Dev K. Mishra, M.D. Founder, Sideline Sports Doc
"Injuries in youth sports are bound to happen. There are about 5.5 million injuries requiring medical care for young athletes each year in the U.S.
The problem is that many coaches are not properly trained to make the right decision on the field. The result is that each year one to two million young athletes are sent back in to play before they are ready, turning a mild injury into something that can result in a weeks of lost playing time, or months in some cases.
In my own sports medicine practice I'm likely to see one injury each week that could have been much less severe if the athlete did not prematurely return to play.
I created Sideline Sports Doc as a resource for coaches and parents, so they can help their young athletes avoid unnecessary injury."
Even though almost all sports have coaching first-aid or other risk management tools, the fact is that many coaches are still not properly trained in handling an on-field injury. At Sideline Sports Doc we are doctors and athletic trainers who have devoted our careers to on-field care of sports medicine injuries from youth under-5 leagues to multiple Olympic Gold Medal athletes; we are coaches; we are parents. Our belief is that the many well-intentioned resources available don't really teach the coach effectively. Perhaps there's too much information. Perhaps the information was buried at the end of a four- hour Saturday morning mandatory coaching seminar. Perhaps the information tried too hard to make the coach a trainer or doctor. Whatever the cause, our tools help make learning more effective and help manage the risk associated with injury.
We take a different approach. Our focus is solely on helping the coach decide whether a young athlete's injury is mild, moderate, or severe. In the medical world, this is a concept called "triage". Can the young athlete stay in the game? Should they come to the sideline for basic care? Do they need to be seen immediately by a health professional for a severe injury? With Sideline Sports Doc we raise your sports injury I.Q. by focusing on these key areas:
Why do most coaching courses still require their coaches to learn injury management in a classroom setting when there might be better methods available? Some people are comfortable learning in a classroom and can retain the information they are taught, but many people don't learn effectively that way. We teach you what you need to know through a combination of mp3 audio, and an accompanying PDF with simple photos and text.
We're still not doing as well as we can do to manage on-field injuries in youth sports. An injured athlete with a significant injury has an impact in many different areas:
Besides the focus on injury assessment, Core Concepts, and delivery method, our strength is our team. At Sideline Sports Doc we are physicians, athletic trainers, coaches, and parents ourselves. We've taken care of very young athletes and elite professionals. We know that a coach wants to focus on coaching, and doesn't want to spend more time than absolutely necessary on learning other things. With our focus and delivery method we make sideline injury management better for every coach. Learn proper injury management in the preseason, and then focus on what you do best during the season: coaching.
Our digital content is sport-specific, and downloaded to your computer. For each sport, we've identified 5-8 critical topics, the Core Concepts. These topics can be studied at your own pace and preferably during the preseason. Understanding these Core Concepts should equip you to handle almost all on-field injury management situations for your sport.
Additionally, you'll get 15-20 other topics that you can study whenever you wish. These topics are important for each sport and should be learned to round out the coach's knowledge base. We recommend that you look these over before the start of the season to familiarize yourself with the issues.
For one low price you'll receive for immediate download and access:

In less than 60 minutes, our free ebook will teach you:
