Hilton Head High School Athletics
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Everyone is excited about the upcoming season. It will be demanding physically and mentally. Here are a few reminders from the Sports Medicine Staff.
1. HYDRATE
Make sure you drink plenty of fluid the entire pre-season. Even when you are not thristy, drink! Stay away from tea, sodas, and energy drinks. Concentrate on drinking plenty of water or sports drinks.
2. EAT
Eat breakfast. You obviously don't want to hit a breakfast buffett before we practice for 2 1/2 hours, but get up in plenty of time to eat and drink something. Eat well when you are not practicing. Do not skip a meal.
3. Report ANY and ALL Injuries to the Sports Medicine Staff.
4. REMEMBER! SORENESS IS NOT AN INJURY. If you are not sore after a day of practice, Then you aren't doing it right. If you are training hard for a sport you will be sore.
Thank you and we look forward to working with you this season.
Go Seahawks!
Athletic Training Information
Your Athletic Trainer
Shawn was born in Hampton, Virginia, but grew up in Southern California. He grew an interest in Athletic Training/Sports Medicine after he tore ligaments in his knee while participating in football and soccer at the University of LaVerne in LaVerne, California.
Sean holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education from ULV and a Master of Sport Sciences from the United States Sports Academy in Daphne, Alabama. Returning to his hometown of Riverside, CA, Shawn accepted his first position after becoming certified by the National Athletic Trainer's Association Board of Certification at The Sports Clinic under his mentor, Jim Clover.
In 1993, Shawn started Hilton Head Hospital Sports Medicine, making him the first Athletic Trainer in the Hilton Head/Bluffton, South Carolina area, working with all of the schools in the area. Shawn left Hilton Head Sports Medicine in 1998 to join Joyner Sports Medicine in Hilton Head, South Carolina. This relationship lasted until June of 2003, when Shawn and his business partners spearheaded their dreams of owning their own clinic, merging with Drayer Physical Therapy in 2007. Shawn continues to work with Hilton Head High School and Hilton Head Middle School athletes.
Shawn has traveled with the United States Rugby team to Burmuda and Argentina, and has worked with various college and professional athletes in his career.
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