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Sports Medicine | Pre-Participation Information


Sportsware  |  Physicals  |  Concussion Testing  |  Sickle Cell Testing  |  EKG  |  Insurance Verification | COVID Vaccination Requirements


 
Sportsware

Sportsware is our online medical documentation website for all student-athletes.
Please fill it out via computer or laptop.
Below is a video detailing step-by-step instructions for new student-athlete and returning student-athlete registration for Sportsware.
Please watch the ENTIRE video to register for Sportsware. If questions remain, please contact the NJCU sports medicine department.
Returning athletes MUST use the same email and password from previous years, DO NOT RE-REGISTER. If you cant remember your password, email apais@njcu.edu.
 

 
Physicals

Physicals will be completed on July 18, 19, and 20th for all student athletes which will be by appointment. That information will be provided by July 7th to all students via their Head Coach. Please see the rules below.
  • Freshman, Juniors, and Transfers are REQUIRED to get a physical at NJCU.     
  • ANY athlete who did not go to our team doctors last year is REQUIRED to come to our team doctors this year. If you do not, your physical will be voided.   
  • Athletes who choose to go to their own physician (2nd and 4th year athletes who went to our team doctors their 1st and 3rd year) MUST use the physical sheet attached in this email or your physical will be voided.
Your physical MUST be signed and stamped by an MD or DO. NO EXCEPTIONS
Even if you are cleared by your own physician, NJCU team physicians will be reviewing documentation and provide final clearance. Some student-athletes may not be cleared until proper documentation of preexisting injuries, conditions, and/or disorders is presented. Please email Karla Mejia (kmejia@njcu.edu) if you have any further questions.

CLEARANCE OF ATHLETES
The athletic trainers will confirm who is cleared and who is not. If an athlete is required by NJCU team doctors to hand in paperwork, you are not cleared to play until all documentation stating cleared to play is given to the athletic trainers. 
 

 
Concussion Testing

Concussion testing will be administered to Freshman, Juniors, Transfers, and athletes who had a concussion the year before. All athletes involved in contact sports MUST take the test yearly.
 

 
Sickle Cell Testing
  • All student-athletes are required by the NCAA to get Hemoglobin solubility testing.
  • Hemoglobin Solubility results will only be accepted if the result is a Negative or a Positive. No number results will be accepted

You can look up your newborn results on the link below or get a script for the test on the NCAA link below
Newborn Sickle Cell Website for state by state lookup
Quest Diagnostics NCAA Athlete link:  
https://sicklecelltesting.pwnhealth.com

What is sickle cell?
Sickle cell trait is when a person gets one gene for “sickling” hemoglobin and one gene for normal hemoglobin. People with sickle cell trait rarely have symptoms – because they have normal hemoglobin along with abnormal hemoglobin. With INTENSE or EXTENSIVE exercise, the hemoglobin can take a sickle shape or crescent shape, affecting oxygen carrying capacity to the cells.
 

 
EKG

All Freshman and Transfers will need to complete a baseline EKG (Electrocardiography) for your heart. This will be completed during your physical.
 

 
Insurance Verification
  • All student-athletes are REQUIRED to have ACTIVE primary insurance throughout the school year

    ****Your personal insurance will go through a monthly verification process with the University and the Sports Medicine team.****
     
  • If at any point your insurance is inactive, you will no longer be able to participate in team activities until active insurance is verified
If you do not have insurance please apply on: https://www.healthcare.gov

Please email Karla Mejia (kmejia@njcu.edu) if you have any further questions
 


 
COVID Vaccination Requirements
Sports Medicine is only requesting a photo of the COVID vaccination card to be uploaded to Sportsware under Attachments.
New Jersey City University does have a requirement for proof of vaccination as well for classes. Please see the link for more information as it differs from Sportsware.