
  • All tensor bandages will remain in the clinic. Anyone leaving the clinic will have ice wrapped with flexi-wrap.
  • All equipment will remain in the clinic. No athletes shall remove/ borrow equipment for their personal use at home.
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2) Medical Support

Medical Coverage

  • UHIP-Out-of-country students must show proof to register for classes and to compete in varsity sports
  • OHIP- All Ontario residents must show proof of OHIP card to participate in varsity sports Extended Health- Covers all undergrads, graduate students
  • Extended Health Care Coverage Claim Form

Drug Information

  • All current drug information can be viewed via the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) website at: CCES- Drug information
  • CCES has just started a new drug information service covering information about common medications and over the counter drugs.

Nutrition

  • We do have access to the Registered Dietician on-campus in Health Services. A note from our physician is required prior to accessing this service. See link below for more information.

Health Services - Nutrition

  • The Registered Dieticians of Canada also have a very helpful website and program called Eatracker. It allows you to input your food intake and exercise habits and develops an analysis of your caloric intake, nutrient intake and provides you with an analysis compared to the recommended daily intake.

Dental Care

  • You have a number of choices in relation to your dental care while here at UW. In the SLC there is a new dentist- Dr Gaber, who can provide regular and emergency dental services as well as mouthguard fitting and preparation.

Campus Dentist

In Season Injuries or Illness

  • It is up to you to arrange alternative times and dates to submit papers, write tests or exams as per University regulations. We will make every effort to assist your efforts in obtaining a physician's note for an injury which has been assessed by one of our team physicians. You should follow the University procedures when requesting leniency in changing dates and times. Please see the link below for further details.

Examination Regulations

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