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Athletic Trainers Save Lives: March is National Athletic Training Month
Athletic Trainers Save Lives! Sports injuries can be serious. Among the things which increase the anxiety level of parents of children playing contact or collision sports, or any sport for that matter,...
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Working as an AT in Japan: An In Depth Look
An In Depth Look with… Fumiaki Onishi, ATC Describe your setting: I am working as assistant professor at St. Catherine University, which is a private university located in Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan. I...
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Over the summer the NATA Board of Directors approved the document “Future Directions in Athletic Training Education.” This document represents recommendations from the Executive Committee on Education...
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Coordinating Medical Coverage for the U.S. Figure Skating Championships
“Oh, it shouldn’t be that involved of a process.” These were the first words that I heard used to describe the charge of coordinating the medical coverage for the U.S. Figure Skating Championships,...
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Athletic Training: Why I Love My Job
It is Valentine’s Day, a day that you can reflect on what you love, and for Athletic Trainers it is the profession. Here is a repost from the blog “I Train Therefore I Eat” written by Stephanie...
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Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and the Athletic Trainer
In January of 2000, actress Holly Robinson Peete and her husband, former NFL quarterback Rodney Peete, heard words that would change their life: “Your son has classic autism.” Holly remembered thinking...
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College World Series: Meet the Athletic Trainer
During the College World Series, we talked with the Athletic Trainers (ATs) who traveled the Road to Omaha to keep their baseball teams healthy during the Series. In this edition, we talked with Carl...
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An In Depth Look with… DeDe D’Orsi, ATC
DeDe lecturing at the Marshall Center for International Peace Talks in Garmisch,Germany. An In Depth Look with… DeDe D’Orsi, ATC Describe your setting: DeDe D’Orsi has been a lot of things in her life:...
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October Health Literacy Month: Effective Communication
Is it a fracture or a break? Athletic training students and BOC Certified Athletic Trainers (ATs) have all heard our patients ask similar diagnostic interpretation questions so much so that “is it a...
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An In Depth Look with…Elaine Winslow-Redmond MS, ATC, EMT-b, CKTP, ART
An In Depth Look with… Elaine Winslow-Redmond MS, ATC, EMT-b, CKTP, ART Describe your setting: The stage is our playing field and the Rockettes are our athletes. We have a new state-of-the-art facility...
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An In Depth Look with… Ireliam “Cookie” Guadalupe, ATC
Describe your setting: Working on the movie set of 42 was unlike any other experience I’ve had in athletic training. Since it was a historical movie it was almost like being in the Twilight Zone. I...
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Reflection on “Coach Makes the Call”
The article published in the Chronicle of Higher Education on September 2, 2013, titled “Coach Makes the Call” brought the profession of athletic training into a new light. The story examined whether...
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Athletic Trainers Prepare for 2014 Olympic Winter Games
Left to right: Byron Craighead and Ben Towne in Sochi. The 2014 Olympic Winter Games is the first time that the Russian Federation will have hosted the Winter Games; the Soviet Union hosted the 1980...
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Return To Play Post-Concussion: Who’s Calling The Shots?
With the explosion of lawsuits shining a harsh light on a history of poor concussion management in professional sports, it’s no surprise that neurological and sporting associations are rushing to pour...
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Improve Patient Outcomes with Evidence Based Practice
Providing the best possible patient care involves staying up-to-date on advances in the healthcare profession. That’s why the BOC added a new continuing education (CE) category beginning in 2014. The...
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Be a Bench Leader, Not a Bench Warmer
As a young and relatively new full-time employee of the athletic training profession, I’ve begun to pay more attention to the news blurbs from the NATA and my state organization about supporting bills...
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