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PROCAMPS WORLDWIDE

 

DR. SONIA BELL and team Avanti has been contracted by ProCamp World Wide to provide medical coverage for their professional athlete ProCamps for Youth in the San Francisco Bay Area for 2012 and 2013. Vist our Avanti Sports Medicine & Fitness Facebook page to see photos from the actual events.

 

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS NEW STADIUM

        

DR. SONIA BELL was invited by the team physician for the SF 49er's from her alma mada, Stanford University Hospital and Clinics to visit the new stadium and locker room.USA GYMNASTICS VISA CHAMPIONSHIPS 2012

        

DR. SONIA BELL was invitied by USA Gymnastics to be one of the team physicians for the USA Gymnastics VISA Championships in St. Louis, MO in June of 2012.  This event is a qualifying event for the Olympic Trials for America's elite gymnasts.  The future Olympiads will be competing in our backyard at the 2012 Gymnastic Olympic Trials in San Jose, CA from June 28-July 1.  Come show your support for the future USA Gymnastics Team for the 2012 London Olympics.  GO TEAM USA!!

 

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES YOUTH SOCCER

TEAM AVANTI teams up with the San Jose Earthquakes and Wells Fargo Bank for the 4 x 4 Soccer Tournaments during the summer months.  Avanti has provided medical support for the events over the past two years.  San Jose Earthquake players come out to sign autographs and Wells Fargo Bank even brings out the famous coach, but unfortunately without the horses.  These annual events are good summertime fun.

 

TOMMIE SMITH YOUTH TRACK MEET

      

DR. SONIA BELL and members of TEAM AVANTI volunteered their medical services for the annual Tommie Smith Youth Track Meet sponsored by the Bay Area Chapter of 100 Black Men.  There were 800 participants for this track and field meet which was held at the UC Berkeley's Edwards Track Stadium.  The participants came from all over the country to compete.  Dr. Tommie Smith and John Carlos silent gestures on the Mexico City Olympic Podium in 1968 served to be one of the most overtly political statementsin the history of the modern Olympic Games.

  

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN HOOP

TEAM AVANTI has worked with the Vice Mayor of Oakland, Desley Brooks, over the past three years to provide medical support and massage for the local athletes competiting in the So You Think you Can Hoop 3 x3 Competition held at the Oracle Coliseum.  Its a fun two day event for the whole family.  Local celebrities and athletes have been known to stop by to say hello and sign autographs for the kids and fans every year.

 

 

 2012 first round draft pick, Harrison Barnes, for the Golden State Warriors visits So You Think You can Hoop support the participants.

AVANTI AT THE 2010 VANCOUVER WINTER OLYMPICS

Avanti Sports Medicine & Fitness medical consultant, KRISTEN WINGFIELD, MD, went to the 2010 Olympic Winter Games as one of the team physician for the Canadian Ski Team.

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The Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony took place at Vancouver's BC Place on February 12, 2010. The Closing Ceremony on February 28, 2010 waseld at BC Place.

For an update on the events and results, visit the official Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games website

OAKLAND RUNNING FESTIVAL

Avanti Sports Medicine & Fitness Team provided medical support and massage for therst Annual Oakland Running Festival for a marathon, half marathon, 4-person relay and kid fun run on Saturday and Sunday, March 27th and 28th.

The participants were invited to come the day before the event to speak with the Oakland Raider's Team Physician about their sports related injuries. DR SONIA BEL, USA Track & Field Team Physician, offered injury evaluation and  discounted sports medicine physical or injury evaluation coupon.

For registration information and information :http://oaklandmarathon.com/site10.aspx

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PRO AMATEUR BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP

DR SONIA BELL of Avanti Sports Medicine & Fitness has been the acting medical director for the Pro Amateur Beach Soccer League for three years.  Beach soccer begun on the beaches of Brazil and has rapidly become a world wide phenomenon. 

California's Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk hosts this annual championship event in June, bringing together over 1200 male and female participantsranging from 7 years of age to the elite adult players from the national team.   It's a fast pace, exhilarating competitive sport requiring skill and endurance, that has the potential for sustaining injuries as varied as the ages of the participants of the competition.  Avanti's team has been ready each year!!!

                                                                                                                                                                               Visit the Beach Soccer website at: www.proambeachsoccer.net

2010 SOUTH AFRICAN FIFA WORLD CUP

AVANTI SPORTS MEDICINE & FITNESS' president and owner, SONIA BELL, MD, visits South Africa to attend the FIFA World Cup and to meet with sports medicine physicans from around the world to discuss soccer related sports injury and field medical management.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ALCATRAZ TRIATHLON

 

Avanti Sports Medicine & Fitness provided the medical team for the 2010 San Francisco Triathlon at Alcatraz Island.  The race begins with a treacherous swim through the strong currents of the frigid San Francisco Bay.  It is followed by biking through the sharp turns and agonizing hill climbs of the streets of San Francisco and ends with a with a beach run that test the endurance of the most elite athlete.  This year, 1800 participated in this test of aerobic endurance and mental fortitued.  Avanti Sports Medicine & Fitness' Team provided preventative and onsite medical services, as well as triaged medical emergencies for one of San Francisco's most challenging triathlon events.

http://www.tricalifornia.com

 

Performing Arts

AVANTI SPORTS MEDICINE & FITNESS PERFORMING ARTS MEDICINE: 

 

 

 

THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS AT ACT-TONY AWARD WINNING MUSICAL  

Avanti's performing arts physician, Dr. Bell provides injury rehabilitation for a member of the San Francisco production of the Tony Award Winning Broadway Musical-THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS.

