Sports Medicine

CPA Athletics is proud to work with Bone and Joint Institute of Tennessee (BJI) as our preferred primary care provider for physical therapy and training needs. The Academy has trainers on site each day through the partnership with BJI. All middle and upper school coaches complete extensive annual training on athlete safety including concussion prevention, detection, and protocol, CPR, and emergency medical training.

CPA is the recipient of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Safe Sports School award for the CPA athletic program.

The award champions safety and recognizes secondary schools that have met the recommended standards to improve safety in sports. In addition, the award reinforces the importance of providing the best level of care, injury prevention, and treatment.

Safe schools complete the following criteria:

Create a positive athletic health care administrative system
Provide or coordinate pre-participation physical examinations
Promote safe and appropriate practice and competition facilities
Plan for selection, fit function and proper maintenance of athletic equipment
Provide a permanent, appropriately equipped area to evaluate and treat injured athletes
Develop injury and illness prevention strategies, including protocols for environmental conditions
Provide or facilitate injury intervention
Create and rehearse a venue-specific Emergency Action Plan
Provide or facilitate psychosocial consultation and nutritional counseling/education
Be sure athletes and parents are educated about the potential benefits and risks in sports as well as their responsibilities

Anna Birdwell, ATC, LAT, MS

Scott Arthur, MD

Dr. Scott Arthur, M.D., is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine and treatment of the knee, shoulder and elbow. He has a particular specialty in ACL and meniscus repair, rotator cuff and labral repair, patellar dislocations, total knee replacements and tendinitis. After earning his medical degree from the University of Tennessee School of Medicine in 2000, Dr. Arthur completed an orthopaedic residency at the Campbell Clinic in Memphis. He received fellowship training at the American Sports Medicine Institute in Birmingham, Alabama, where he trained under world-renowned sports medicine specialist Dr. James Andrews.

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Geoff Watson, MD

Geoff Watson, M.D., is a board certified orthopaedic surgeon specializing in treatment of the foot and ankle, including total ankle replacement and minimally-invasive Achilles tendon rupture repair. Dr. Watson has a special interest in bunion correction, Achilles tendinitis and repair, cartilage repair, and ankle stabilization. He is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and a native of Knoxville. In 2009, he received his medical degree from the University of Tennessee Health and Science Center, and then completed a residency at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.

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