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some time later, when my heart is going nutsSo in order to get clearance for the rubgy team (and get insurance..yay!) I had to have a sports physical done at the national sports center.
It was a REALLY nice facility - clean modern building, a variety of different athletic rooms, and a sweet sports medicine facility (where I had my physical done).
I was not expecting such a thorough physical. I had spirometry done, body fat testing, general physical (listening to heart and breathing, reflex, etc), and a stress EKG - all of which were kind of fun. The stress EKG involved getting hooked up to electrodes and running on a treadmill (increasing speed every minute), while a tech watches and periodically takes my blood pressure while running.
What was great was that I told the doctor that I'm a medical student and so he spent extra time explaining everything in detail to me. I think the fact that I get obviously excited about these things (apparently too much so, which I've been told is an American thing) also helped.
At the end of it all (it took about an hour) I got a packet will all of my test results and a clearance sheet that marks me as being "in excellent physical condition. Cleared for sports without restrictions."
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