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COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP
Supporting young athletes before, during, and beyond the season.
Elevate partners with local youth sports organizations to bring preseason screening, movement, performance education, and wellness resources closer to athletes and their teams.
Current partnerships have included Mammoth Lakes Youth Hockey, Mammoth Mountain Mountain Bike Team, and Mammoth Mountain Ski & Snowboard Teams.
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Youth sports can help children and teens build movement skills, confidence, teamwork, resilience, and connection.
They can also bring changing physical demands, competition, training loads, travel, and the possibility of injury.
Elevate works with local teams to bring practical wellness and performance resources into the environments where young athletes already train and compete.
Programming may vary by organization, sport, season, and team needs.
Offer preseason concussion baseline testing that may provide useful comparison information if an athlete later sustains a suspected concussion.
Build strength, balance, coordination, agility, and movement confidence through age-appropriate training opportunities.
Create opportunities for athletes, parents, and coaches to learn about readiness, recovery, concussion awareness, and healthy participation.
Help athletes and families connect with appropriate Mammoth Hospital clinical services when medical evaluation is needed.
PRESEASON ASSESSMENT
Elevate works with participating youth sports organizations to provide preseason concussion baseline testing.
Testing establishes individual preseason information that may be useful to a qualified clinician if an athlete later sustains a suspected concussion.
Team screening can often be coordinated at Elevate or at another appropriate team location depending on group size, equipment, staffing, and scheduling.
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Baseline testing is designed to capture information before an injury occurs.
If a concussion is later suspected, a healthcare professional may consider baseline information alongside symptoms, history, neurologic findings, balance, cognition, vestibular or ocular findings, and other clinical information.
Baseline testing does not diagnose a concussion, rule out a concussion, or provide automatic clearance for return to sport.
Mammoth Hospital uses SWAY as part of its concussion baseline testing program.
The technology can support standardized assessment of selected balance, cognitive, and related measures used within the broader concussion program.
Baseline results are intended to support future clinical interpretation when appropriate and are not a stand-alone diagnostic tool.
For participating youth sports organizations, Elevate may coordinate group preseason baseline testing for athletes.
Whenever operationally feasible, testing can be arranged at a location that works well for the team.
This helps reduce barriers for families and makes preseason screening easier to integrate into team preparation.
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Youth sports partnerships may evolve from season to season.
Organizations we have worked with include:
Preseason concussion baseline testing and connection to local sports medicine and wellness resources.
Preseason concussion baseline testing for young athletes participating in mountain biking.
Preseason concussion baseline testing for athletes participating in alpine, snowboard, and related winter disciplines.
Elevate's youth sports partnerships primarily support community and club-based athletic organizations.
Student-athletes participating in Mammoth High School athletics typically receive concussion screening, athletic training, and sports medicine support through Mammoth Hospital's school-based Athletic Training Program.
This helps keep school athletic care within the established athletic training and sports medicine workflow.
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BEYOND BASELINE TESTING
Concussion baseline testing is only one part of supporting young athletes.
Elevate also offers sports performance and conditioning opportunities that help young participants build foundational movement skills that can transfer across sports.
Athletic Foundations is an Elevate sports performance and conditioning series for elementary and middle school-age participants.
Programming focuses on foundational movement qualities such as running, jumping, landing, balance, coordination, agility, strength, and movement confidence.
The goal is to help young athletes build broad physical skills rather than specializing too early in one sport.
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Young athletes may also connect with other Elevate programs focused on movement, conditioning, screening, and seasonal readiness.
Opportunities may change throughout the year based on sport, season, age, and current programming.
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Young athletes do not manage health, recovery, and return-to-play decisions alone.
Parents, caregivers, coaches, athletic trainers, and healthcare professionals all play different roles in recognizing concerns and helping athletes access appropriate care.
As Mammoth Hospital's concussion program continues to develop, Elevate plans to expand educational resources for athletes, families, coaches, and community teams.
A preseason baseline does not replace a post-injury clinical evaluation.
If an athlete sustains a head injury or develops symptoms concerning for concussion, they should be removed from activities that create further risk and evaluated through an appropriate healthcare pathway.
The athlete's baseline information, when available, may later serve as one component of the clinical assessment.
Return-to-sport decisions should be made through the appropriate clinical process, not from baseline or repeat testing alone.
Elevate coordinates community access and team-based baseline testing, while Mammoth Hospital Orthopedics & Sports Medicine provides the clinical home for the broader concussion program.
When an athlete needs medical evaluation, concussion management, rehabilitation, or return-to-sport guidance, care should move through the appropriate clinical pathway.
This connection helps keep community screening linked to the healthcare resources athletes may need after an injury.
Youth sports are only one way children and families can connect with Elevate.
The Youth & Families Pathway helps parents, caregivers, children, and teens find programs related to movement, performance, safety, education, community, and wellbeing.
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Young athletes who want to build strength, movement skills, conditioning, and confidence can also explore Elevate's Performance Pathway.
The pathway connects participants with relevant performance programs, assessments, seasonal preparation, and individual services.
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Learn about preseason baseline testing for individual athletes and teams.
Build foundational strength, coordination, agility, and movement skills.
Explore movement, strength, balance, and other screening opportunities through Elevate.
Find movement, education, events, and wellness for children, teens, and families.
Youth sports organizations interested in preseason baseline testing, movement programming, sports performance, education, or other wellness opportunities are welcome to start a conversation.
We can work with teams to understand their athletes, sport, schedule, location, and goals before recommending an approach.
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Build knowledge, baseline information, movement skills, and readiness before the season.
Develop strength, balance, coordination, agility, and confidence through movement.
Learn more about performance, recovery, health, and how the body responds to sport.
Bring together athletes, families, coaches, teams, and healthcare resources.
Elevate has partnered with local club and community sports organizations including Mammoth Lakes Youth Hockey, Mammoth Mountain Mountain Bike Team, and Mammoth Mountain Ski & Snowboard Teams.
Partnerships may change or expand over time.
Baseline testing captures selected preseason information before an athlete sustains an injury.
If concussion is later suspected, that information may help a qualified clinician interpret post-injury findings as one part of a broader clinical evaluation.
No. Baseline and computerized testing do not independently diagnose or rule out a concussion.
Concussion evaluation should consider the athlete's symptoms, history, clinical examination, and other relevant findings.
Potentially. Elevate can work with participating sports organizations to coordinate group preseason baseline testing.
Location, group size, staffing, equipment, age, and scheduling all influence how a team session is organized.
Contact Elevate to discuss your team's needs.
When operationally feasible, team baseline testing may be coordinated at an appropriate team-selected location.
Elevate will work with the organization to determine whether the space and logistics are suitable for the planned testing.
A suspected concussion requires appropriate clinical evaluation.
Preseason baseline information may be available to support the treating clinician, but it does not replace medical assessment or determine return-to-sport clearance by itself.
Elevate's Youth Sports partnerships primarily support community and club-based sports organizations.
Mammoth High School student-athletes typically access athletic training and sports medicine services through Mammoth Hospital's school-based Athletic Training Program.
Learn more about Mammoth Hospital Athletic Training.
Yes. Athletic Foundations is an Elevate sports performance and conditioning series for elementary and middle school-age participants.
Other youth and seasonal performance opportunities may also be available throughout the year.
Potentially. Elevate works with local organizations to understand their athletes, sport, goals, schedule, and program needs.
Contact Elevate to start a conversation.
Youth sports partnerships help connect young athletes and families with preseason readiness, performance resources, baseline testing, and appropriate healthcare support.
Explore what's available for your athlete or team.
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