Sports Medicine Connor Dailey 5/8/14 1 st Hour Career Tech

Introduction -Sports medicine focuses on helping people improve their athletic performance, recover from injury and prevent future injuries. - The thing that got me interested in this field was that it deals with sports and sports are basically my life. - a) sports injuries b) plyometric sports training techniques c) injury recovery process

Nature of Work Taping ankles Teaching lifting techniques Testing for concussions Doing rehab process after injuries Work flexibility with athletes

Working Conditions Physical Outdoor and Indoor Sporting events can be both outside and inside Depends on the game/practice time or when the person I’m training wants to work out Football field, weight room, basketball court, baseball field

TQA you usually need a bachelors degree to become an athletic trainer but you also need certification in a specific course I plan on going to a school like Michigan, Michigan State, or Notre dame I can take fitness and conditioning to teach me about how to do some lift techniques and what it takes to be an athletic trainer

Job Outlook The employment rate is growing and is not as competitive as many other jobs as it is to get a job I would like to find an opening at a college or maybe even professional football team

$ My lifestyle goals are to make good money, have a nice house, and a stable family $241,000 is the average earning of a sports medicine MD Yes A house

Related Occupation Teacher a) teach students and give them a better understanding on topics b) most likely a school c) you need a bachelors degree at least d)to prepare students for life to come e) $57,770 is the average teacher earnings I want to be a teacher because I feel good about myself when I make an impact on someone’s like a teacher

Summary I feel really well about going into this field because it has to do with one of few things I love sports. I look forward to meeting new friends and helping people get there health better and get the strength better. I am not looking forward to all the ankle taping though. By doing this project I have learned a lot more about this job. I would love to go into this career and this has helped me.

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