University of Tennessee Athletics
UT's McVeigh, Dean Honored At NATA Expo
July 06, 2015 | General
July 6, 2015
ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Members of Tennessee's Sports Medicine staff were honored by their peers at the National Athletic Trainers' Association's 66th Clinical Symposia & AT Expo.
Director of Sports Medicine Jason McVeigh and Director of Rehabilitation John Dean were presented the Excellence in Aquatics Award for their work with a student-athlete that was seriously injured in a car accident.
This award was created to recognize athletic trainers who achieve exceptional rehabilitation results through the use of advanced water therapy. Tennessee's staff was presented the award after beating out case studies by Duke University and the University of Utah.
"John and I are honored to be the selected as recipients of the 2015 HydroWorx Excellence in Aquatics Award," said McVeigh. "The case studies presented by Duke University and the University of Utah were both excellent as well, and we are proud of all the sports medicine staffs and student-athletes at all three universities for achieving such positive results through their hard work and dedication."
The extensive work in the hydrotherapy room aided the student-athletes recovery and had the player back at practice with minimal restrictions months ahead of the original timeline feared by doctors at the time of the accident.
"We have a long tradition of using aquatic therapy to benefit our student-athletes at the University of Tennessee," McVeigh said. "We are proud to have HydroWorx equipment in multiple athletic training rooms to help us accomplish that mission."
