Thornton's Athletic Trainer
Ruth Hart, ATC is Thornton’s High School certified athletic trainer. She is employed by Children's Hospital Colorado to provide medical services to the Thornton athletes. Children's Hospital Colorado and the Adams 12 Five Star School District formed a partnership to preserve the health and wellness of the district’s high school athletes. Ruth is originally from Grand Bay, Alabama and has been living in Colorado since 2011. While playing collegiate softball, she earned her associate degree in Health and Physical Education at Faulkner State. Afterwards, Ruth transferred to the University of Alabama, where she obtained her Bachelor of Science for Athletic Training along with a minor in Nutrition in 2007. Later, she went to Regis University where she obtained her Master of Science in Health Service Administration in 2013. Ruth had previous high school experience before she joined Children's Hospital Colorado and Thornton High School. She is passionate about the field of athletic training and also instructs others in this field. She is a member of the National Athletic Training Association, the Colorado Athletic Training Association, and an Instructor in the American Heart Association. These memberships keep Ruth up to date in the world of Athletic Training. In her free time she enjoys reading, traveling, snowboarding and the great outdoors.
Her duties consist of:
• Daily medical coverage, injury evaluations/management for all Thornton athletes
• Injury prevention and rehabilitation
• Concussion management
• Free injury assessments and recommendations for follow–up care
• Fast track sport medicine physician appointments within Children’s Hospital of Colorado
• First aid treatments and organization/implementation of emergency protocols at the high
school
• Education and instruction for student athletes, coaches and parents
• Student education in sports medicine career paths
Her duties consist of:
• Daily medical coverage, injury evaluations/management for all Thornton athletes
• Injury prevention and rehabilitation
• Concussion management
• Free injury assessments and recommendations for follow–up care
• Fast track sport medicine physician appointments within Children’s Hospital of Colorado
• First aid treatments and organization/implementation of emergency protocols at the high
school
• Education and instruction for student athletes, coaches and parents
• Student education in sports medicine career paths
Thornton's Team Physician
Dr. Julie Wilson is the team physician for Thornton High School and a Sports Medicine physician at Children's Hospital Colorado. She earned her doctorate from the University of Michigan Medical School and completed her residency in Pediatrics at the University of Colorado and Children’s Hospital Colorado. Dr. Wilson then completed her Sports Medicine Fellowship at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, OH. Dr. Wilson is board certified in Pediatrics and Sports Medicine and has been a team physician at both the high school and collegiate levels. She has also served as an advisor to the YMCA of Central Ohio Swimming program. Her clinical interests include concussions in young athletes, injury prevention, and promotion of physical activity in children and adolescence.
Dr. Wilson provides physician coverage for all Thornton's home varsity football games and Thornton's home wrestling tournaments. If your student-athlete needs to see Dr. Wilson, please
contact Thornton's athletic trainer, Ruth Hart.
Dr. Wilson provides physician coverage for all Thornton's home varsity football games and Thornton's home wrestling tournaments. If your student-athlete needs to see Dr. Wilson, please
contact Thornton's athletic trainer, Ruth Hart.
Thornton's Athletic Training Student Aids
The ATSA (athletic training student aid) Program was designed to create an environment where students can observe and experience the field of sports medicine and assist Thornton’s athletic trainer, Ruth Hart. Athletic training student aides will gain knowledge of anatomy and physiology, relate injuries to the demands of sport, assist with immediate care of injuries once proper skills are obtained, observe and understand rehabilitation techniques while assisting athletes with basic rehabilitation exercises, assist with the application of modalities and understand the effectiveness of each, and assist with general athletic training procedures during games and practices. The goal of the program is to prepare the athletic training student aides for future medical education and professional responsibility.