...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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...Jesse Yeager EXS-335 2/18/2016 William Kuehl Historical Leaders Essay: Otho Davis Otho Leroy Davis was born on February 8th, 1934. He was born and raised in Texas, and graduated from South Park High School. He served in the U.S Army Medical Service Corp for 3 years after graduating. Otho graduated from Lamar University in 1957 and received a degree in physical 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...
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...Sports medicine By Irisol Lopez Mrs. 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...
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...Injury to any person’s body results in a distressing interruption in life. Fortunately, because most peoples’ careers or errands do not require much use of the body, injured non-athletes can continue on with these activities before full recovery, depending on the seriousness of the damage done. When injury befalls on a sportsperson, the disruption experienced is amplified, as the person needs to fully recover both physically and mentally before participating again. Injury to any given athlete will cause many diverse effects psychologically, and the way the athlete views the injury is a significant determining factor in his or her ability to come back in full force. Unfortunately, the rate that the body recovers is not always simultaneous with the rate that the mind heals (Podlog & Eklund, 2007), so it is important to make sure restorative treatment is applied toward the mind during rehabilitation. The mental discomfort one experiences from injury is complex, as the person is being affected cognitively, emotionally and behaviorally. To make sure a rehabilitation program will fully heal the mind along with the body, the intricacy of the mental aspect needs special consideration. The rate at which the body recuperates and the amount of influence psychological properties affect that rate depend on if the injury is short term, moderate or severe. When the injury is more severe, more modifications potentially need to be made when returning to the sport which were not concerns before...
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...fitness)3. Design and implement emergency protocols to ensure medical personnel are prepared in an emergency situation. | Evaluation: As an athletic instructor, you are required to be able to recognize, evaluate, and assess the overall physical health and conditioning of your athletes to determine their capabilities and reduce their risk of injury while training. Also the coaching staff and any teaching style to improve your performance. | 1. Perform a comprehensive evaluation of the athlete who has a orthopedic or medical condition such as medical history, an exam (observing the athlete walk, run).2. Create a treatment plan based on the initial evaluation.3. Talking to the athlete of the purpose of the evaluation and treatment plan. | Care: The athlete the student might require immediate care to their injury, so a thorough knowledge of anatomy and physiology is necessary to protect the player from further injury and to stabilize or safeguard an injury on the field of play. | 1. The athletic trainer is often responsible for the initial diagnosis, the athletic trainer then must assume responsibility for administering appropriate first aid and for making correct decisions in the management of acute injury. 2. The athletic trainer should be certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of automated external defibrillators (AED). 3. Athletic...
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...Beginning Sports Medicine/ROP Alhambra High School Instructor: Ms. Katie Caffrey MS, ATC, CSCS. Email: kcaffrey@martinez.k12.ca.us or katie.caffrey@gmail.com Cell phone 978-996-9657 Course Description This class is UC Approved as a College Prep Elective. It is designed to provide classroom instructions and “hands on” practical experience in the exciting field of Sports Medicine. Classroom lectures focus on Athletic Training as a Profession, Administrative & Legality Issues, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Pathology of Sports Injuries, Treatment, Rehabilitation, & Reconditioning, Sports Related Health Issues, Nutrition, Wound Care and Emergency Care practices, CPR/AED, and day to day operations in the training room along with pre & post game preparations. Practical experience skills focus on injury assessment/evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation of common athletic injuries, as well as protective taping and wrapping. Whether students choose to go onto a 4 year college or university, associate programs, certificated programs, or vocational programs, this class will provide a foundation for a variety of Allied Healthcare professions. This course (ROP) is open to any student 16 years or older. Course Credit/Extra Credit This is a yearlong course and each student is eligible to earn 5 credits/units per semester. (A total of 10 for the school year, please check with the school registrar) Students are encouraged to help the Alhambra HS sports teams with basic emergency care, treatments...
