...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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...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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...her about athletic training in sports medicine the next time she visited. I decided i should interview her for this assignment because she is currently in school for sports medicine, Athletic Training. Also the only reason i say arranging this was easy is because she’s family and we would be able to do it from the own comfort of our families house. The only thing was is she lives six hours away in Salinas, california. When arranging this interview I called her and simply asked to interview her for a school...
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...wonder 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 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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...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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...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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...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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...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. The value of the injured body part in the athlete’s sport greatly impacts the amount of worry that the athlete will feel about full recovery, as well as about becoming reinjured. Re-injury is especially a concern for those experiencing rehabilitation for the first time, as they are usually more stressed about the situation than others whom have experienced being treated and recovering in...
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...Although we may not like it, genetics plays a key role in whether humans will be talented enough to play in different kinds of sports. Genetics like muscle fibers, muscle growth, and most importantly, height, determine whether somebody will be naturally gifted in the sport that they actually play. That’s not the only reason and if anything hard work and the culture of somebody affects sports performance more than genetics do depending on the work ethic of an athlete. If a person is genetically un-athletic, training every day to where it becomes a part of their culture will help them achieve their goal of becoming an elite athlete. Nowadays when you see people dunking, beating world record times in track, and protecting the quarterback from...
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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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...Ashley Reed Autobiography Ashley Reed was born on a warm Texas morning in June 1984. This blue eyed little girl was a huge surprise to everyone because they were all expecting a little boy. Named after an actress from a soap opera, this bundle of joy grew up as an only child, but shared a lot of time with cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents. Raised in the country, Reed had a passion for animals and getting dirty. There wasn’t anything that could stop this little tom- boy from jumping in a puddle of mud, climbing trees, or capturing wild horses. This determined country girl learned at a young age to be independent. Reed would go out to the pasture and capture a horse, bring it back to the barn, saddle it, and take off riding. There was never any fear in those bright blue eyes. Around the age of 5, the blonde haired beauty began barrel racing, and showing horses. This horse lover use to race to songs like, “Two tickets to Paradise” by Eddie Money, “Paradise City” by Guns N’ Roses, and “Wanted Dead or Alive” by Bon Jovi. Growing up, Reed’s mother would come home to find tree houses built throughout the yard, horse trailers spray painted, and the clay ground covered in caves. In 1994, this smiling mud covered face had to leave the country and move to a small town called Willis. City life was a little different for this 10 year old, there were no more horses to tend to, no muddy fields to play in, and to much free time at hand. With all the extra time,...
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...These programs are expected to compete for a championship each and every year and are expected to fill the seats that normally average between eighty thousand to one hundred thousand seats. In order to do this there is high competition to get the very best players all around the country and the NCAA has very strict guidelines on what colleges can do to persuade the players to come play there. This isn’t a new problem but with modern technology the problem has become very visible because NCAA officials and competing schools are able to trace the exact moves that teams are doing for the players. Also players are being offered money and benefits that seventeen and eighteen year old kids have never seen before in their life. Penalties are becoming harsher every year and coaches and schools are starting to really suffer but what there is a fine line to walk between cheating and just putting your best effort towards getting the player. Process of Investigating Illegal Recruiting The NCAA has broken the process of investigations down into four different parts. The first part is the actual investigation where the NCAA has received a tip from a credible source about a possible violation. These credible sources are generally either members of the university in question, an opposing university, media member, or individual students that are being recruited by the university. The difference with the NCAA...
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...concerned with the psychological foundations, processes, and consequences of the psychological regulation of sport-related activities of one or several persons acting as the subject of the activity. Applied sports and exercise psychology involves the idea of theory and research into the field to those individuals such as coaches, fitness professionals, and athletic trainers about psychological aspects of their sports or activity. The ultimate goal that’s trying to be reached through applied sports and exercise psychology is to facilitate optimal involvement, performance, and enjoyment in sport and exercise. Throughout this literature review I will go into detail on what is it to be a sports psychologist, and what are their major job and the benefits of this practice. Many individuals get their masters or even undergraduate degrees in sports psychology. Today many schools don’t offer this option so you can also get a master’s in clinical psychology if you want to pursue the career of a sports psychologist. By giving detailed descriptions and the goals, steps necessary to take to become a sports psychologist, athletic trainer and many other careers you can get into. I found a few scholarly articles that help explain the ultimate goal of applied sports and exercise psychology. Is applied sports and exercise psychology necessary in enhancing an athlete’s performance? Is an athlete able to perform better and perform at their best ability without going through the practice of applied...
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...assistant a Buena Vista University. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree from UW-Stevens Point and is currently completing her graduate degree for Educational Administration at the University of South Dakota. Maggie has been a great addition to the Buena Vista Athletic training program and has earned a lot of respect for those here at Buena Vista University in only her short time here. Due to Maggie still currently finishing her education and starting to enter the next phase of her career she has been a perfect person to ask about the current process of becoming successful in the Athletic Training field. It is a privilege getting to hear about her process because I respect her greatly and know any advice she gives me is worth listening to. Maggie is from Milwaukee and stayed in Wisconsin for her undergraduate degree, but went to UW-Stevens Point because it gave her space away from her hometown and high school so she could become her own person. She picked this school not only for the distance from her hometown but also because it was a relatively small state school and she thought the campus was great. In terms of he intended major she...
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