                     



ALONZO KING'S LINES BALLET

DR BELL and TEAM AVANTI has been appointed the medical consultants for San Francisco's ALONZO KING'S LINES BALLET.  We will be providing prevention and management of dance related injuries employing western and eastern medicine and therapy techniques to treat these fine tuned performers.

      

 

AFRO PERUVIAN DANCE

Avanti dance instructor, Carmen Roman, has been asked to bring her Afro Peruvian dance troupe to Peru to perform this year.  She will be having a fundraiser for CUNAMACUE' on Thursday, June 28.  Come on out to learn about Afro Peruvian dance and the history of the people.

 

 

DREAMGIRLS SAN FRANCISCO TOUR

DR. SONIA BELL served as the medical consultant and physician for the Tony Award Winning Musical- DREAMGIRLS' San Francisco review.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ETHNIC DANCE CLASSES

CARMEN ROMAN of Peru shares the cultural and ethnic dance history of the Afro-Peruvian Culutre weekly at the Mission Cultural Center for the Arts. Come experience the beauty of a culture and the movement of dance! For more information contact Carmen at:     

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RIVER DANCE FAREWELL INTERNATIONAL TOUR

DR. SONIA BELL and the Avanti Sports Medicine & Fitness served as the medical consults and the massage therapist for the Internationally Renowned River Dance Tour Group during the performances in the San Francisco Bay Area, Winter 2009.

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HIP HOP DANCE FESTIVAL

TEAM AVANTI provided massage therapy and dance injury management for the annual international Hip Hop Dance Festival held at the San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts.  The event is put on by dancer and choreographer Micaya.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SAN FRANCISCO BALLET AND THE LEAP PROGRAM





Dr. Sonia Bell, president of Avanti Sports Medicine & Fitness, returns to the "LEAP" PROGRAM to teach dancers from the San Francisco Ballet Company and neighboring companies Dance Kinesiology. 

LEAP (Liberal Education for Arts Professionals) is an internationally recognized education program specifically designed for current and former professional dancers.  Founded in 1999, LEAP makes it possible for these working adults to receive a comprehensive liberal arts education and earn a Bachelor of Arts degree from Saint Mary's College in 3 to 4 years of part-time study.  Today, with classes offered in San Francisco, Los Angelels and New York/New Jersey, LEAP serves more than 300 current and former professional dancers from leading ballet, modern, and ethnic dance companies as well as musical theater, TV and film.

Avanti Sports Medicine & Fitness' founder , Dr. Sonia Bell, a former student of and performer with the San Francisco Ballet, uses this unique opportunity to educate the dancers on the importance of understanding their individual biomechanics and it's effect on the health of their muscles and joints.  Integrating clinical examples and treatment options in her lectures, Dr. Bell hopes to promote injury prevention and ultimately, longevity for the dancer's professional careers.

For more information about the LEAP program, please visit the website at: http://www.stmarys-ca.edu/academics/schools/school-of-liberal-arts/departments-programs/leap/

Speaking Engagements

CHINESE SPORTS DELEGATION VISITS AVANTI SPORTS MEDICINE & FITNESS 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Twenty nine delegates from China State General Administration of Sports visited America in 2010 and 2011.  The organizers of the delegation requested that AVANTI SPORTS MEDICINE & FITNESS put together a panel of sports medicine experts to lecture on subjects of interest to the delegation. We were honored to have been selected amongst sports medicine institutions such as the University of California, Davis and San Francisco, Stanford University and the Center of Sports Medicine, San Francisco.  The China State General Administration of Sports is interested in an exchange of the top sports medicine information that is critical in the delivery of field medical management.  They have suggested that the next trip will be one in which AVANTI visits China.

      

SPEAKER AT THE SPORTS CONCUSSION INSTITUTE

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Dr. Sonia Bell and Dr. Warren Strudwick (Bay Area Orthopaedic Spine and Sports) have been invited to speak at the The Annual National Summit on Concussion and Other Athletic Injuries.  Previous key note speakers have been NFL greats such as Warren Moon and renowned sports agents such as Leigh Steinberg.

Date: May 14, 2010 8:00 am - 5:45 pm
Place: Sheraton Gateway Hotel Los Angeles, 6101 West Century Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90045


For further information, please visit the Sports Concussion Institute's website at: http://www.concussiontreatment.com/nationalsummit.html