Promise CHC to offer sports physicals for students in convenient format


SIOUX CENTER – Every middle school and high school athlete must get a sports physical every year to compete in school sports.
Promise Community Health Center's nurses and
medical assistants are ready to assist Promise's
providers with offering sports physicals to
students 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, May 11. The sports
physicals will be offered in an open-house format.
No appointments are necessary.

Promise Community Health Center in Sioux Center is providing parents with a convenient way to get that done for their children.

Promise’s staff of providers will be available to offer sports physicals in an open house format 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, May 11. The athletic physicals will be provided at Promise’s location at 338 First Ave. NW, across the street from the Sioux Center city offices. The cost will be $25. No appointments are necessary.

Promise decided to offer this opportunity for students after hearing feedback from many parents and other people in the community regarding athletic physicals not being offered at school this year in the Sioux Center School District and a few neighboring schools – as they have in the past. Therefore, Promise will fill the need of students in the convenient format.

Tana Kass, one of Promise’s nurse practitioners who will be providing the sports physicals, thinks it will be the perfect solution for busy moms such as herself.

“I’m a mom of five boys, and when it comes to sports physicals, it can be a nightmare to get it all done,” Kass said.

Promise also will be prepared to provide updated immunizations to students who need them.

As it has for the past six years, Promise also will offer low-cost sports physicals as part of its Back-to-School Block Party during National Health Center Week. This year’s event will be Wednesday, Aug. 10. Free dental screens and vaccinations also will be provided, along with free food and block party activities.

For more information about the sports physicals, call Promise at 712-722-1700.

Promise Community Health Center, headquartered in Sioux Center, is the only Federally Qualified Health Center in the far northwest corner of Iowa. Promise provides medical, dental, prenatal and behavioral health services. To learn more, visit www.promisechc.org.


SPORTS PHYSICAL REQUIREMENT:
According to Iowa law, all student-athletes must provide their school with a completed athletic preparticipation physical examination form each year. It must be filled out and signed by a licensed provider, such as the providers at Promise Community Health Center in Sioux Center. The sports physical certificate is good for one year, plus an additional 30-day grace period.


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