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ST. LOUIS June 28, 2012 — Colorado Athletic Trainers» Association President Coey Oshikoya and Sports Safety International Executive Director Dr. Robb Rehberg announced an agreement at the National Athletic Trainers» Association to offer «ConcussionWise ™» an online concussion education program designed for coaches, parents, athletes, as well as athletic trainers and other health care providers.

Brian is a high school special education teacher as well as the athletic trainer for all of his school's teams.

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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).

Our mission now, as it was in 2000, is to do everything we can to minimize the short - and long - term risks that concussions, if not properly managed, pose to athlete, and to provide objective and practical concussion information to parents, coaches, and athletic trainers that reflects the latest consensus of medical experts and advances in research and technology on best concussion safety practices, all in the direct, concise, easy - to - read, practical format that has always been MomsTeam's hallmark.

Add in the possibility that sideline personnel responsible for monitoring athletes for signs of concussion, such as team doctors and athletic trainers, or coaches and parent volunteers, may be away from the sideline attending to other injured athletes when a player sustains a high force blow, or, even if they are watching the field / court / rink, may miss significant impacts because they occur away from the play, and one can see why better concussion detection methods are needed.

Baseline pre-injury and post-injury neuropsychological or neurocognitive testing is now commonplace at the professional and collegiate level, and has become more and more common at the high school level as well, with a recent study showing computerized neuropsychological testing being used to assess fully 41.2 % of concussions at schools with at least one athletic trainer on staff in the 2009 - 2010 year, [2] an increase of 15.5 % from the 25.7 % of concussions in which such testing was used in assessing concussions during the 2008 - 2009 school year.

A fellow of the National Athletic Trainers» Association and the American College of Sports Medicine, Dr. Casa has been a lead or co-author on numerous sports medicine (ACSM, NATA) position statements related to heat illness and hydration, is an associate editor of the Journal of Athletic Training, on the editorial board of Current Sports Medicine Reports, Journal of Sport Rehabilitation, and the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research and a frequent contributor to numerous media outlets, including theToday Show, and Good Morning America, ESPN, CNN, PBS, and publications such as Sports Illustrated, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.

The primary responsibility of the Office is to review applicants for licensure for the practice of athletic training, as well as to compile and maintain current information on licensed Athletic Trainers in the State oathletic training, as well as to compile and maintain current information on licensed Athletic Trainers in the State oAthletic Trainers in the State of Maine.

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;

Camp staff typically includes registered dietitians, athletic trainers, nutritionists, as well as past - campers turned counselors.

Applying ice to an injured ankle is universally accepted as best practice by athletic trainers and other health care professionals immediately after acute ankle injury (1), among other sports injuries.

While I will not be able to participate in the roundtable, it is probably just as well because, with MomsTEAM Institute's SmartTeams Play Safe summit in Boston in my rear view mirror, I am devoting all my energies the rest of the fall sports season to working with an incredibly talented and dedicated group of certified athletic trainers at the grass roots level on our SmartTeamTM pilot program, which is helping parents, coaches, administrators, and more than 800 athletes in youth football programs in six states play safe by being smart.

Traditional job settings for athletic trainers include professional sport teams as well as colleges, universities, and secondary schools.

PBATS serves its members by providing for the continued education of the athletic trainer as it relates to the profession, helping to improve their understanding of sports medicine so as to better promote the health of the constituency — professional baseball players.

Cappelli is the Cumberland County representative for the Pennsylvania Athletic Trainers» Society (PATS) as well as the President of the Central Pennsylvania Athletic Trainer's Association.

Please be patient with this process as we want to create a well designed and coordinated roadmap for those athletic trainers and employers that wish to pursue third party reimbursement for athletic trainers under the athletic training scope of practice in the State of Wisconsin.

In all, 600 football players were covered by certified athletic trainers during all games, and for some practices as well.

She is an active member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics as well as the National Athletic Trainers Association.

While not as big of a name as some other members of the Crimson Tide staff, Allen is beloved inside the Alabama program and has long been considered one of the best and most innovative athletic trainers in the country.

Dana Angelo White, MS, RD, ATC is the author of First Bites: Superfoods for Babies and Toddlers as well as a registered dietitian, certified athletic trainer, nutrition and fitness consultant, and mother to a 2 - year old and a 4 year old.

The NFL continues its work with the NFL Players Association, NFL Physicians Society and Professional Football Athletic Trainers Society, as well as the numerous experts on the NFL's medical committees, to identify and implement changes on and off the field to help protect the health and safety of every player.

«The RCPA Conference was a great opportunity for PATS to introduce a diverse group of health care providers to the proper care and management of concussions as well as introducing these providers to the diversified skill set of athletic trainers,» stated President Moyer.

Pamphlets and information on the education of athletic trainers, as well as how ATs help athletes recover from concussions.

«This collaboration solidified the role of the Licensed Athletic Trainer as an approved health care provider in Pennsylvania as well as being an integral part of any concussion management program at any level,» added Moyer.

PATS President Elect, John Moyer, discussed how all Licensed Athletic Trainers in the Commonwealth have received in - depth education about injury management for the physically active, as well as, conditioning, nutritional and mental health aspects of sport.

Concussions were diagnosed by the athletic trainers using their expertise, as well as any physician consultation.

As an Athletic Trainer and Strength and Conditioning Coach, he firmly believes that good rehab comes from balancing all body parts as a single unit — instead of just one weakened area — and he incorporates this belief by providing his clients with a holistic rehab routine through a combination of RNT (regeneration, nutrition and trainingAs an Athletic Trainer and Strength and Conditioning Coach, he firmly believes that good rehab comes from balancing all body parts as a single unit — instead of just one weakened area — and he incorporates this belief by providing his clients with a holistic rehab routine through a combination of RNT (regeneration, nutrition and trainingas a single unit — instead of just one weakened area — and he incorporates this belief by providing his clients with a holistic rehab routine through a combination of RNT (regeneration, nutrition and training).

Providing a deep therapeutic effect used by therapy technicians, fascial release clinicians and athletic trainers alike, percussive massage delivers a powerful healing impact and effectively alleviates shoulder, neck, and lower back and back pain as well as discomfort in many other areas.

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