Why I Want To Be An Athletic Trainer?
Athletic Trainer So there you are, sitting there watching the football game and BAM, somebody gets hurt, and as they're lying there, you see a few people run out to them, asking what is hurt and where it hurts. Have you ever wondered who those people are? Well, the answer to that question is an Athletic Trainer. Athletic Trainer´s have been around for years, to be exact, it all started in 1990. from just helping patients in a small town office, to running through AT&T Stadium, these guys/girls are always there. They only know what is best for the athletes, and that is the main reason they´re chosen to do the job they do. I want to be an athletic trainer because I love sports, I've played since I was 3 and would like to do nothing more to
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Most athletic trainers' offices are, usually around some kind of sports complex, they can range from small recreation associations, to right beside cowboy's stadium. They want to be close because if there is an emergency, they would want to get there in as less time as possible. There are several trends in this field, one of them is athletic injury prevention, they do this by focusing mainly on young athletes. So these athletic trainers will go pee wee football games, or soccer games and stand on the sideline and treat injuries for little kids. Another trend in this field is a concussion management. This main idea of this program is to reduce the number of concussions on any/all athletes. The reason for this is because a study showed that athletes with one or more head injury had a higher risk for behavioral disorder, such as alzheimer's, or …show more content…
Most athletic training warehouses would like you to be of the age of 18 before you can qualify as a ¨registered¨ athletic trainer. Almost all athletic trainers are older than that because they have gone through college. You do not need loads of experience, but some may help. A lot of places would like you to have a bachelor's degree, some may take a master, but want you to have 2-3 years of experience and a license from the NATA. Almost all athletic trainers go through college, that is the most common method of entry. It will take you a lot longer time to get where you wanna go if you do not go through college and get a degree in sports
Most athletic trainers' offices are, usually around some kind of sports complex, they can range from small recreation associations, to right beside cowboy's stadium. They want to be close because if there is an emergency, they would want to get there in as less time as possible. There are several trends in this field, one of them is athletic injury prevention, they do this by focusing mainly on young athletes. So these athletic trainers will go pee wee football games, or soccer games and stand on the sideline and treat injuries for little kids. Another trend in this field is a concussion management. This main idea of this program is to reduce the number of concussions on any/all athletes. The reason for this is because a study showed that athletes with one or more head injury had a higher risk for behavioral disorder, such as alzheimer's, or …show more content…
Most athletic training warehouses would like you to be of the age of 18 before you can qualify as a ¨registered¨ athletic trainer. Almost all athletic trainers are older than that because they have gone through college. You do not need loads of experience, but some may help. A lot of places would like you to have a bachelor's degree, some may take a master, but want you to have 2-3 years of experience and a license from the NATA. Almost all athletic trainers go through college, that is the most common method of entry. It will take you a lot longer time to get where you wanna go if you do not go through college and get a degree in sports