Hometown Urgent Care Offers Free Physicals to Student Athletes

SUMMARY: The average family pays almost $700 a year for each child that participates in youth sports. Hometown Urgent is helping reduce this cost by offering free sport physicals in select clinics June 28 and 29, 2014.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Hometown Urgent Care Offers Free Sports Physical Clinics in Ohio and Michigan June 28 and 29

COLUMBUS, OHIO: June 25, 2014 – According to a recent report released by tax software company Turbo Tax, the average parent spends more than $670 a year PER CHILD on sports equipment, practice space, lessons and fees. And the process begins now, as athletes on both school and community teams line up for state required sports physicals.

Sport physicals can range from free for an assembly-line clinic to more than $100, but Columbus-based Hometown Urgent Care is providing student athletes with a quality, one-on-one physical with a medical provider recommended by the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) at NO COST.

“It is not only important for all student-athletes to receive a pre-participation physical, it is mandatory,” said Dr. Harry Nguyen of Hometown Urgent Care. “This is a good opportunity for us to give back to our community and ensure that all of our local student- athletes are prepared for the upcoming school year.”

Hometown Urgent Care will host free sports physical clinics at the following locations on the following days: Delaware, OH 1100 Sunbury Road Saturday, June 28, 9 am to 5 pm Wooster, OH 4164 Burbank Road Saturday, June 28, 9 am to 3 pm Columbus, OH 2880 Stelzer Road Sunday, June 29, 9 am to 5 pm Youngstown, OH 1305 Boardman Poland Road Sunday, June 29, 9 am to 5 pm Portage, MI 245 West Centre Avenue Sunday, June 29, 9 am to 6 pm

Patients can find phone numbers for all Hometown Urgent Care locations at the company’s website, www.hometownurgentcare.com. Appointments can be made by phone by calling a local clinic, or by email at [email protected] .

A link to the 2014-2015 OHSAA pre-participation physical evaluation form that all students should use can be found here: http://ohsaa.org/medicine/physicalform.htm. A link to the MHSAA pre-participation physical evaluation form is available at http://www.mhsaa.com/schools/formsresources.aspx.

 Hometown Urgent Care is Ohio’s largest urgent care system, operating urgent care and occupational health centers in Dayton, Columbus, North East Ohio and Michigan. The company provides convenient, affordable medical care for non-life-threatening medical conditions ranging from ear infections to fractures to sports physicals. Hometown Urgent Care is an active and enthusiastic member of the communities that it serves, and takes part in numerous health and community events in Ohio and Michigan.

For information on Hometown Urgent Care, please contact Dee Holleran, Director of Media Relations, at (614) 307-3712 or [email protected]. Hometown Urgent Care in on the web at www.HometownUrgentCare.com, or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/hometownurgentcare.com.

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