Are You the Healer We’re Looking For?
Do you know what it takes to keep athletes injury-free — and playing at their peak performance? Ever dreamt of being the one to make it happen? Then EXPLO Ortho is just the program for you.
Arthroscopic Learning
How, exactly, do you perform a simulated surgery? Find out just what goes on in an arthroscopic learning lab.
Adaptive Sports
Sports medicine isn’t just about keeping athletes in tip top shape. It’s also about making sure individuals with disabilities get a chance to live as full — and fun — a life as possible. Could working in adaptive sports be in your future?
Splinting Ankles
An injury as seemingly innocuous as an ankle sprain can have lifelong repercussions if not treated correctly from the very first moment. Come find out how to make sure injuries will heal like they should.
Sports Heroes — Off the Field
You’ll get to go behind the scenes at the professional rehab center at Gillette Stadium, splint injuries in the training rooms at Wellesley College, and operate on injured knees in the Dr. Dinesh Patel Arthroscopic Learning Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital (a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School).
As part of our EXPLO Ortho team, you’ll get hands-on experience performing virtual surgeries with top orthopedic surgeons, repairing a knee or shoulder during a computer-simulated arthroscopic surgery, and learning how to immobilize spines or extremities on the field — from the athletic trainers of the New England Revolution.
Bodies in Motion
In order to work with the body, you need to understand how it works — and how it heals. So being able to hold your own (and perform at your best) in the physical therapy suites and operating rooms is essential.
During the Program, we’ll start with the essentials of movement, injury, and prevention, with full knowledge that no matter what challenge we send your way, you’ll be more that ready to meet and surpass it. Because we know, in just a few years, our bones, tendons, muscles, and ligaments are going to be in your very capable hands.
Learning by Doing
One thing that makes EXPLO Ortho unique is the emphasis placed on real world applications. Students are treated as budding professionals. They aren’t sitting through hours of lectures. Instead, it’s learning by doing.
Students will find out how to reduce fractures, to splint, and to suture; read real X-rays, MRIs, bone and CAT scans to diagnose injuries; and master the exercises required to strengthen a leg after an ACL tear. In just two weeks, you’ll uncover the up-close life of sports medicine specialists and discover what it takes to keep athletes in the game.
Working with Professionals
Imagine operating in an arthroscopic lab — with a ground-breaking surgeon as your guide — learning how to splint an ankle from Wellesley University’s top physical therapists, or working with top Boston sports trainers on imaging technology. As Dr. Dinesh Patel said, after meeting with a group of last year’s EXPLO Ortho students:
“It was very good feeling to be part of this Exploration Focus Program. I must say both Katherine, myself and the entire Sports Medicine Service under Dr. Tom Gill was pleased to have the bright of the brightest visit us and share the extra enthusiasm of the future.”
