More than twenty students volunteered their time at the three-day Seaside Beach Volleyball Tournament on August 12 - 14. For the past twenty-nine years, this has been the largest amateur beach volleyball competition in the United States and is viewed by more than 10,000 people each day.
Two UWS Massage Therapy students and twenty Masters in Exercise and Sports Science students were part of the sports medical staff that treated approximately 500 patients for conditions such as chronic issues, rolled ankles, sprained ankles, cuts, general first aid and heat exhaustion.
Eleventh quarter master's student Bradley Capp said, "We got a lot of experience with athletic taping, which they teach us about but we don't get a ton of exposure to. It's busy, and you get to see a lot of people."
Jun Kawaguchi, the Clinical Supervising Physician of the Masters in Exercise & Sports Science Program, said that for students, this is a beneficial experience to work with professional athletes who have high expectations of care.
