NCFC & WakeMed Healthy Families
WakeMed and North Carolina Football Club (NCFC) have teamed up to bring young athletes and their families health and wellness information to ensure health on and off the field. The combination of stretching and eating right will ensure players are in top form when they hit the field — away or at home.
Training and Stretching
- Agility Drills: These agility drills can train your knees and ankle joints to handle situations you might find in a soccer game.
- Improving Balance: Improve your body awareness, control and stability with these balance exercises from WakeMed Rehab.
- Road-Ready Stretches: Prevent tightness and strain with these stretches that increase joint and muscle flexibility and improve blood circulation, all perfect for the traveling team.
- Soccer Strength Training: Build leg and core muscles while improving stability with these strength training exercises from WakeMed Rehab.
- Warm-Up and Stretching Exercises: Prepare your muscles and joints for activity by warming up and stretching before you play.
- Wake Ortho Soccer Injury Prevention Program
Eating Well and Staying Hydrated
- Healthy Game Day Snacks: Julie Paul, a registered dietitian from WakeMed’s ENERGIZE! Program, offers ideas for healthy game day snacks.
- Must Have Vitamins and Minerals: Here's a rundown on the essential vitamins and minerals you need to stay fit.
- Proper Hydration: Even though there’s no exact formula for how much fluid you need before and during an athletic event, there are easy ways to help stay hydrated.
- Sports Nutrition : Pack healthy snacks and choose more wholesome options at fast food restaurants to keep you fueled and ready.
FIFA Injury Prevention Program
- Injury Prevention Basic Warm Up: This 20-minute basic warm up program is designed to reduce injuries by up to 50 percent when performed prior to training.
- Injury Prevention Advanced Warm Up: Once you’ve mastered the basic warm up, move on to this advanced version.
In the Event of An Injury
- Find an ER, Urgent Care or Orthopaedic Provider Near an NCFC Field: In case of a sports emergency or injury, WakeMed offers exceptional emergency care, virtual urgent care, urgent care, and standard orthopaedic care.
- Wake Orthopaedic Urgent Care offers high-quality and convenient orthopedic care, even at the most inconvenient times.
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