Return to sports after COVID-19: cardiologists’ recommendations

....."We hope the recommendations put forth in the document will assist practitioners in sports medicine, sports cardiology and general cardiology in the evaluation of athletes for return to play after COVID-19 infection,” says lead author Jonathan Kim, MD, MSc, chief of Sports Cardiology at Emory University School of Medicine. “These recommendations are intended to guide the process of determining who requires more detailed cardiac screening and ensure that all athletes post-COVID-19 infection should have a slow and gradual return to training with close monitoring of persistent symptoms, regardless of the severity of infection.”.....   ...more

Bethany`s Notes: Just as much as playing is important to our mental health returning to play after a COVID-19 case should be monitored and treated just as seriously as an injury.