Healthy Athletes FUNfitness Screening, at State Summer Games

Saturday, June 7^th 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM, No appointment necessary ahead of time.
The screening lasts 30-45 minutes with high touch.

What to Expect from the Atmosphere: This is a crowded area where many people may be talking at once. There may also be some wait time in between screenings. There is elevator access to all floors but please note that space may be tight due to the volume of people in the building. Thank you for your patience with this!

DETAILS:

FUNfitness provides athletes the opportunity to be screened for flexibility of hamstring, calf, shoulder rotator and hip flexor muscles; functional strength of the abdominal and lower extremity muscles; and balance. During these screenings physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, and physical therapist or physical therapist assistant students work with athletes and coaches to improve optimal function in sports training and competition, prevention of or reduced risk for injury and recommending exercises and other helpful strategies.

Healthy Athletes Health Promotion Screening, at State Summer Games Presented by Kaiser Permanente

Saturday, June 7^th 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM, No appointment necessary ahead of time.
The screening lasts 30-45 minutes, high touch at beginning of screening and becomes low touch .

What to Expect from the Atmosphere: This is a crowded area where many people may be talking at once. There may also be some wait time in between screenings. There is elevator access to all floors but please note that space may be tight due to the volume of people in the building. Thank you for your patience with this!

DETAILS:

Health Promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. It moves beyond a focus on individual behavior towards a wide range of social and environmental interventions. Special Olympics Health Promotion’s goal is to improve the quality of life and long-term health of Special Olympics athletes through education on healthy behaviors, screening and medical referrals when appropriate. Objectives of Health Promotion are to: deliver screening and referral services, provide health education to encourage and enhance healthy behaviors, reduce risky behaviors, improve self-efficacy and self-advocacy, and increase the investment of health promotion leaders for people with intellectual disabilities.

Healthy Athletes Healthy Hearing Screening, at State Summer Games

Saturday, June 7^th 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM AND 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM

DETAILS:

Appointments will take about 20-30 minutes and we will see 2 athletes at a time. Appointments will occur every 10 minutes from 10 AM – 12:00 PM (the last appointment available starts at 11:30 AM). This screening will open back up again at 1:00 PM when the Healthy Athletes Event opens. No appointments will be required once the event opens at 1:00 PM.

Coaches: this is helpful information if you are trying to book appointments for your athletes and have them done together.

Attending Healthy Hearing before the Healthy Athletes event officially opens at 1:00 PM will still count towards your 4 of 9 screenings for getting your Summer Games Healthy Athletes prize.

The Healthy Hearing discipline of Healthy Athletes provides comprehensive hearing screenings and follow-up recommendations. The main goals of this program are to inform athletes, parents, coaches or caregivers about the detection of possible ear and hearing problems, recommend follow-up as needed, and promote the necessity of regular ear and hearing screenings.

What to Expect from the Atmosphere: This is a crowded area where many people may be talking at once. There may also be some wait time in between screenings. There is elevator access to all floors but please note that space may be tight due to the volume of people in the building. Thank you for your patience with this!

Healthy Athletes Healthy Young Athletes Screening, at State Summer Games

Saturday, June 7^th 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM
This is an Appointment Based Screening Only. Appointments Highly Encouraged.

DETAILS:

The screening will take between 40 minutes and 1 hour

Healthy Young Athletes is a holistic pediatric screening offered to children 2 – 9 years old, with and without Intellectual Disabilities, as an initial offering by Healthy Athletes. The screening is intended to complement a child’s primary care and provides an additional review of the child’s health and development. It is therefore paired with a comprehensive referral and community support strategy that links families with local providers, community services, and education resources for follow-up and continued support. It also serves as an educational experience to increase health and development knowledge amongst parents and caregivers. This is achieved by identifying medical, developmental, and behavioral concerns that parents and caregivers may have about their child and directing them to the appropriate resources.

