Senator Rick Scott, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, along with Ranking Member Kirsten Gillibrand, is set to lead a hearing focused on healthy aging through sports medicine. Scheduled for June 25 at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., this session aims to explore how sports medicine can be utilized to improve health outcomes for seniors.
The hearing titled “Lessons from the Field: How Sports Medicine Can Improve Health Outcomes for Seniors” will delve into strategies that sports medicine professionals and athletes employ to boost mobility and prevent injuries among older adults. It also seeks to address ways these methods could potentially lower healthcare costs and promote longer, healthier lives.
"Lessons from the Field: How Sports Medicine Can Improve Health Outcomes for Seniors" is designed to highlight interdisciplinary care approaches, patient education, and community-based strategies in physical activity and injury prevention.
Among those testifying are Dr. E. Lyle Cain Jr., an Orthopaedic Surgeon and Team Physician at the University of Alabama; Dr. Paul S. Legg from the University of Charleston in West Virginia; former NFL Quarterback Matt Hasselback; and Jennifer Raymond, Chief Strategy Officer at AgeSpan in Massachusetts.
The event will commence at 3:30 PM and can be watched via live broadcast online.
