Keeping Women Active and Healthy

You don’t have to be an athlete to benefit from the expertise of sports medicine physicians. While Dr. Allison Schafer and Dr. Katherine Coyner are team physicians for UConn athletics, they also run the Women’s Center for Motion and Performance at UConn Health, a collection of coordinated services to keep women of all ages active and healthy, athlete or not. They join Dr. Alessi to discuss the advantages of this care model, how their individual specialties with sports medicine fit into it, and how women tend to be more susceptible to certain orthopedic injuries. Submit questions for Healthy Rounds: [email protected] UConn Health Orthopedics and Sports Medicine: https://www.uconnhealth.org/orthopedics-sports-medicine Women’s Center for Motion and Performance at UConn Health https://www.uconnhealth.org/orthopedics-sports-medicine/womens-center-motion-performance  Dr. Allison Schafer https://health.uconn.edu/find-a-provider/physician/Schafer-Allison  Dr. Katherine Coyner https://health.uconn.edu/find-a-provider/physician/Coyner-Katherine  Women's Center for Motion and Performance nurse navigator: 860-679-6330