Northwest Mississippi Community College takes pride in our athletic programs and we believe in giving our student-athletes the very best opportunity to succeed. When it comes to sports, injuries happen, we have an extremely dedicated and knowledgeable sports medicine staff to keep our athletes performing at their best. Our certified athletic trainers focus on prevention, evaluation, acute care, and rehabilitation of sports injuries all while coordinating with our teams physical therapy and orthopedic providers.
Northwest Mississippi Community College’s sports medicine program is powered by Athletico Physical Therapy to provide gold standard medical care and treatment to over 200 student-athletes representing 10 sports.
The athletic training staff is led by Justin Ware, ATC, Director of Sports Medicine.
The athletic training staff is invaluable to the athletic department, all practices and games are covered by a certified athletic trainer that will develop and oversee a treatment plan for each injured student-athlete.
Our mission at Northwest Mississippi Community College transforms our students’ lives, enriches our communities, and strives for excellence in our educational programs and services.
Athletico Physical Therapy has focused on providing communities with the gold standard of sports medicine. Endurance has 12 certified athletic trainers that service the communities of northwest Mississippi.
Athletico has paired up with the University of Mississippi Center for Health and Sports Performance to provide pre-concussion testing for contact sports at Northwest Mississippi Community College and two of our covered high schools. This testing has been critical to appropriately treat athletes and return them back to play safely by preventing subjectivity in diagnosing a concussion. Endurance Physical Therapy also administers each of their pledged school’s pre-participation physical every year staffed with our certified athletic trainers, physical therapists, and local doctors.
Northwest Team Physicians
Edward Field, MD
Dr. Field has been serving North Mississippi and the Oxford community for 18 years. Dr. Field is a leading orthopaedic surgeon in the field of sports medicine. In addition to his clinical practice, he has served as the Team Physician for the University of Mississippi, Mississippi Delta Community College, Northwest Mississippi Community College, Rust College and multiple area high schools. Dr. Field also served as the Associate Team Physician for the U.S. Alpine Ski Team.
Charles Hill, MD
Dr. Hill has been with Northwest since 2011 and prior to that was the team physician for Ole Miss Sports Medicine from 2004-12. His medical interest is preventative medicine with an emphasis on cardiovascular disease reduction. He received his BA in biology in 1989 and his MD in 1993 - both from the University of Mississippi. Hill is married to the former Amanda Taylor of Oxford and has two children, Graham and Jack.
Emergencies
Should an emergency occur at Northwest, patients will be transported to Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto. It is the policy of Northwest not to provide private or university transportation for individuals to emergency care facilities. Ambulance transportation will be requested for individuals to emergency care facilities if needed.
Baptist DeSoto (PRIMARY)
7601 Southcrest Parkway
Southaven, MS 38671
(662) 772-4000
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