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Ochsner Lafayette General offering free physicals for Acadiana student-athletes
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- Ochsner Lafayette General Sports Medicine will provide sports physicals at no cost for middle and high school student athletes.
The exams will be provided from 3-5:30 p.m. on Friday, May 9, at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s Bourgeois Hall, 225 Cajundome Blvd.
The event is open to all student-athletes across the Acadiana region, regardless of school affiliation, at no cost. Students do not need to attend a partnering school of Ochsner Lafayette General to participate.
Physicals will be provided at the following times:
- 3 p.m. – Comeaux High School and Lafayette High School
- 3:30 p.m. – Acadiana High School, Northside High School, and David Thibodaux STEM Magnet Academy
- 4 p.m. – Southside High School and Lafayette Renaissance Charter Academy
- 4:30 p.m. – Carencro High School, Acadiana Renaissance Charter Academy, Schools of Sacred Heart, and Lafayette Parish Public Middle Schools
- 5 p.m. – Teurlings Catholic High School, Private Middle Schools, Westminster Christian Academy Lafayette, and Ascension Episcopal School
- 5:30 p.m. – Acadia, St. Martin, and Vermilion Parish Public High and Middle Schools
Athletes are advised to arrive during their scheduled times, but no student athlete will be turned away if they arrive prior to 5:30 p.m.
Students are required to complete and bring the Louisiana High School Athletic Association’s pre-participation medical evaluation form. Regardless of age, all students must have the form signed by a parent or guardian.
The sports physicals will include:
- Height and weight
- Blood pressure and pulse check
- Flexibility screening
- General medical exam
- Orthopedic exam
The physicals are valid for 13 months, ensuring coverage for the full school year.