Sports Medicine and Team Physician Activities Prior to relocating his Orthopaedic practice to San Antonio, Dr. Heckman had served as the team physician and orthopaedic consultant for numerous Texas Coastal Bend area high schools. He has supported amateur athletics by acting as the medical director and coordinator of the Texas Amateur Athletic Games. At the professional level he has served as an Orthopaedic consultant for the Texas-Louisiana Professional Baseball League and as the team physician for both the Corpus Christi AA Barracudas baseball team and the Corpus Christi IceRayz Professional Hockey Team. During the time he practiced in Corpus Christi he worked closely with local coaches, physical therapists and athletic trainers at the high school through professional levels stressing open communication and access to his practice for athletic injury assessment and treatment. Dr. Heckman is a strong advocate of continued sports medicine education. He has acted as the program director for the annual meeting of the Sports Medicine Section of the Texas Orthopaedic Association and originated the annual University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio / Spohn-Christus Hospital sponsored "South Texas Sports Medicine Workshops". These yearly workshops focused on educating South Texas physicians, physical therapists and athletic trainers by providing nationally recognized sports medicine experts as speakers and by giving workshop participants the opportunity for hands on experience in dealing with sports related injuries. He has been a guest lecturer at the American Sports Medicine Institute's nationally recognized "Injuries in Baseball Course" and by has had the privilege, by invitation, to address the Southwest Athletic Trainers Association. He has been and continues to be a strong supporter of both athletic trainers and physical therapists regarding state legislation affecting their professions and professional services. info@oksss.com www.oksss.com