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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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...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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...Legal Practice Assignment In legal terms, to be an athletic trainer means that an individual engages in the practice of athletic training. In relation, the phrase athletic training has many subsets of legal definitions. To begin, athletic taping is defined legally as to prevent, recognize, and evaluating injuries or illness sustained during some form of physical activity. Another legal definition of athletic training is to manage and administer the initial injury or illness that has been sustained in physical activity. Athletic training is also defined legally as rehabilitating and physically reconditioning injuries or illnesses sustained in some form of physical activity. To continue, one more legal definition of athletic training is to rehabilitate...
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...younger. Every field of study has their own personal philosophy. The one I would like to live by and use to help me get through my career successfully, is the Athletic Trainer philosophy. According to nata.org, “Athletic trainers (ATs) are healthcare professionals who collaborate with physicians. The services provided by ATs comprise prevention, emergency care, clinical diagnosis, therapeutic intervention and rehabilitation of injuries and medical conditions.” An athletic trainer is mainly working around the sports scene, but there are some who also work with the military branches, government service, industrial setting, and a couple of TV shows like the biggest loser and wrestling. In my opinion the two significant questions a person should ask themselves about a particular career are why you want to be what you want to be and what excites me about that career. Coming into college I was a big sports type of guy. I played multiple sports in high school and enjoyed being around it. Also, I am a caring person so helping others is a big deal in my life and how I grew up. I was taught to always help others if you are capable of doing so. Being able to help someone and at the same time being around something I really love, sports, made me chose to be an athletic trainer. To me the most exciting part about being an athletic trainer is helping a person overcome an injury to get back to...
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...My freshman year of high school I was accidentally put into Sports Medicine II. I stayed in the class for a couple of months to see what the class was about. As I observed and began helping out more I became more and more intrigued by it, I later became a student athletic trainer. I learned a plethora of new skills and different ways to tape variant injuries. With certain injuries athletes must be taped a certain way. All tapings are different; some are intricate and take a long time and others are short and simple. My two favorite parts of the body to tape are ankles and elbows; ankles are such a challenge it makes you determine to perfect it and elbows have an interesting process. Taping ankles although a difficult process, but once attempted...
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...Kyle Budde COM 101-002 Paper #1: Three Persuasion principles Netflix wins again One of the many avenues of persuasion comes from reciprocation when someone does or gives you something and then you feel a need to return the favor. I fell victim to this when I was a freshman in college. While in high school, my parents utilized a standard cable package with no need of buying any premium cable channels. This was the norm to me. However, as I was exposed to dorm life, I quickly realized that some of the shows on Netflix were actually very intriguing. My dorm roommate made an account and I found myself surfing through Netflix rather than flipping through channels. Everything was customized to him: because he watched Iron Man, the website suggested he watch Black Knight. There was no thinking involved, which impressed me. One night while doing homework I saw an ad for “Free Netflix for a month” I clicked on the bright red, flashing ad and signed up instantly to stream shows from my own Netflix account for free. However, in the last paragraph of the subscription sign up page, there was a paragraph describing how the company would start to charge me for the service after the first month. I told myself as I inputted my credit card information that I will not be paying for this and I will cancel within the month. As the free month rolled around, I only watched two movies, and I realized that it was time to cancel, as paying for a subscription would not be feasible since I hardly...
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...step by step and they are called athletic trainers. Athletic trainers are there to help athletes build themselves up physically, and help them recover when they are injured. There are new effective technologies in athletic training such as the new concussion policy and Cryotherapy that have evolved it. A big part of an athletic trainer's job is to help an athlete to recover....
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...Athletic Trainers To be an athletic trainer, you must understand how the body works and know which therapy to do for a specific injury or strain. Athletic trainers also have to be able to work well with people and be able to think for themselves. Mainly, an athletic trainer provides rehabilitiative services to athletes. They also prevent and treat athletic injuries such as a sprained ankle, broken bone, or even a concussion. As of page 66 in Diversified Health Occupations, an athletic trainer’s responsibilities are, assess the physical condition of athletes, give advice regarding strength and flexibility, correct weaknesses, and protect body parts by wrapping the area in tape to prevent an even worse injury from occurring. I mainly chose...
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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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