...of how muscle movement and physiology works. I have acquired a deep interest in becoming an athletic trainer because trainers explore these topics daily within their career. Athletic trainers are usually the first people to respond on scene to an athletic injury. An athletic trainer's schedule is mostly full time, but some trainers may need to be "on call" in case of an emergency. This career involves a variety of working environments, ranging from physician offices to sports fields. To work as an athletic trainer, it is required to be certified by the National Athletic Trainers Association after graduating college with a bachelor's degree in kinesiology or another area of study involving physical education....
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...Athletic Trainer Who helps the world's greatest athletes recover from their injuries? Who is responsible for Alex Morgan's triumphant return? The answer to both of those questions is an athletic trainer. Athletic trainers (ATs) are health care professionals who collaborate with physicians; to administer preventative services, emergency care, clinical diagnosis, therapeutic intervention and rehabilitation of injuries and medical conditions. Without athletic trainers several of the world's greatest players would not have been able to continue their careers after injuries. The history of athletic training goes all the way back to the early 1900's. Athletic training started when American Medical Association deemed it an" allied health profession"....
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...An Athletic Trainer is the combination of two things that I love, helping people and playing sports. Helping others is something that I've learned from my parents. I mainly do it from the kindness of my heart. Putting others before myself I guess you could say. I also enjoy athletics. Athletes tend to have games and may suffer from concussions, torn ACL’s, even broken or fractured bones. Being a physical person, I like to interact with others. It can either be a group assignment or being on defense in a one-on-one game of basketball. Having two Aunts who work in this profession has really drawn me to this career. One of my aunts is in her early forties & the other one being in her fifties. Athletic training has existed since the 1950’s and is an extraordinary career to go into. The National Athletic Trainers Association, also known as the NATA was founded in nineteen-fifty (About). This association opened up many doors for those who...
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...Athletic training can be a very time-consuming job as well a very rewarding job. The relationships that you build with your clients as they are going through therapy for an injury or just staying healthy is what makes it that much more joyful. Athletic training doesn’t just have to be at a school or a hospital, it could be with a professional sport, clinics, law enforcement and military (Explore Health Careers). Athletic trainers (ATs) are highly qualified, multi-skilled health care professionals who collaborate with physicians to provide preventative services, emergency care, clinical diagnosis, therapeutic intervention and rehabilitation of injuries and medical conditions (NATA). Athletic Training is the perfect job for someone who enjoys...
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... Simmonds 3rd March 8, 2013 Sports medicine Thesis: In the future, because of the injury rates in sports, there will always be a demand for highly skilled sports trainers. Future World of Work Career Trends Increasing Decreasing Areas of Specialization Related Occupations Transferable Skills Sports Medicine A. Education Training Salary Working Conditions Demand Resume * IV. Interview Irisol Lopez Mrs. Simmonds 3rd March 8, 2013 Sports medicine Since there is a high rate in sport injuries, there will always be a high demand for sports trainers. Sports trainers, major in in sports medicine, or minor in it and become coaches. Trainers use their extensive knowledge of physiology and of the sport, to know how to treat the injury. The world of work is rapidly changing and evolving, unlike the environment that surrounds it. Technology, globalization, improvements in productions, consumer demands are all influencing the nature of work. Jobs are rapidly changing, as are the knowledge, skills and abilities required to preform them. High school diplomas are no longer the entryway to good paying jobs. Just because you graduate high school does not mean you have to stop learning. College helps you gain knowledge, you never imagined learning. (Miller) People wonder about the careers this is now, will they still be here in the next decade? There is many shifts in the world of work, now, due to technology changing so rapidly and new advances in medicine...
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...Do you love the action of sports? Do you love the excitement of being on the sidelines? Do you love helping others? Do you want to be in the medical field? Well stop looking any further athletic training might just be the career you have been searching for. Athletic trainer are highly respected professionals in the health care world. While working alongside with team physicians, trainers have the responsibilities of emergency care, rehabilitation of injuries, therapy regimens, diagnosis and prevention for athletics in all spectrums of sports (NATA).For someone who is highly interested in this field of work , must obtain a college ( Bachelor’s) degree . Accepting the major of athletic training is an easy task, but the hardest thing for athletic...
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...Kiara Willis English IV Mrs. Lynn Black December 9, 2014 Athletic Training Athletic trainers are health care professionals who collaborate with physicians. Athletic trainers help prevent and treat injuries that are typically caused by athletic involvement. (Live Strong 1) Athletic training first emerged during the 20th century at the Olympic Games. After football surfaced as a national sport in the United States, many realized the need for these trainers to be present at the games. (Live Strong 1) In the 1930’s athletic trainers tried to form a national organization (National Athletic Trainers’ Association), however it disappeared during the 1940’s during World War 2. It was not until the 1950s when the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA) was brought back. In 1989, the National Board of Certification emerged as a certified program for athletic trainers. (Live Strong 1) Finally, athletic training as a professional health career first emerged in 1990, when the American Medical Association deemed it an “allied health profession”. In order to understand Athletic Training, one must consider educational requirements, equipment, and the safety procedures. By the 1990s the curriculum for athletic trainers began to emerge. In 1986, Sayers Miller, proposed a major specific option for athletic training to be offered in colleges.(Jenkins 1) Athletic trainers meets qualifications set by the Board of certification, Inc., and adhere to the requirements of a state licensing...
