{"id":212939,"date":"2024-04-23T09:19:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T13:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=212939"},"modified":"2024-04-23T09:35:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T13:35:21","slug":"keeping-women-healthy-and-active","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2024\/04\/keeping-women-healthy-and-active\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping Women Healthy and Active"},"content":{"rendered":"

UConn Health has introduced a collection of coordinated services designed to keep women active and moving.<\/p>\n

The Women\u2019s Center for Motion and Performance at UConn Health<\/a> is built on a foundation of sports medicine expertise, but it\u2019s designed for any women, athlete or not.<\/p>\n

Led by Dr. Katherine Coyner<\/a>, the director, and Dr. Allison Schafer<\/a>, the medical director, both from UConn Health Orthopedics and Sports Medicine<\/a>, the Women\u2019s Center for Motion and Performance combines services from a range of specialties, any of which could have relevance to help a patient retain or regain her mobility.<\/p>\n

Those specialties include Coyner\u2019s, which is orthopedic surgery, and Schafer\u2019s, primary care sports medicine, as well as psychology, lifestyle medicine and weight management, neurology, osteoporosis and bone health, and physical therapy.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Katherine Coyner is an orthopedic surgeon and director of the Women’s Center for Motion and Performance at UConn Health. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cDr. Schafer and I are both super fortunate we get to take care of amazing athletes in UConn Athletics and, leveraging our knowledge and experience there, we\u2019re transitioning to being able to treat everybody,\u201d Coyner says. \u201cWe have all these resources right here at UConn Health to treat everybody, and that patient we\u2019re targeting is women of all ages and activity levels that just want to either stay active or become active.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dr. Allison Schafer, a primary care sports medicine physician, is medical director of the Women’s Center for Motion and Performance at UConn Health. (Photo by Kristin Wallace)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Debuting today, this care model features a dedicated nurse navigator tasked with guiding each patient\u2019s care.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re all integrated in this system to really provide this seamless, cohesive care plan for our patients,\u201d Schafer says. \u201cAs we schedule patient appointments in these different subspecialties, sometimes it can get very confusing why they\u2019re going certain places. Sometimes it can be difficult to keep track of your appointments. So our nurse navigator is really going to help see them through each of these subspecialties.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hear Schafer and Coyner explain in greater detail in the latest UConn Health Pulse<\/em> podcast:<\/p>\n

Keeping Women Moving<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n