Athletic Trainers

Athletic Training Services

The best way to take care of a sports-related injury is to prevent it from happening it in the first place.

Frye Regional Medical Center’s certified athletic trainers work closely with athletes during training, practices, and competitions to help prevent injuries.  When an injury does occur our athletic trainers are the first to help address the injury and evaluate what further medical attention is needed. 

Frye Regional maintains the highest standards of care by offering preventive, diagnostic, rehabilitative and surgical services for athletes of all ages.

To ensure optimal care is provided, our team coordinates services with local physicians, including orthopedic surgeons, primary care physicians, internal medicine and other necessary medical specialties.

It is our mission to:

• Offer athletic training services to athletes of all ages throughout our region
• Enhance the performance of athletes through specialized training programs
• Excel in the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of sports-related injuries
• Return the athlete to maximum performance in the shortest time possible

Caring for Sports Injuries

• Caring for a Concussion
• Caring for an Elbow or Wrist Injury
• Caring for Muscle Strain or Contusion
• Caring for a New Ankle Sprain
• Caring for a New Knee Injury
• Caring for a Shoulder Injury

Community Outreach

Whether it's our annual sports physicals, sports injury screenings, specialized injury treatments, safety training, or on-field game coverage, Frye Regional Medical Center serves our community's student-athletes on an individual basis.

For over two decades, we have partnered with local schools to improve the health and safety of student athletes. As full-time hospital employees, our athletic trainers report daily to their assigned school to serve as a medical resource for school staff and students, provide medical coverage for home athletic practices and events, and help parents navigate the medical system to provide the most efficient treatment plan for student athletes when an injury or illness occurs. These services are supplied at no cost to the schools.

Frye Regional Medical Center is the official sports medicine provider for:

• Lenoir-Rhyne University Athletics
• Hickory High School
• Hickory Christian Academy
• Fred T. Foard High School
• South Caldwell High School

Meet Our Athletic Trainers

Lisa has been a certified athletic training since 1996. She has been providing athletic training services to Hickory High School since 2001

Mark has been a certified athletic trainer since 1994. He has been providing athletic training services to South Caldwell High School since 2008.

Nick has been a certified athletic trainer since 2004. He has been providing athletic training services to Hickory Christian Academy since 2019.

Natalie has been a certified athletic trainer since 2005. She has been providing athletic training services to Fred T. Foard High school since 2024.

Athletic Training Education

Frye Regional Medical Center is proud to be an approved provider of continuing education for Certified Athletic Trainers through the Board of Certification Inc. (P12158). We host a quarterly education series, in conjunction with our partnership at Lenoir Rhyne University, that includes rotating topics presented by sports medicine professionals from a wide variety of disciplines. For more information on this series, and to register, please call 828.304.2548.

For information about our athletic training services, please call 828.304.2548.