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...researching literature that included a qualitative research study, I came across an article that explained one in great detail; this article is titled, “Female Athletic Training Students’ Perceptions of Motherhood and Retention in Athletic Training”, written by Stephanie Mazerolle and Kerri Gavin. When beginning to read the article about this study, I would have to say that many of the key elements are included and easily identified. The reason for this study is to investigate and compare the different perspectives of current female athletic trainers who are mothers to those who are preparing to begin their career as an athletic trainer. Motherhood could have a great effect on the careers these women chose to pursue; if their profession does not allow for the proper work and life balance, or work setting, these women may be forced to leave their profession....
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...education, before receiving his master degree from Kent State, where he began his athletic training career. In 1971, Davis became an associate athletic trainer for the Baltimore Colts and in 1973 he became the head athletic trainer for the Philadelphia Eagles until 1995. During his time with the Colts and Eagles, he became the first NATA Executive Director, and the NATA made extensive progress in the understanding of how to take care of athletes during and after injury. (2) Otho Davis was recognized many different times for his work by the NATA, which awarded him the Professional Trainer of the Year award 5 times while he was with the Eagles. He was also elected into the Athletic Trainer Hall of Fame in 1981, while he was still working. Under Davis, the NATA secured professional liability insurance for athletic trainers, brought in the first corporate sponsors, and established the national office in Dallas, Texas. When he secured professional liability insurance for athletic trainers, he allowed athletic trainers to be safe from their athletes accusing them of negligence and other claims without evidence and support from the organization.(3) Davis has been inducted into many different Hall of Fames because of his contributions, including The Pennsylvania Hall of Fame - Philadelphia Chapter and The NATA Hall of Fame. He received countless awards every year for his work, and won the Professional Trainer of the Year five times in his time with the Philadelphia Eagles. He also has...
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...Arranging this interview was surprisingly, very easy for me. The reason for this is because I already happen to know an Athletic Trainer, which also teaches Sports Medicine. The interviewees name is Mrs Cuccio. Mrs Cuccio is the Athletic trainer at our school, Patriot High School. I am actually one of her students from last year and this year. I am also in her after school class, Sports medicine advanced, and in her after school club, sports medicine, so i spend a lot of time with her when going to sports events or what not to help her so getting this interview consisted of a simple question, thankfully. I simply asked her if it would be okay to do an interview with her about being an Athletic Trainer. She of course said yes, Since i already spend...
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...A defining moment in my life that has helped me shape my dreams and plans for the future is the day I decided to play basketball in 3rd grade and get to be around all the athletic trainers. I’ve always had the dream to be an athletic trainer and be around the sports atmosphere the rest of my life, and playing a sport where it is common to see sprained ankles, torn ACL’s, muscle tears, such as the meniscus, and just minor injuries like a jammed finger or a rolled ankle. Seeing the trainers do everything they can to help rehabilitate the athlete to get back out there, made my interest of being an athletic trainer even stronger. Seeing the trainers run out on the field, or court, when a player is down has always caught my attention and made...
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...Through all the careers discussed during presentations last week I found interests in a few of them. My dream career is to become an athletic trainer and there are many occupations similar to it. Such as, physical therapy which is what Soumil did his presentation on. I found his presentation very intriguing because it gave me a lot of insight on this career. Many athletic trainers major in physical therapy because you go more in depth with the body movement. This presentation gave me the idea of possibly studying physical therapy instead of just athletic training. I would still be working with many athletes which is always a plus. In addition to this appealing career I found sports medicine very interesting. Sports medicine physicians are similar...
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...reason I could no longer become an athletic trainer and had to change my career path, I would become a physical therapist because it is the next thing close to it. Athletic Training has been what I wanted to do for such a long time, I love the sports aspect and being able to interact with people, so the next best thing for me would be physical therapy. I would still be able to help people with sports related injuries, and many other injuries at that, and still be able to have that sense of helping people and making their lives just that much easier, which in the long run is all that I want. I do not see it as such a career change since they are very similar, I would just have to cope with the idea that I cannot work hands on with a team or school, and have to work at an office with my patients. This is something that might take a while for me to cope with, having a dream for so long and then having it taken away and being told to go down a different path cannot be easy. It would be a big transition, depending on how far down the AT track I am that I have to switch. If the switch is happening near the beginning, then I will eventually be okay with it because I will have the time to get over it. But if the transition were to happen later on in my college...
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...Do what you love and you won’t work a day in your life. I love the study of the human body, so I have made it my goal to inform other prospective students of kinesiology about the basics. Kinesiology is the study of the movement of the human body. The field of kinesiology has grown in recent years. For years, the field was limited to only physical education teachers. The field of kinesiology now includes but is not limited to coaching, sports marketing, sport promotion, athletic training, sports medicine, sports psychology, sports law, personal training, exercise rehabilitation, conditioning coaching for athletes, fitness managing, gym/spa ownership, exercise specialization for the elderly, corporate fitness specialization, physical education, high-level sports instruction, gym exercise instruction, or specialized instruction for those with disabilities (American Kinesiology Association). In most if not all of these careers relating to kinesiology, the...
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...For my career development research project I decided to shadow Candice Jackson (College of Charleston Women’s Basketball Head Coach), Amanda Taylor (Athletic Trainer for Women’s Basketball at the College of Charleston), and Marc Pronto (Strength and Conditioning Coach for both Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams at the College of Charleston). I selected job shadowing because it is a very useful activity that allows a person to explore a career that they are interested in by spending time with a professional working in that field. It provided me more insight rather than just reading a job description or even asking an employee to describe what they do. While job shadowing, I was able to ask questions and experience the trials, triumphs, and normal day-to-day activities that Marc Pronto, Candice Jackson, and Amanda Taylor might experience while working in their jobs. I was able to experience how the professional approaches the job, the necessary social cooperation, standard operating procedures, and the tools that I need in order to perform the job successfully. Normally, job shadowing usually lasts only a day, but in...
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