Sports Medicine
Brother Rice staffs experienced, athletic trainers tending to the needs of our student athletes. Matthew Nicolai MHA, AT, ATC, the full-time on campus Certified Athletic Trainer, provides a variety of sports medicine services to the Brother Rice student athletes. These services include, but are not limited to:
- Injury evaluation
- First aid and primary emergency care
- Rehabilitative exercise prescription
- Preventative stretching programs
- Facilitation of specialized medical care
- Consultation on our programs’ strength and conditioning
- Post-injury/postoperative rehabilitation
- Determining return-to-play eligibility after injury
- Mentoring of students interested in medical professions
Brother Rice is dedicated to maintaining the health of student athletes through many of the services listed above. Trevor enjoys working closely with the student athletes, parents, coaching staff, medical professionals, and faculty in order to effectively provide efficient medical care to Brother Rice student athletes.
Matthew Nicolai – Brother Rice Trainer
In addition to the on-campus staff, Brother Rice has maintained a partnership with Trinity Elite Sports Performance as part of the Trinity Health network for support of our athletic trainers, coordination and staffing of our summer pre-participation physicals, assistance with injury prevention and health promotion programs, and facilitation of efficient sports medicine care for our student-athletes.