Sports Medicine

Mission Statement:

The mission of the sports medicine staff is to provide every IVC student-athlete and visiting student-athletes with high quality health care, in a professional, efficient, compassionate, and service-oriented manner.

In consistency with the athletics mission statement on behalf of Irvine Valley College, our main goal is to provide a diversified program of prevention, management, evaluation, emergency care, treatment, and rehabilitation that will assure a positive recovery experience, an improved quality of life, a safe return to full athletic participation, and continued athletic success.

The IVC athletics department is committed to professional, quality care and an ongoing effort to provide the latest and most effective treatments for athletic injuries.

Personnel-The Sports Medicine Team:

The IVC sports medicine team is comprised of a full scope of medical professionals including: Certified Athletic Trainers (ATC’s), and athletic training students; volunteer team sports medicine and family practice physicians; campus health services as well as a network of specialists for referral.

Corresponding Organizations:

The IVC sports medicine staff will abide by the constitution and bylaws of the following professional organizations: National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA), Board of Certification (BOC) Standards of Professional Practice to include NATA Position Statements and NATA Consensus Statements, Far West Athletic Trainers’ Association (FWATA), California Athletic Trainers’ Association (CATA), California Community College Athletic Trainers’ Association (CCCATA), Orange Empire Conference Athletic Trainers (OECAT), California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA).