Sentences with phrase «[as athletic trainers»

Her son, Steven, a junior at Oklahoma State, works as an athletic trainer for the football team, which makes her mom - heart very proud.

All four teams have benefited enormously from the addition of Alex Bowmer to the club as Head Athletic Trainer.

If your school doesn't have an athletic trainer, then the risk of severe injury is probably even higher, because treatment and prevention are so crucial in such a physical sport.

He is also a certified athletic trainer who specializes in treating, rehabilitating and educating injured high school athletes.

In 2012, two years into Monica's cab driving stint, Giants athletic trainer Ronnie Barnes and equipment director Joe Skiba set him up with Broderick, a former Giants ball boy who owns his own sports marketing agency.

Athletic trainer Rick Burkholder informed reporters that both players are in Phase Four of recovery.

On Saturday mornings during the season, a group of Vikings convene in the athletic trainers» room for a sugary, frosted tradition like no other in the NFL.

Bruce Valentine is a physical therapist assistant and certified athletic trainer.

And we know that injuries don't just happen during a sporting event, which is usually when the athletic trainer or team physician is present.

Unfortunately, most programs and school districts don't prioritize funding to provide an athletic trainer for their athletes.

He suggests finding an athletic trainer who has experience with rugby coverage.

This fall, the sports medicine physicians and athletic trainers at the Sports Medicine Center for Young Athletes will be implementing a new injury reporting system in the high schools that they cover in the Bay Area.

On average, athletic trainers report 5 - 6 percent of athletes suffer a concussion each year.

More than 70 percent of certified athletic trainers hold at least a master's degree.

Before the day's practice could begin, he pulled aside San Francisco's vice president of football operations and former head athletic trainer, Jeff Ferguson, and told him the news.

James Faison is an Athletic Trainer and a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist at the Sports Medicine For Young Athletes, a division of Children's Hospital Oakland with a facility also located in Walnut Creek.

It would be ideal if every youth and high school practice and game were covered by a health care professional, such as an athletic trainer (AT).

Having the stamina to thrive in a fifth game is important to Lopez, who started at Dublin in 2004 as athletic trainer and was co-head coach with Andrea Ramirez for the previous four seasons.

A physical therapist or athletic trainer at the Sports Medicine Center for Young Athletes can help offer a thorough assessment and training.

In addition to team coaches, we are incredibly fortunate to have the talents of Alex Bowmer at our disposal as head athletic trainer this year.

Mikel Jackson is an athletic trainer for the staff of Sports Medicine For Young Athletes, a division of Children's Hospital Oakland with a facility also located in Walnut Creek.

High quality instruction, sports performance training, an academic resource center and an athletic trainer and physical therapist on site.

If you have questions about exercise or technique, contact your school's certified athletic trainer or a licensed physical therapist.

Tuan Mai is a physical therapist, certified athletic trainer and a certified strength and conditioning specialist for Sports Medicine For Young Athletes, a division of Children's Hospital Oakland with a facility also located in Walnut Creek.

Kelli Adams is a certified athletic trainer and physical therapy assistant for Children's Hospital Oakland and its Sports Medicine for Young Athletes division.

Jasmine Gittens is an athletic trainer for Alameda High School who also works with Sports Medicine For Young Athletes, a division of Children's Hospital Oakland with a facility also located in Walnut Creek.

Chances are you spend at least a few hours per week specifically training these areas, probably with a qualified athletic trainer or strength and conditioning coach.

Athletic trainer out.

It now falls to newly - promoted head athletic trainer Stacey Hardin and staff to help keep the 22 - year - old healthy and productive.

According to a recent article, a «debate is stirring about whether ice - for decades a medicinal tool employed by physicians, athletic trainers and soccer moms alike - is effective in limiting swelling and enabling athletes to return to action.»

While I've always been passionate about hockey and teaching, and have always had an interest in learning about sports injuries, it wasn't until I was a freshman in high school that I realized I wanted to become an athletic trainer.

