Athletic Trainer

Athletic Trainer Information

Lancaster Mennonite High School has the privilege of partnering with Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health to provide Lea Lumbert as the athletic trainer. As the athletic trainer, Lea is available to work with any PIAA athlete who encounters an injury or illness.

Athletic trainers are “health care professionals who collaborate with physicians to optimize activity and participation of patients and clients.[i]

The certified athletic trainer (ATC) is the first person the athlete should be in contact with when there is an injury.  The ATC is onsite at all practices and games and provides immediate care for athletic injuries.  Athletic training encompasses the prevention, diagnosis and intervention of emergency, acute and chronic medical conditions involving impairment, functional limitations and disabilities (NATA).  Athletic trainers are also imperative in challenging injured athletes in a sport specific nature for the most efficient and safe return to play.  The ATC is able to triage each athlete to the appropriate sports medicine team member, if necessary.

[i] National Athletic Trainers’ Association website—www.nata.org

Lee Lumbert

Sports Physicals

Every LMS athlete must complete a physical packet. Each student athlete will need to complete and turn in every form in the physical packet on the deadline set by school administration. 

Please turn in physical packets to the Athletic Trainer directly, drop it off at the high school office, or email it to the Athletic Trainer as a PDF (photo files aren’t acceptable/legible).

The Physical Packet includes:

  • PIAA Comprehensive Initial Pre-Participation Physical Evaluation  (Sections 1-7)
  • PIAA Re-certification by Parent/Guardian  (Winter/Spring athletes: Section 7 is only needed if physical is dated 6 weeks or prior to the start of the sports season)
  • PIAA Re-certification by Licensed Physician (Winter/Spring athletes: Section 8 is only needed if answered “yes” to questions on Section 7)

Recertification form

PIAA Re-certification by Parent/Guardian (Section 7) is only needed by athletes whose physical is dated six weeks or prior to the start date of their sports season. 

Concussion Baseline Testing: SWAY

SWAY is an assessment that uses objective measuring to interpret cognitive function. It is used for injury management through baseline testing, sideline evaluation, and return-to-learn/return-to-play processes. SWAY combines objective balance and cognitive measures to support healthcare professionals in evaluations. Balance is measured through an accelerometer in the testing device. Cognitive testing includes visual processing, reaction time, and memory. SWAY baseline testing is used to compare the individuals scores if they were to sustain a head injury and to make sure that they return to their baseline after injury.

For more information about SWAY visit swaymedical.com/sports or  swaymedical.com/platform/research

Student athletes at LMS are to take a baseline SWAY test upon their first season in PIAA athletic participation. They will repeat their baseline test every 2 years due to youth development. For example, a student-athlete takes their baseline SWAY test as a new 7th grade student-athlete and then again in 9th and 11th grade.

To take the SWAY baseline test you will need to:

  • Download the SWAY medical app (with parental permission
  • Get test code from the Athletic Trainer (Do not create a log in)
  • charged smartphone/iPad that connects to the internet
  • At least 20 minutes in a distraction free environment
  • Put device on DO NOT DISTURB mode for test
  • Follow the instructions on the screen in the app

If you have any questions about the Physical Packet, SWAY testing or about the sports medicine program, please contact Lea Lumbert.

Contact Information

Athletic Trainer:
Lea Lumbert
lumbertlm@lancastermennonite.org
Office: (717) 740-2450
Fax: (717) 299-0823