Stockton
and HealthSouth Team Up on
Sports Medicine Video
Stockton
and HealthSouth teamed up on an educational video segment titled,
"Concussions in Sports". The video was shot at Stockton on
November 12th and featured interviews with Jon
Heck, MS, ATC, the Coordinator of Athletic Training at Stockton
and Dr. Joe Torg, MD from Hahnemann University. The project
was coordinated by Jason Cook who is based in Birmingham, Alabama
with HealthSouth. The interviews will run on HealthSouth's
"Back to Health Network", and be shown via satellite to HealthSouth's
2,000 locations in all 50 states. The video will be seen by
approximately 125,000 patients daily.
The video was directed toward educating the general public regarding
athletic related concussions, which has become a hot topic recently
in the media. Dr. Torg is considered one of the pioneers of
"sports medicine"and
health care directed specifically toward the competitive athlete.
He has over 200 original research publications in journal, book,
and chapter form. Dr. Torgwas interviewed regarding
the technical aspects of concussion and brain injury. He also
spoke at the Stockton Sports Medicine Symposium, in July of 1999.
Jon Heck was interviewed regarding Stockton's approach to managing
and recognizing concussions in intercollegiate athletes. The
film crew was made up of Jason Cook- Interviewer,
Derek Boyd- Camera, with Vazda Studios, and Shawn Tervenski- Grip.
Both Cookand Boyd, traveled to Pomona from Birmingham, Alabama
and Tervenski made the trip from New York City. The
interviews were shot in the West Quad Building. The video
is expected to run on the Network after April 1, 2000. The
days worth of shooting will be condensed into an 8 minute segment
of the Networks 2 hour broadcast.
Questions or comments regarding the Athletic
Training Pages should be directed to
Jon Heck at:
Stockton
and HealthSouth teamed up on an educational video segment titled,
"Concussions in Sports". The video was shot at Stockton on
November 12th and featured interviews with 
and
health care directed specifically toward the competitive athlete.
He has over 200 original research publications in journal, book,
and chapter form. Dr. Torg was interviewed regarding
the technical aspects of concussion and brain injury. He also
spoke at the Stockton Sports Medicine Symposium, in July of 1999.
Jon Heck was interviewed regarding Stockton's approach to managing
and recognizing concussions in intercollegiate athletes. The
film crew was made up of Jason Cook- Interviewer,
Derek Boyd- Camera, with Vazda Studios, and Shawn Tervenski- Grip.
Both Cook and Boyd, traveled to Pomona from Birmingham, Alabama
and Tervenski made the trip from New York City. The
interviews were shot in the West Quad Building. The video
is expected to run on the Network after April 1, 2000. The
days worth of shooting will be condensed into an 8 minute segment
of the Networks 2 hour broadcast.