UPMC Athletic Training and Physician Services Proposal

As mentioned in the previous post, "Can you spell UPMC?" here is the "revised" proposal from UPMC.  UPMC Athletic Training and Physician Services Proposal

Section A describes the services that UPMC would provide.  They will require designated parking.  Was that mentioned at the Zoning Hearing Board or the Planning Board?

Section C discusses MTLSD's responsibilities.  Besides paying UPMC $154,000, MTLSD will agree to serve as a regional center for UPMC by providing auditorium, gymnasium, classroom or fields to UPMC so that they may have sports medicine and/or sports performance programs up to four times per contracted year.  By the way, UPMC will have the right to charge a participation fee to attendees of these programs.
We also have to display four UPMC banners throughout the year at various MTLSD sports venues.

Can you spell UPMC?

According to Celli-Flynn Brennan drawing sheet #A1.L1J Lower Level 1 Floor Plan - Area J (solid letter)P, there is an area in the new athletic building that is 4,200 square feet.  This area, located next to the fitness center/training room and the free weights room in the lower level, might potentially be used by UPMC.  The November 9, 2009 Master Design Team minutes (item # 4) indicate the possibility of a partnership with UPMC for a community clinic at the high school.  Master Design Team minutes of Nov-09-09.  Also, in April of this year, the School Board approved a five year, $154,000 agreement with UPMC Sports Medicine.  MTL School Board Meeting Minutes of April 19, 2010  We will be paying UPMC for athletic training services and physician services.  It appears that we could possibly be building this area for UPMC's use with our tax dollars.

Does ACL surgery cause arthritis? UPMC team seeks answers

"When you have an ACL injury, your risk of arthritis increases dramatically," said Scott Tashman, director of the Biodynamics Laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

Some 200,000 people suffer ACL tears each year. Sixty to 80 percent of them will develop arthritis in their knees within 10 years, Dr. Tashman said.

"Nothing has a bigger impact on the quality of life than arthritis," said James Irrgang, director of clinical research in UPMC's department of orthopaedic surgery.

The ACL is a rubber band-like fiber that attaches to the femur in the upper leg and the tibia in the lower and stabilizes the knee.

Athletes suffer the overwhelming majority of ACL tears. For reasons that are not entirely clear, female athletes are much more likely to suffer such tears than male athletes.

Because most who play football, basketball, soccer and volleyball -- the sports in which ACL tears are most common -- do so in high school or middle school, an athlete who suffers an ACL tear could start developing arthritis in the knee before he or she is 30.

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10333/1106606-114.stm#ixzz16jOXUNr3