What to Expect from the Atmosphere: This is a crowded area where many people may be talking at once. There may also be some wait time in between screenings. There is elevator access to all floors but please note that space may be tight due to the volume of people in the building. Thank you for your patience with this!

Healthy Athletes MedFest Screening, at State Summer Games

Saturday, June 7^th 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM
This is an Appointment Based Screening Only. Appointments Highly Encouraged.

DETAILS:

Appointments will take about 30 minutes and we will see 2 athletes at a time. Coaches: this is helpful information if you are trying to book appointments for your athletes and have them done together.

Attending MedFest will count towards your 4 of 9 screenings for getting your Summer Games Healthy Athletes prize.

MedFest was created to offer the physical exam that all athletes need prior to participating in Special Olympics sports programming. It is sometimes the first exposure these athletes have to medical care. In many cases, life-threatening conditions have been found and subsequently treated thanks to MedFest. Led by volunteer physicians, nurses, physician assistants, and medical students, the MedFest screening consists of the following stations: medical history, height and weight, blood pressure, cardiology test, musculoskeletal test, orthopedic tests, abdominal evaluation, and a check out station.

What to Expect from the Atmosphere: This is a crowded area where many people may be talking at once. There may also be some wait time in between screenings. There is elevator access to all floors but please note that space may be tight due to the volume of people in the building. Thank you for your patience with this!

Healthy Athletes Opening Eyes Screening, at State Summer Games

Saturday, June 7^th 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM AND 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM

DETAILS:

Appointments will take about 30-40 minutes and we will see 2 athletes at a time. Appointments will occur every 15 minutes from 10 AM – 12:00 PM (the last appointment available starts at 11:15 AM) This screening will open back up again at 1:00 PM when the Healthy Athletes Event opens.

Coaches: this is helpful information if you are trying to book appointments for your athletes and have them done together.

Attending Opening Eyes before the Healthy Athletes event officially opens at 1:00 PM will still count towards your 4 of 9 screenings for getting your Summer Games Healthy Athletes prize.

The Special Olympics Opening Eyes® program is a vision and eye health screening in partnership with the Lions Club International Foundation. Led by volunteer vision care professionals, Opening Eyes is able to offer prescription eyewear, sunglasses, and sports goggles to Special Olympics Colorado athletes.

What to Expect from the Atmosphere: This is a crowded area where many people may be talking at once. There may also be some wait time in between screenings. There is elevator access to all floors but please note that space may be tight due to the volume of people in the building. Thank you for your patience with this!

Healthy Athletes Special Smiles Screening, at State Summer Games Presented by Smile Generation

Saturday, June 7^th 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM, No appointment necessary ahead of time.
The screening lasts 10-15 minutes with low touch (looking in the mouth).

What to Expect from the Atmosphere: This is a crowded area where many people may be talking at once. There may also be some wait time in between screenings. There is elevator access to all floors but please note that space may be tight due to the volume of people in the building. Thank you for your patience with this!

DETAILS:

The Special Smiles discipline of Healthy Athletes provides comprehensive oral health care information, including offering free dental screenings and instructions on correct brushing and flossing techniques to participating Special Olympics athletes.

Healthy Athletes Strong Minds Offering, at State Summer Games

Saturday, June 7^th 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM, No appointment necessary ahead of time.
The screening lasts 10-20 minutes with low touch.

What to Expect from the Atmosphere: This is a crowded area where many people may be talking at once. There may also be some wait time in between screenings. There is elevator access to all floors but please note that space may be tight due to the volume of people in the building. Thank you for your patience with this!

DETAILS:

Strong Minds is an interactive learning activity focused on developing adaptive coping skills. Competition provides a natural opportunity to develop active strategies for maintaining emotional wellness under stress, such as: thinking positive thoughts, releasing stress and connecting with others. Through Strong Minds, Athletes identify the good resources they have within themselves to manage stressful situations. It empowers them to understand how they can help themselves and gives them the coping strategies to do so.