A primary care sports medicine physician is a
primary care physician who has additional training in the area of sports
medicine. Sports medicine refers to injuries and conditions that are
activity related. Primary care sports medicine physicians are trained to
diagnose and treat injuries that are activity related. In the event that
an injury requires surgery, they will then make a referral to an
orthopedic surgeon.
Bernard Griesemer, M.D.
Dr.
Griesemer is a board-certified pediatrician with a certificate of added
qualification in Sports Medicine. He grew up in Billings and attended St.
Louis University School of Medicine. Dr. Griesemer has served on the
medical staff of four Olympics, as a Doping Control Officer. He is the
associate editor of "Pediatric Sports Medicine for Primary Care." He
currently practices in pediatrics and sports medicine. He serves as the
medical director for St. John's Sports Medicine-HealthTracks and is chairman
of the board of the Greater Springfield Community Olympic Development
Committee, a program of the United States Olympic Committee.
Certified Athletic Trainers are highly
educated and skilled professionals specializing in athletic health care.
In cooperation with physicians and other allied health personnel, the
athletic trainer functions as an integral member of the athletic health
care team in secondary schools, colleges and universities, sports medicine
clinics, professional sports programs and other athletic health care
settings.
Certified athletic trainers have, at
minimum, a bachelor's degree, usually in athletic training, health,
physical education or exercise science, study human anatomy and human
psychology/counseling and participate in extensive clinical affiliations
with athletic teams under appropriate supervision.
All Certified Athletic Trainers who
practice in Missouri are licensed by the Missouri State Board of Healing
Arts.
Certified athletic trainers have fulfilled
the requirements for certification established by the National Athletic
Trainer’s Association Board of Certification, Inc. (NATABOC). Once
athletic trainers pass the certification examination proving skills and
knowledge within five areas, they are able to use the title “ATC.”
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Joe Schmitz, ATC, LAT

Joe is the clinical director/manager at St. John’s Sports Medicine-HealthTracks.
He is a certified athletic trainer, functional movement screen evaluator,
a certified club coach by USA Weightlifting, approved clinical instructor,
and an adjunct MSU staff member. He performs sports medicine evaluations
and rehabilitation, fabrication of orthotics, DVD motion analysis, foot
and lumbo-pelvic biomechanical assessments, as well as administrative
duties..
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Faye Hudson, MS, ATC
Faye is a certified
athletic trainer who performs sports medicine evaluations and
rehabilitation with an emphasis in the pediatric athlete. She received her
undergraduate degree from MSU and her master’s from Minnesota State
University. Faye is also an approved clinical instructor for the Missouri
State Athletic Training Education program. She has practiced in both Iowa
and Minnesota.
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Brandon Hetzler MS, ATC, PES
Brandon is a
certified athletic trainer, a performance enhancement specialist through
the NASM, an MSU approved clinical instructor, and an MSU adjunct faculty
member. He received his bachelor’s degree from MSU and his master’s degree
from Oklahoma State University. Brandon spent a year at the USOC Olympic
Training Center in Colorado Springs, and works with the USA National
Racquetball Team. At St. John's Sports Medicine-HealthTracks, Brandon
performs sports medicine evaluations and rehabilitation, ACLR
reconditioning, and Dartfish Video Analysis.
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Brandon Ezzell, MS,CSCS, USAW-Regional Level

Brandon
has been director of performance enhancement at St. John’s Sports
Medicine- HealthTracks since 2000. Brandon compiles all of the
evaluations, and develops programs for all team and individual workouts.
Brandon performed an internship with the Chicago Bulls and received his
master’s in Kinesiology. His credentials include certified strength and
conditioning specialist by the National Strength and Conditioning
Association, functional movement screen evaluator, USA Weightlifting
regional level coach, USAW national referee, and MSU sports medicine
clinical instructor. He is also the head coach for Team Trax
Weightlifting/Greater Springfield CODP, and a board member.
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Scott Johnson, CSCS, USAW-Regional
Level
Scott
joined St. John’s Sports Medicine-HealthTracks in 2004 as a strength and
conditioning specialist and head coach of Team Trax Weightlifting/Greater
Springfield CODP. Scott is a level III regional coach, level III manager,
and national referee for USA Weightlifting. In 2007, Scott was named the
AAU head coach of the year. He lived and trained for two years at the
Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. He is also a certified
strength and conditioning specialist through the National Strength and
Conditioning Association.
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Ron Boyce

Ron
serves as the sprint development coordinator at St. John’s Sports
Medicine-HealthTracks while also performing head coaching duties at
Missouri State University for the women’s track and field teams. He is
regarded as one of the top developers of sprint and hurdle athletes in the
country. In his 10 years at MSU, Ron’s teams claimed 8 Missouri Valley
Conference Championships, including the coveted MVC Triple Crown (titles
in cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field in the same school
year) in 2002-2003. At MSU Boyce has coached 14 NCAA all Americans,
including the 2006 national runner up, and Olympians in the 1996 and 2000
summer games.
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Cheasa Gibson
Cheasa
is a 2003 graduate and former track athlete of Missouri State University.
As a former sprinter, Cheasa serves as St. John’s Sports Medicine-HealthTracks
co-sprint development coordinator along with her former collegiate coach,
Ron Boyce. Having been named MSU’s Female Athlete of the Year twice,
Missouri Valley Conference MVP three times, Outstanding Athlete twice, and
400 meter record holder, Cheasa brings hands-on sprint experience to our
staff.