MELINDA J. FLEGEL

Melinda J. Flegel has been a certified athletic trainer since 1984. She is an athletic injury specialist at the University of Illinois SportWell Centre, where she oversees sports medicine care for the university's recreational and club sport athletes and consults with coaches, parents and athletes on injury prevention and care. Flegel received a master's degree in physical education from the University of Illinois in 1982. She is a member of the National Athletic Trainers' Association and National Strength and Conditioning Association and has been a certified strength and conditioning specialist since 1987.