1. Introduction to Athletic Training

2. Rehabilitation Careers Standard #7
Gather information on the history and development of physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and athletic training, including but not limited to significant changes in the profession, major contributors to the field, and impactful practices that were developed. Document findings from print and digital professional journals, rehabilitation career related websites, and textbooks in an oral, visual, digital, or paper product with proper citations.

3. Standard 21
Understand principles of and successfully perform skills related to Athletic Training, incorporating rubrics from textbooks or clinical standards of practice for the following:
a. Assessment of athlete with injured ankle or wrist
b. Basic stretching exercises

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5. Sports Medicine
Multi-disciplinary approach to health care for those seriously involved in exercise and sport
Study and application of scientific and medical knowledge to aspects of exercise and athletics
Aims to promote health and fitness while preventing, treating, and rehabilitation injury

6. Sports medicine Athletic Training Biomechanics Medical Practice
Orthopedics
Physician Assistant
Dentist
Ophthalmologist
Physical Therapy
Exercise Physiology
Neurologist
Sport Nutritionist
Sport Psychologist
Massage Therapy
Certified Strength & Conditioning

7. History & Development of sports medicine
Late 19th to early 20th century
Desire to understand and extend the limits of human performance
Developed into a recognized field in early 20th century
1954: American College of Sports Medicine
Intended to guide the convergence of different fields with a common focus directed toward the goal of national health and fitness
Athletic competition and participation continues to rise
True sports medicine specialists have training that allows them to specifically address the needs of the athlete

8. What is athletic training?
The rendering of specialized care to individuals involved in exercise and athletics
Prevention, recognition, evaluation and care of injuries
Certified Athletic Trainer: highly educated and skilled professional who specializes in the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of injuries

9. History & development of Athletic Training
Field continues to grow
Sports popular, even commercialized more ATC’s needed
Educational requirements for ATCs increase
Public insists that highly educated professionals work on their child
Galan: physician and philosopher
Regarded as one of the greatest physicians of the classical period
Contributed volumes to science of medicine
Trainer and physician to gladiators in ancient Rome
Roman Empire falls
Middle Ages—few advancements in medicine
Renaissance
Human body actively studied
Leonardo da Vinci: contributions to science & human body outshine all preceding

10. Athlete’s circle of care & the sports medicine team
Team physician—absolute authority in determining participation status
Athletic Trainer
Coach
Athlete
Parent?
Specialist?

11. Title ix Federal legislation in effect since1972
Prohibits discrimination in school athletic participation on the basis of sex
Tremendous increase in female athletic participation, creating an even greater need for qualified certified athletic trainers

12. History and development of athletic training
1950: NATA formed, establishing professional standards for the athletic trainer
1991: American Medical Association (AMA) recognized athletic training as allied health profession

13. Requirements for certification
Must graduate from an undergraduate or graduate program accredited by Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE)
Pass certification exam
Maintain certification with continuing education

14. Core curriculum Human anatomy Prevention of athletic injuries/illness
Human physiology
Psychology
Kinesiology
Biomechanics
Exercise physiology
Personal community health
Nutrition
Prevention of athletic injuries/illness
Evaluation of athletic injuries/illness
Therapeutic modalities
Therapeutic exercise
Administration of athletic training programs

15. Core curriculum continued
First aid and emergency care
General medical conditions and disabilities
Health care administration
Medical ethics and legal issues
Pathology of injury/illness
Pharmacology
Professional development and responsibilities
Psychosocial intervention and referral
Risk management and injury/illness prevention
Strength training and reconditioning
Statistics and research design
Weigh management and body composition

16. Certification examination
Fulfill requirements
Tested in 6 domains:
Prevention of athletic injuries
Recognition, evaluation, and assessment of injuries
Immediate care of injuries
Treatment, rehabilitation, and reconditioning of athletic injuries
Health care administration
Professional development and responsibility

17. Purposes of certification
To establish standards for entry into the profession of athletic training
Standards set by the National Athletic Trainers’ Board of Certification (NATABOC)

