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An Overview of Sport Injury Prevention

Sports and fitness are essential components of an active, healthy lifestyle — yet injuries do occur from time to time. Sport injury prevention is essential for anyone who embraces an active lifestyle.…

Posted on February 22, 2024

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How to Become an Athletic Trainer

Athletic training is an ideal career field for people with a passion for sports and an interest in medicine. This highly specialized field is dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of...
Posted on July 19, 2021

What Can You Do with an Athletic Training Degree?

Athletic trainers work to prevent, diagnose and treat musculoskeletal injuries, especially among athletes. They help people learn to exercise safely and effectively, and they guide patients through...
Posted on December 14, 2020

March is National Athletic Training Month

This March is National Athletic Training Month. We want to promote and celebrate the profession of athletic training (AT) around the world. A proud sponsor of National Athletic Training Month is the...
Posted on March 20, 2019

What are the Traits of a Successful Athletic Trainer?

Do you want to become an athletic trainer? Once you have earned your Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training and earned your certification, it is important to know what employers are looking for...
Posted on September 08, 2016

5 Reasons to Earn an Athletic Training Degree

Do you have a desire to help others, while also working in an exciting and dynamic field? Earning a Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training may be a great choice for you! You do not have to be a...
Posted on June 07, 2016

Opportunities with an Athletic Training Degree

If you are passionate about anatomy and physiology, and you enjoy helping others, a Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training may be the degree for you. Athletic trainers specialize in preventing...
Posted on March 21, 2016

A Day in the Life of an Olympic Sports Medicine Volunteer

It has long been a personal professional goal of mine to serve the athletic population in an altruistic manner by volunteering with the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC). In summer 2014, I began to take...
Posted on October 01, 2015

Appreciating Athletic Trainers

What is an athletic trainer? An athletic trainer is an allied health professional trained in the following domains of medicine: Injury and illness prevention and wellness protection Clinical...
Posted on September 29, 2015