The ACSM's stance is echoed in a 2011 position statement on overuse injuries issued by the National Athletic Trainers» Association, 3 which recommends that coaches complete at least one of the numerous online or classroom coaches education programs that are now available.

A 2013 position statement from the National Athletic Trainer's Association contains comprehensive recommendations about ways to minimize risk and incidence of injury.

With summer sports seasons in full swing and preparation for fall sports participation and training beginning, there's no better time to revisit the National Athletic Trainers» Association (NATA)'s Inter-Association Task Force Consensus Statement guidelines on sickle cell trait and the athlete.

The NATA's position statement encourages proper lightning safety policies for coaches, athletic trainers, parents, administrators and others involved in athletic or recreational activities through implementation of an 8 - point plan:

Implement a plan to access appropriate and qualified medical providers, such as athletic trainers or other emergency providers, for activities including practices and competitions.

Here's a checklist developed by the National Athletic Trainers» Association of 15 questions parents should ask their child's school or sports programs before they take them to their first practice, with links to related MomsTEAM content.

Further complicating efforts to move towards adoption of the PPE Monograph as a national standard is the recent issuance by the National Athletic Trainers» Association of a position statement (Conley KM, et al. 2014) recommending the use of its own version of the PPE.

Continued over-emphasis of «forced hydration» by coaches, athletic trainers and even physicians to young athletes who are taught to follow orders makes youngsters especially vulnerable to misguided advice from otherwise well - meaning adults.

determine the role and location of each person present (i.e. athletic trainer, emergency medical technician, medical doctor);

It was another step in his rehab, but without an athletic trainer or the facilities for rehab, it's a step that many athletes his age do not get and one that this athlete didn't know was possible.

As an athletic trainer, I am in a unique position: I get to follow an athlete from the moment of injury, through the rehabilitation process, all the way to returning to play without restrictions.

As readers of this space well know, MomsTEAM and I have long advocated that the best way to help keep our kids playing interscholastic sports is for schools to hire certified athletic trainers (ATs).

And, finally, because prevailing attitudes towards concussion symptom reporting and reporting behavior are deeply entrenched in our sports culture, we encourage, as Step Five, that coaches, athletes, athletic trainers, team doctors, and parents continue working over the course of the sports season to create and maintain an environment in which athletes feel safe in immediately reporting concussion symptoms (both their own and their teammates) by sharing and reinforcing positive messages about the importance of immediate concussion symptom reporting via social media, by maintaining open lines of communication and an ongoing dialog about concussion safety among and between and among coaches, athletes, medical staff and parents.

He knows that, as an athletic trainer, I care about his safety, but I also understand his love for the game, and will do everything to ensure that he can continue to play, or, if he is injured, return to play the quickest but safest way possible.

With the fall sports season beginning, the National Athletic Trainers» Association (NATA) recommends that athletic health care providers conduct a «Time Out» before athletic events to ensure that an emergency action plan (EAP) is reviewed and in place.

It almost goes without saying that such large scale athletic events should be staffed by at least one certified athletic trainer (AT), who has concentrated training and expertise in sports injury prevention and treatment.

My position has consistently been and continues to be that it is up to parents to make decisions about their own kids» safety, and that the best thing I, MomsTEAM, the CDC, concussion experts, coaches, athletic trainers, and national governing bodies for football, from Pop Warner to USA Football to the NFL, can do is to (a) continue to do what we can and are doing doing to make the game safer (and that there remains a great deal of work to be done in this area is undeniable); and (b) provide accurate, objective information about the risks so that such decision is an informed one, not one driven by fear.

While Reinl believes that the «ice age is over,» the article, to its credit, goes on to present the other side of the debate, quoting a number of athletic trainers, and an orthopedic surgeon, as still believing in the value of ice, especially in the period immediately after injury, in order to reduce acute - injury bleeding, relieve post-activity soreness, and for pain relief.

Access to fields or venues for an ambulance, and a vehicle for athletic trainers (golf cart, gator, etc.) to transport injured athletes and supplies;