Training & Performance

You are in good hands as an athlete at Orangewood.
Our athletic trainers determine safe levels of participation and appropriate return-to-play guidelines. If you are unable to practice or play, you are encouraged to engage in a rehabilitation program under the direct supervision of the trainers.

Emily Brode joined the Orangewood Christian School Athletics Staff in 2024 and currently provides day-to-day support and care to all student-athletes. Brode is contracted to Orangewood through a sports marketing partnership with Advent Health.

Brode came to the Rams after serving as an assistant athletic trainer at James Madison University form 2021-2023 caring for the cheerleading, men's tennis, women's tennis, and women's swimming and diving teams. Prior to JMU, Brode was an assistant athletic trainer at the University of Richmond from 2018-2021, providing primary medical coverage for women's swimming and diving and football, where she was a part of the 2021 A10 Championship team.

She completed her master's of athletic training degree at Shenandoah University in Virginia and her undergraduate bachelor's of science in Kinesiology at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is certified in Graston technique, dry needling through Structure and Friction, and American Heart association AED/CPR. Brode is a member of the National Athletic Training Association and serves on the Athletic Training Association of Florida Secondary School Committee.

Our dedicated athletic training department provides both wellness promotion and injury prevention programs for all of our OCS students-athletes.

Training and Performance

Training and Performance

Injury prevention programs dependent on sport-specific or previous injury history
Wellness promotion
Orthopedic injury assessment, evaluation, and diagnosis
Concussion assessment, evaluation, diagnosis, and referral
First aid care and emergency management
Therapeutic intervention including therapeutic exercise and rehabilitation, and therapeutic modalities
Taping and bracing
VIP referral service to AdventHealth and Rothman Orthopedics
OCS team physician: Dr. Michelle Mullins at Rothman Orthopedics
Quick and easy referrals to imaging, specialists, and other needs

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You are in good hands as an athlete at Orangewood.
Our athletic trainers determine safe levels of participation and appropriate return-to-play guidelines. If you are unable to practice or play, you are encouraged to engage in a rehabilitation program under the direct supervision of the trainers.

Our dedicated athletic training department provides both wellness promotion and injury prevention programs for all of our OCS students-athletes.

Training and Performance

Training & Performance

You are in good hands as an athlete at Orangewood. Our athletic trainers determine safe levels of participation and appropriate return-to-play guidelines. If you are unable to practice or play, you are encouraged to engage in a rehabilitation program under the direct supervision of the trainers.

Our dedicated athletic training department provides both wellness promotion and injury prevention programs for all of our OCS students-athletes.

You are in good hands as an athlete at Orangewood.
Our athletic trainers determine safe levels of participation and appropriate return-to-play guidelines. If you are unable to practice or play, you are encouraged to engage in a rehabilitation program under the direct supervision of the trainers.