Oak Orthopedics’ Wright Advocates Athletes’ Wellness
brent wright, oah orthopedics, olivet nazarene university, practice development, recreation, wright advocates athletes' wellness,
As director of practice development with OAK Orthopedics‚ Brent Wright gets to work with some pretty amazing athletes‚ including the Chicago Bears while they are at summer training camp in Bourbonnais. But equally rewarding for him is helping up-and-coming athletes at Kankakee’s 13 area high schools‚ Olivet Nazarene University and Kankakee Community College.
“We love being able to offer our local athletes the same service that an NFL player would get‚” says Wright‚ who joined OAK Orthopedics in 2004.
OAK Orthopedics has served the area since 1945 and is composed of eight orthopedic surgeons‚ two medical sports medicine specialists‚ one pain management specialist‚ one rheumatologist and two physician assistants. Wright helps grow the practice and develops marketing strategies‚ outreach and practice promotions.
“I knew OAK had a great reputation in the area‚ and I wanted to be a part of that and continue to develop the services OAK provides‚” he says of his decision to join the practice.
A longtime sports lover‚ Wright enjoys interacting with athletes. With the Chicago Bears‚ most of his work is done behind the scenes.
“It’s our job to get the players in quickly and give feedback to the Bears staff‚ so the players can get back to 100 percent and performing at the level they are capable of‚” he says.
OAK Orthopedics is offering a new athletic development program that will be run by Joe Kessler‚ who has done strength and conditioning programs with the Bears and the Indianapolis Colts.
“He will now be running those same programs for our local athletes‚” Wright says. “Even more amazing is that the technology we now have to help athletes run faster‚ jump higher and become more explosive is only used by the teams that met in this year’s Super Bowl‚ the Bears and Colts.
Our goal is to help athletes reach their potential‚ which will hopefully help create more college scholarships and championships for athletes in our area.”
Story by Jessica Mozo
Photo by Antony Boshier
