Training & Performance
Sports Medicine
At St. Stephen’s and St. Agnes School, our comprehensive Sports Medicine Program is dedicated to supporting student-athletes in achieving their athletic and personal goals through expert care and education.
Our experienced clinical team includes our team physicians from OrthoVA, Dr. Ben Kittredge and Dr. Peter Thomas, four full-time certified athletic trainers, and neuropsychologists from the Children’s National SCORE Concussion Clinic, who oversee and consult on our concussion management protocols.
We take a collaborative, evidence-based approach—working closely with our strength and conditioning coaches, school counselors, school nurse, and a broad network of allied health providers. Together, we focus on injury prevention, wellness education, and the effective treatment and rehabilitation of athletic injuries and illnesses.
By fostering a culture of innovation, teamwork, and trust, our sports medicine staff ensures that Saints athletes receive the highest standard of care, on and off the field.
Licensed and certified athletic trainers are employed to provide leadership in the health care of the student-athlete including the emergency management of injuries/illnesses during upper school and middle school athletic participation, under the direction of the team physician.
Coaches and staff supervisors of game management are trained and maintain certification in first-aid and CPR. Their role is to provide assistance to the athletic trainer as part of the emergency medical team in the event of an emergency. Annual review and update of the EAP is conducted with all athletic personnel so that each member of the emergency care team is aware of their respective role in the event of an emergency.
For Visiting Teams
We look forward to seeing you on our campus! To help your visit go smoothly, we’ve outlined the athletic training services, supplies available to your team, and our Emergency Action Plan.
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Sports Performance
The mission of our Sports Performance Program is to provide our students with a safe, developmentally appropriate, comprehensive strength and conditioning program designed to maximize athletic potential and reduce the risk and severity of athletic injury.
To accomplish this we equip our athletes with the knowledge of proper training protocols and the resources and inspiration to attain their goals. The program is process focused rather than outcome driven, which allows us to center our attention on controllable factors that can be improved and evaluated on a daily basis. We believe that “play” is key to lifelong human development and we incorporate it as much as possible into our weightroom “culture.”
Vision
We strive to create an engaging, competitive, welcoming environment that will create a lifelong love of physical activity, fitness, exercise, and overall wellness.
Objectives
- Injury Prevention
- Performance Enhancement
- Facilitate Enjoyment and Love of Physical Activity
- Program Design Principles and Training Philosophy
- Ground Based
- Multi-Planar
- Multi-Joint
- Consistency/Adherence
Our training philosophy is derived from our understanding of the scientific literature on strength and conditioning and our experience collaborating with some of the finest coaches in the industry. We are constantly learning and honing our craft.