Sports Medicine During COVID-19

Lucas Buchler MD, Dr. Buchler discusses sports medicine during COVID. He shares what he has learned about sports and it’s role for our youth, our communities and our states teams. He updates us on what if anything, we know about whether players affected by COVID-19 will endure any long-term effects on their health or game performance.

He offers guidance on the return to sports participation and a phased approach to decrease risk of community spread along with a gradual increase in physical activity to decrease risk of injury. He explains how this thoughtful approach to exercise give athletes a chance to acclimatize to the temperature and the intensity/duration of practices and how a slow ramp up of exercise can decrease the injury risk and heat illness.