St. Luke's Sports Medicine

12/12/2025

🏒 What an exciting night at the Reading Royals pre-game ceremonial puck drop!

As the Official Sports Medicine Provider of the Reading Royals, St. Luke’s University Health Network is proud to spotlight one of our dedicated team physicians: Dr. Daniel Cohen! 🙌

Dr. Cohen provides expert care for Royals players – a valued partner of and St. Luke’s! He serves our community with locations in Spring Township, Kutztown, and Orwigsburg.

Thank you, Dr. Cohen, for your commitment to keeping our athletes and community healthy and ready to hit the ice! 💙

12/09/2025

STATE CHAMPIONS!

The 4A Southern Lehigh Spartans are now officially Pennsylvania State Champs — defeating the Twin Valley Raiders 43-21 this past weekend to claim the first-ever state football title in program history.

Congrats to the Spartans on a legendary season!

And a huge shout out to St. Luke’s Athletic Trainers and Sports Performance Coaches — the team behind the team — helping keep the guys strong, healthy and ready to finish the fight when it mattered most.

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12/08/2025

to be a partners!

12/04/2025

How cool is that?!

Warren Hills Regional High School, one of our oldest school partnerships in NJ, continues to set the standard. They’ve long supported future athletic trainers, recognized the value of athletic trainers’ skills and seamlessly integrated AT and PT services into their athletic programs.

To honor this partnership, we created a new visual representation that celebrates our collaboration and commitment to student-athlete care.

Here’s to Warren Hills —strong partners, strong programs, strong athletes.

And big shout out to IDWraps for ALWAYS rising to the challenge!

12/04/2025

Huge congratulations to Ellen Payne, ATC, on being named recipient of the Provost Teaching Excellence Award for Fall 2025! 🎉🏆

As a Per Diem Athletic Trainer with St. Luke’s Sports Medicine — part of the region’s leading health network — Ellen exemplifies clinical excellence, passion, and unwavering dedication to her athletes and the profession. Her commitment to education and advancing athletic training continues to inspire us all.

We couldn’t be more of you, Ellen — this honor is so well deserved! 👏💙



#1 Provider of Sports Medicine

Congrats to DAT faculty Dr. Ellen Payne who won the Provost Teaching Excellence Award for fall 2025, as well as other Moravian School of Rehabilitation Sciences faculty Dr. Danielle Costanzo (Excellence in Advising) and Dr. Tanu Altomare (Innovation in Teaching).

12/04/2025

We are to be able to partner with you!

Elliot Beadle - excellent job!

Over 100 student-athletes attended a Sports Nutrition seminar with Sports Performance Nutritionist Elliot Beadle this morning. Proper nutrition and hydration play a crucial role in achieving peak performance. Thank you to our partners for the presentation!

12/03/2025

🌟 BRAND NEW PROGRAM ALERT! 🌟

ALLSTAR ROOKIE PLAYMAKERS – The Ultimate Sports Sampler for Little Legends! ⚾🏀🏈⚽🏐🥷

Your 3-6 year old will try SIX exciting sports: basketball, soccer, football, volleyball, t-ball/kickball, and ninja tumble!

With a low 1:6 coach-to-kid ratio, every child gets personalized attention while building coordination, confidence, and a total love for being active.

📅 Sundays, January 11 – February 15

⏰ 11:00–11:45 AM

📍 St. Luke’s SportsPlex (4636 Crackersport Rd, Allentown, PA)

👦👧 Ages 3–6 years

💰 Only $100 for the full 6-week session

Spots are limited – grab yours before they’re gone! 🚀

https://shopsluhn.org/collections/events/products/allstar-minis-rookie-playmakers

Questions? Email Hannah.Cackowski@sluhn.org

12/02/2025

St. Luke’s is fueling champions!

St. Luke’s Sports Nutritionist Elliot Beadle was on the move last month, delivering powerful sports-nutrition sessions to some serious competitors including the Nazareth High School swim team, the Northampton Community College baseball and basketball teams and Boyertown High School wrestling.

From hydration to performance fueling to recovery strategies, Elliot is helping athletes train smarter, compete harder and reach their next level.

Stronger bodies. Sharper minds. Better results. That’s St. Luke’s Sports Nutrition.

# 1 Provider of Sports Medicine

12/02/2025

🌟 BRAND NEW PROGRAM ALERT! 🌟

Check it out!!

🌟 BRAND NEW PROGRAM ALERT! 🌟

Introducing Allstar Toddlers – Twist, Trek, & Tumble! 👶🧡

Our parent-and-child movement class is made for your tiniest athletes (walking to 2 years).

Together we’ll crawl, climb, roll, balance, and explore in a safe, super-fun environment. With a 1:6 coach-to-child ratio, every little one gets tons of love and attention while building coordination, confidence, and joy!

📅 Sundays, January 11 – February 15

⏰ 10:00–10:45 AM

📍 St. Luke’s SportsPlex (4636 Crackersport Rd, Allentown, PA)

👶 Walking – 2 years old (parent participates!)

💰 Only $100 for all 6 weeks

Spots are limited – grab yours before they’re gone! 🚀

https://shopsluhn.org/collections/events/products/allstar-toddlers-twist-trek-and-tumble

Questions? Email Hannah.Cackowski@sluhn.org

12/01/2025

In its 8th year, the Allentown School District Holiday Meal Drive was another great success.

The Allentown Sports Medicine Team, lead by Kimberlyn Orejuela, worked with 10 St. Luke’s offices in the Allentown area and held school based drives which collected 85 holiday meal bags!

The meal bags will be distributed and delivered by the District’s community outreach workers to families needing some assistance this holiday season.

11/24/2025

Big news from St. Luke’s Sports Medicine and the SportsPlex… we’re leveling up our game — and your feed!

Introducing the official St. Luke’s SportsPlex social media channels — your NEW home for everything happening inside the SportsPlex — elite sports performance training, camps & clinics with top-tier coaches, turf & court rentals, behind-the-scenes action from our athletes, daily energy straight from the Plex AND every big moment that happens right here!

We’re migrating all SportsPlex content off the Sports Medicine channels so our Sports Medicine pages can focus even more on the incredible work of our athletic trainers and sports performance coaches, and the impact that they make out in the community!

Follow the SportsPlex and Sports Medicine channels to stay plugged in to the action, announcements, training highlights, athletes on the grind and everything that makes sports so electrifying in the Lehigh Valley.


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11/24/2025

St. Luke’s Sports Nutrition expert Elliot Beadle, MS, RD, LDN was just featured in a mensjournal.com article called The Simple Meal-Order Trick That Can Help Steady Your Blood Sugar — he brought the science AND the practical tips.

Whether you’re an athlete chasing peak performance or someone trying to keep their energy consistent all day long, Elliot breaks down how small, smart nutrition choices can make a big impact.

Proud to have Elliot leading our performance-driven nutrition programs at St. Luke’s Sports Medicine — helping athletes fuel smarter, recover faster, and feel their best.

Fuel right. Train strong. Perform better.

https://www.mensjournal.com/health-fitness/meal-order-blood-sugar-control

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