Healthy Athletes

MedFest offers free sports physicals that all athletes need prior to participating in Special Olympics sports. MedFest assesses the following:

Blood pressure,
Temperature,
Pulse,
Height,
Weight,
Body mass index,
Vision, hearing,
Medical history,
Potential medication side effects
General physical health

MedFest also Fulfills several additional purposes such as:

Recruiting new athletes to the Special Olympics movement
Providing health professionals and health professions students clinical experience with patients with ID in a non-acute setting
To foster partnerships between Special Olympics and the community

Sports Physicals should never be a barrier to participate in sports. With MedFest, Special Olympics brings those physicals to you so you can play the sports you love year round.

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