“Like oxygen masks on a plane, it’s important to focus on your own wellbeing before you can help others. There are many tools such as Better Help, Calm app, meditation and more that address your personal mental health, but how do you help your athlete after they receive a diagnosis or injury that ends their athletic career?. . .”
CBS Affiliate Feature Story - ARkansas
CABOT, Ark. — Injuries are part of the game. Maggie Cyr knows this by heart. Her senior year she tore her ACL, MCL, and meniscus. However, it wasn’t the physical pain that hurt Maggie the most. "I’ve played . . .”
sidelined: Helping young athletes navigate a new path forward
“Around the country every season young athletes are hit with heart-breaking news that their sports participation is being terminated. Whether it’s due to a career-ending . . .”
Advocates for Injured Athletes feature
“Ideally, prompt recognition and treatment would ultimately allow an athlete to return from this type of injury, but what happens when they can’t? What if SCA reveals a medically disqualifying heart . . . ”
Snap-Raise Article/Podcast Feature
“The free resources Sidelined USA provides are relevant not only to athletes experiencing loss but, now more than ever, to any individual or program disrupted from the pursuit of their goals . . . ”
Gazette Special Report: Mental Health in Athletes After the Game
Special thanks to Sidelined USA team members Val Jones, Tim Neal, Johnathan Franklin, and Christine Pinalto for their contributions to this significant report. “Everything I had ever dreamed of from the time …”
NATIONAL ATHLETIC TRAINERS' ASSOCIATION: MAY 2019 ARTICLE
“One of the more difficult parts of an AT’s job is watching an athlete with so much athletic potential lose it all to an injury or health condition. Ultimately, the person who endures the most mental stress and pain because of…”
National Athletic Trainers’ association Press Release
“DALLAS – The National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) announces relationship with Sidelined USA, a nonprofit organization that supports athletes who have been permanently sidelined due to . . . ”
Next College Student Athlete Press release
“CHICAGO, IL – Next College Student Athlete (NCSA), the largest collegiate athletic recruiting network that matches student-athletes with college coaches, has partnered with Sidelined USA . . .”
Youth sports Safety Alliance: Member Spotlight
“A growing number of student-athletes are unable to continue to compete in their sport due to career-ending injuries, health conditions, or repeat concussions. When the athletic dream is unexpectedly cut . . .”
Heads n’ tales podcast episode feature
“Sidelined USA’s mission is to reunite permanently-sidelined athletes with their passions and inspire them to find a meaningful way forward. The inspiration behind this organization came after Cade’s diagnosis . . .”
At Your own Risk: Advocates for Safety Feature
“What happens when your child suffers an injury or health condition that no longer allows them to participate in sports? This is the same question Christine Pinalto asked when her son Cade . . .”