Alumnus donates equipment to school

Bradford F. Martin, a Saratoga High alumnus, recently donated a Hi-Lo table to the athletics department, said athletic trainer Liz Gilmore.

A Hi-Lo table allows an athletic trainer to treat her patients with greater ease. The table has the ability to lift patients easily because it can be quickly adjusted to many different height levels.

“The Hi-Lo table is extremely helpful when providing treatment to our student athletes,” Gilmore said. “I can raise or lower them to the appropriate height for each treatment.”

Martin graduated from Saratoga High School in 1978. He is a physical therapist who owns and runs the Orthopedic Physical Therapy Specialists of Saratoga, which he established in 1986.

He donated the table as well as a slideboard and a resistance training parachute because he is downsizing his physical therapy facility in preparation for retirement.

Martin said that he had no trouble on deciding where to donate his equipment.

“I like Saratoga High, [and] they needed a Hi-Lo table,” Martin said.

The addition of the Hi-Lo table will be very helpful for Gilmore when she treats student athletes. This device usually costs around $1,500 to $4,000.

“[The table] allows me to place the athlete in an accessible position,” Gilmore said. “I no longer have to stand on a stool or bend down while treating a student athlete.”