18. Roles and responsibilities of the athletic trainer

19. ATC Roles & responsibilities
Prevention
Recognition, Evaluation, & Immediate Care
Rehabilitation Course of Action
Administration
Professional Development
Personal Skills

20. 1. Preventative Pre-Participation Screening (PPE) Conditioning
Total body
Sport or injury specific
Monitoring Environmental Conditions
Field conditions
Weather
Properly Fitted Equipment
Educate
Parents, coaches, athletes

21. 2. Recognition, Evaluation, & immediate care
Emergency
Acute
Course of Action

22. 3. Rehabilitation—course of action
Short Term
Long Term
Return to Play

23. 4. administration Documentation Daily records Treatment logs Insurance
Family history
Medications
Surgeries
Written Guidelines
Policy and Procedures
Daily operations
Rules/regulations
EAP
Scheduling

24. 5. Professional development
Membership in Different Professional Organizations
Stay current in certification
CEU
Be active in organizations
Organizations/Associations:
NATA
NATABOC
AMA
CAATE
ACSM
NSCA
AOSSM

25. 6. Personal skills 2. Know the Sport: 1. Know the Athlete:
Medical History past/current
Injuries, allergies, meds, contact lens, dental appliances
Personality
Low tolerance vs. high tolerance
2. Know the Sport:
Fundamentals
Demands of sport
Same injury
In one sport not cleared,
in another
can play

26. Personal skills continued
3. Remain Calm:
Self calm
Calm the athlete
Very difficult to assess if the athlete is scared, excited, and anxious
4. Alert:
Observe all athletes
Limping, down, acting unusual
5. Good Judgment:
Common sense

27. Personal skills continued
6. Experience:
Confidence
Assessment skills
7. Patience (with):
Evaluation
Athlete
Self

28. Personal skills continued
8. Referral:
Record all information
Send to physician
Doubts, concerns
Clearance

29. What personal qualities make a good athletic trainer?

30. Required skills Motor skills Problem solving ability
Communication skills
Ability to work well with people
Ability to work well under stressful conditions
Ability to maintain poise in emergencies
Problem solving ability
Deductive reasoning skills
Good judgment
Good decision making skills
Proficient knowledge of anatomy, physiology, biology, and advanced first aid

31. Role of the athlete Conditioning and Fitness Proper Nutrition
Know Risk of Sport
Report Injuries
Active Role in Rehab

32. Employment settings

33. Employment settings Secondary School College/University
Professional Teams
Sports Medicine Clinic/Physical Therapy
Industrial Setting
Hospital/Outreach
Non-Traditional

34. Secondary schools Usually faculty-athletic trainer position
Compensation based on:
Released time from teaching
Stipend as coach
Provide limited coverage

35. Colleges/universities
Small Institutions
Part-time teacher, part-time athletic trainer
Multiple sports
Also provide coverage to intramurals & club programs
Long hours
Limited resources
Major Institutions
Full-time athletic trainers
Works only for dept of athletics
One sport
Long hours!
Abundance of resources, personnel

36. Professional teams
Perform specific team athletic training duties for 6 months per year
Works with only one team or organization
Under contract, similar to players

37. Sports med clinics/physical therapy
More ATCs employed in this setting than in any other
Varies from clinic to clinic
Most ATCs treat patients with sports-related injuries in am & contract out to high schools in pm
Salaries are typically slightly higher than in more traditional settings
May be responsible for marketing of sports medicine program

38. Industrial/military
Becoming common for ATC to work in a prevention role
Oversee fitness and injury rehabilitation programs for employees
Must understand concepts behind ergonomics
May be assigned to conduct wellness programs & provide education and individual counseling
Also employed by federal law enforcement agencies (i.e.. FBI, CIA, DEA)

39. Non-traditional X-Games Dance Company
Olympics (Summer & Winter sports)

40. Assignment
Look up colleges and universities that offer a degree in Athletic trainer or Sports Medicine.
Choose one that you might be interested in.
Look up the classes that are required to complete this degree and write the name of the school you chose and a list of the required classes