For the Philadelphia Eagles» Chris Peduzzi, it will be his first chance
as the Head Athletic Trainer to assist their medical team in grading these physical specimens.
Harvey later accepted the position
as Head Athletic Trainer at Texas Southern University in 1974 and has remained there since.
Professional Experience: Dodson began his long - time career
as the Head Athletic Trainer at Midland High School in 1959, where he remained until his retirement over 30 years later.
Employed by Seton Hall University since 1985, I worked as an ATC in the Department of Athletics and Recreational Services
as head athletic trainer and assistant director of athletics for medical services.In 2000, I accepted a faculty position with the School of Health and Medical Sciences and served as director of clinical education for the Department of Athletic Training.
I began my career
as head athletic trainer at Rutgers University, Newark Campus.
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.
All four teams have benefited enormously from the addition of Alex Bowmer to the club
as Head Athletic Trainer.
Not exact matches
My experience with the Newcastle football team in Oklahoma leads me to believe that,
as long
as impact sensors are strictly used for the limited purpose of providing real - time impact data to qualified sideline personnel, not to diagnose concussions, not
as the sole determining factor in making remove - from - play decisions, and not to replace the necessity for observers on the sports sideline trained in recognizing the signs of concussion and in conducting a sideline screening for concussion using one or more sideline assessment tests for concussion (e.g. SCAT3, balance, King - Devick, Maddocks questions, SAC)(preferably by a certified
athletic trainer and / or team physician), and long
as data on the number, force, and direction of impacts is only made available for use by coaches and
athletic trainers in a position to use such information to adjust an athlete's blocking or tackling tec hnique (and not for indiscriminate use by those, such
as parents, who are not in a position to make intelligent use of the data), they represent a valuable addition to a program's concussion toolbox and
as a tool to minimize repetitive
head impacts.
It is up to parents, whether it be individually or
as members of a booster club, «Friends of Football,» or PTA, to raise money to (a) fund the hiring of a certified
athletic trainer (who,
as we always say, should be the first hire after the
head football coach); (b) consider equipping players with impact sensors (whether in or on helmets, in mouth guards, skullcaps, earbuds, or chinstraps); (c) purchase concussion education videos (which a new study shows players want and which they remember better); (d) to bring in speakers, including former athletes, to speak about concussion (another effective way to impress on young athletes the dangers of concussion); and (e) to pay for instructors to teach about proper tackling and neck strengthening;
An athlete's psychological readiness is just
as important for a return to sports
as their physical recovery from injury, says Eric Laudano, M.H.S., ATC,
head athletic trainer at the University of Pennsylvania, especially for long - term injuries.
Brian Robinson has been the
head athletic trainer at Glenbrook South High School in Glenview for 34 years and serves as chairman for the National Athletic Trainers Association's secondary school athletic trainers co
athletic trainer at Glenbrook South High School in Glenview for 34 years and serves
as chairman for the National
Athletic Trainers Association's secondary school athletic trainers co
Athletic Trainers Association's secondary school athletic trainers co
Trainers Association's secondary school
athletic trainers co
athletic trainers co
trainers committee.
While none of the sensors will prevent a concussion; they have value
as another set of eyes watching out for
head injuries, alerting parents or
athletic trainer when a hockey, lacrosse or football player may have been hit hard enough to warrant a sideline assessment.
To promote the prevention of, recognition of, and appropriate responses to TBI, CDC has developed the
Heads Up initiative, a program that provides concussion and mild TBI education to specific audiences such
as health - care providers, coaches,
athletic trainers, school nurses, teachers, counselors, parents, and student athletes.
All of us involved in youth sports - from parents, to coaches, from
athletic trainers to school
athletic directors to the athletes themselves - have a responsibility to do what we can to make contact and collision sports safer, whether it by reducing the number of hits to the
head a player receives over the course of a season (such
as N.F.L. and the Ivy League are doing in limiting full - contact practices, and the Sports Legacy Institute recently proposed be considered at the youth and high school level in its Hit Count program), teaching football players how to tackle without using their
head (
as former pro football player Bobby Hosea has long advocated), changing the rules (
as the governing body for high school hockey in Minnesota did in the aftermath of the Jack Jablonski injury or USA Hockey did in banning body checks at the Pee Wee level), or giving serious consideration to whether athletes below a certain age should be playing tackle football at all (
as the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend).
Team physicians,
athletic trainers, and other personnel responsible for the medical care of athletes face no more challenging problem than the recognition, evaluation and management of concussions (generally defined
as injury to the brain caused by a sudden acceleration or deceleration of the
head that results in any immediate, but temporary, alteration in brain functions, such
as loss of consciousness, blurred vision, dizziness, amnesia or loss of memory).
Once attached to a player's helmet (a hockey version is available now, versions for football, lacrosse, and ski and snowboard helmets will be introduced in 2012) The ShockboxTM sensor measures the G - Force of a hit to the helmet from any direction, and then sends the data wirelessly via Bluetooth to the
athletic trainer, coach or parent's smart phone to alert them when the athlete suffers a traumatic
head impact that may be concussive so they can be removed from the game or practice for evaluation on the sideline using standard concussion assessment tools, such
as the Standardized Assessment of Concussion, Sports Concussion Assessment Tool (SCAT2) or King - Devick test.
November 4, 2011 —
As the high school football season
heads into the playoff stretch and upcoming winter sports season begins The Pennsylvania
Athletic Trainers» Society (PATS), announced today that it has partnered with Sport Safety International; a medical consulting firm that specializes in providing expert advice in the area of sport safety and injury prevention, to help introduce «Concussion Wise ™» an online concussion education program designed for athletic trainers, coaches, parents, athletes and other health care profes
Athletic Trainers» Society (PATS), announced today that it has partnered with Sport Safety International; a medical consulting firm that specializes in providing expert advice in the area of sport safety and injury prevention, to help introduce «Concussion Wise ™» an online concussion education program designed for athletic trainers, coaches, parents, athletes and other health care profes
Trainers» Society (PATS), announced today that it has partnered with Sport Safety International; a medical consulting firm that specializes in providing expert advice in the area of sport safety and injury prevention, to help introduce «Concussion Wise ™» an online concussion education program designed for
athletic trainers, coaches, parents, athletes and other health care profes
athletic trainers, coaches, parents, athletes and other health care profes
trainers, coaches, parents, athletes and other health care professionals.
Jim Thornton currently is the
Head Athletic Trainer at Clarion University and serves as the athletic training liaison to the NCAA Wrestling Rules Co
Athletic Trainer at Clarion University and serves
as the
athletic training liaison to the NCAA Wrestling Rules Co
athletic training liaison to the NCAA Wrestling Rules Committee.
Ralph Reiff,
Head Athletic Trainer at Butler, served
as host.
SEATTLE — Rick Griffin, who has retired after 35 years
as the Mariners»
head athletic trainer, will throw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to Seattle's Opening Night game on Thursday against the Indians.
Peduzzi, a Pennsylvania
Athletic Trainers» Society (PATS) member, has recently been named
as the Eagles»
Head Athletic Trainer following the departure of long - time
Head, Rick Burkholder.
In 1988, he was hired
as only the third ever
head athletic trainer for Gettysburg and subsequently retired in 2013.
BJ is currently the
Head Athletic Trainer at Pure Performance Training and comes on Bulletproof Radio to talk about his experience
as a top - level pro in functional movement and physical therapy.
Sample resumes in this field highlight such responsibilities
as managing attendance for all classes and in training; drafting a daily status report with the
head athletic trainer on student - athletes» progress or rehab; and communicating with the team and staff on issues within the team,
athletic department and school.