One reason that I chose this career is that I want to be involved in sports if I do not make it in professional sports. Other reasons are that I like to help people with stuff that is bothering them. In the job description on CFNC.org it says that athletic trainers help people figure out how to get better from or avoid injuries and illnesses I think I am qualified to do this because all the injuries and illnesses I have had helped me to learn how to care for different injuries and illnesses. The
History and Development of AT Athletic training has been practicing in the United States since 1881. Harvard was the first to hire an athletic trainer. Although, the first athletic trainer was in 564 BC in Greece. Early athletic trainers were not seen as a health care provider but more so as a coach. Harvard also hired the first physician which allowed athletic trainers to be more engaged with the athletes. This also brought athletic trainers covering more sports and helping soldiers during World
The guardian of health, it is what I think of athletic trainer. During clinical study in college, I accompanied athletes been through recovery processes, educated athletes methods to keep themselves from injuries, and experienced the greatest excitement with athletes when they achieved their incredible accomplishment. Attracted by every piece of this meaningful profession, I have chosen it as my career. My acquaintance with athletic training was in high school when I got a rotator cuff strain by
Athletic training offers many opportunities and characteristics that interests me for my future career. Athletic trainers get flexible work hours, multiple benefits, many great opportunities, and much more. They get to work with various types and ages of people from children to adults and work in many different areas. Athletic trainers have a wide range of jobs. They apply protective or injury-preventive devices along with basic first aid treatment. Prior to being able to treat the injury, they
My Career Goals: Athletic Training Outlined Any sports fanatic has heard about Athletic Trainers. Anyone who has watched, or has been to a sporting event, has seen the person who runs out and tends to the injured athlete on the field. That person is the team’s Athletic Trainer. While being strong and having skills are definitely needed to be a great sports player or succeed in keeping your body healthy and strong, it goes much deeper than that. Being an athlete or trying to maintain a healthy
Keeping well known athletes is a job for the athletic trainer. For instance, Athletic trainers recognize injuries and evaluate how to resolve the injury and they range from pee-wee sports all the way to the professional level of sports. Being an Athletic Trainer requires knowledge about the human body, social skills to speak to the patients and coaches, and responsibility skills. Athletic trainers recognize injuries and evaluate how to resolve the injury and they range from pee-wee sports all the
Athletic participation at all ages has increased tremendously over the years. Student-athletes are working harder to become bigger, stronger and faster. As the number of athletes rise in schools, so does the chance of athletic related injuries. This is leading to the increase number of athletic trainers at the high school level across the country. Athletic trainer is defined as a “health care professional who collaborates with physicians to provide preventative services, emergency care, clinical
Athletic Training is practiced by athletic trainers. Athletic trainers treat and prevent injuries that are most of the time caused by athletic involvement. In the future Marsha would like to be an Athletic Trainer for The University of Wilmington. She wants to help athletes play to their best ability by ensuring the prevention to injuries and giving them immediate care. Marsha was encouraged to be an Athletic Trainer by playing so many sports in high school and seeing the Athletic Trainer do such
Athletic Trainer From a sprained ankle on the soccer field to a stoved finger in a basketball game all injuries are important, no matter how big or small. There has to be someone to take care of the injured athletes. These people are known as athletic trainers. With only being one year away, it is important that I begin to make choices on what I want to do after I graduate high school. I have been organizing a serious amount of information on the certain career fields that I’m interested in. For
Career in Athletic Training Athletic trainers are highly qualified health professionals who are trained in preventing, recognizing, managing and rehabilitating injuries that result from physical activity. (“Explore Health Careers” 2015) Usually when you hear Athletic Trainer, you may think that all they do is sit around and wrap ankles. But there is actually more to this job, including an abundance of responsibilities. I am interested in pursuing a career in athletic training because i get to help
topic that interests you, where as, others were to write about a future career. This was where my studies to be a Certified Athletic Trainer began. All of the research papers I was assigned I chose to do it on being an Athletic Trainer or a topic in the athletic training field. Teachers and parents always said to choose a profession that interests you and Athletic Training is a perfect medium for me. This is the perfect job for me because I want and love to help people and I want an active
The Balance of Coursework and Experience for Athletic Trainers Do universities really prepare students for the real world? Kinesiology is a field of study for many job opportunities ranging from Physical Therapist, Personal Trainer, Strength and Conditioning Coach, Athletic Trainer, and many more. Kinesiology has a variety of classes you need to take and many different Internship jobs, but some universities don't allow Internships until you meet the requirements. While many universities require
will that’s what it takes to be a real athletic trainer, Do you have it? The career of an athletic trainer is a awesome choice because it gives you the ability to help others thrive, recover, and succeed not only as an athlete but in life. My research will describe the career of a certified athletic trainer and what is required in life to succeed as an professional athletic trainer and the effects it has on society and others lives . The history of an Athletic Trainer can be traced far back in time
Date Published. Source. Date accessed. Annotated Bibliography Works Cited: "Athletic Trainers." MyFuture.com. Department of Defense. Web. 17 Apr. 2016. Notes: -Employment of athletic trainers is projected to grow 21 percent from 2012 to 2022, faster than the average for all occupations. -It is a small occupation, the fast growth will result in only about 4,900 new jobs over the 10-year period. -Because athletic trainers are usually onsite with athletes and are often the first responders when
become an athletic trainer. I love to play sports and be around sports, so I think that being an athletic trainer would be a good career for me. I like to help people and make an impact in other peoples life and becoming an athletic trainer would allow me to help people recover, start to feel better, and get back to what they have to do. There isn’t much better than doing a career that you enjoy and like to do plus making pretty good money doing it. I just feel that becoming an athletic trainer and
exercise, and food science, a master’s of science in exercise science, and a Bachelor’s of science in athletic training all from South Dakota State University. He is an assistant professor. His certifications and professional memberships include ATC, ACSM, and American Society for Bone and Mineral Research. When he was considering the career, what he wanted most was to help people. He began as an athletic trainer and through this, he discovered that research can also help people. His main goal was
There’s more to being an athletic trainer than just teaching athletes on how to work out the safest way possible and practice healthy eating patterns. An athletic trainer is a certified health care professional that practices in the field of sports medicine. An athletic trainer works with people who have suffered sports injuries. Athletic trainers are health care professionals who help athletes and other physically active people to
Brandon Reed Career Internship Mrs. Wooding May 1, 2017 Athletic Trainer An athletic trainer is a person who is hired through schools, colleges and even professional sports. They play a big role in athletes lives and their job is to keep athletes healthy, happy as well as on the playing field so they can continue to compete. In high school sports athletic trainers are in charge of every sport and must be at all practices and games to keep an eye out on athletes. Trainers have a lot of responsibilities
During my course of study at Fresno State, I plan to gain the knowledge of the field that I will make a career out of, which is Athletic Training. Within my studies, I know I will have to take General Ed course to fulfill the requirements in getting to be an Athletic Trainer. There will be some classes that will be boring, and some that will be intriguing. As of this semester, I can’t wait to see what is in stored for Music 171. In addition to what I expect to achieve, I plan to pass all my classes
Besides a coach an athletic trainer is the right hand man to an athlete. As an athletic trainer there are many tasks that keep us going. One is the athletes themselves and all of the requests they come in and demand. From recovering from an injury to preventing a life long injury from reoccurring trainers are always on the move. Prioritizing, viewing a wide variety of injuries, and differing work fields are just a few of the benefits that you get when you are a trainer. Being a trainer teaches you