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12 Safety Tips for the Winter Season:Ice
Spending time outdoors during the winter season is fun, but requires special precautions. Prevention is a major task for the BOC Certified Athletic Trainer. Here are some things to consider ahead of...
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12 Safety Tips for the Winter Season – Recovering from Falls
Spending time outdoors during the winter season is fun, but requires special precautions. Prevention is a major task for the BOC Certified Athletic Trainer. Here are some things to consider ahead of...
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12 Safety Tips for the Winter Season – Sun Protection
Spending time outdoors during the winter season is fun, but requires special precautions. Prevention is a major task for the Athletic Trainer. Here are some things to consider ahead of time when...
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12 Safety Tips for the Winter Season – Snow Shoveling
Spending time outdoors during the winter season is fun, but requires special precautions. Prevention is a major task for the Athletic Trainer. Here are some things to consider ahead of time when...
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12 Safety Tips for the Winter Season – Prevent Sickness
Spending time outdoors during the winter season is fun, but requires special precautions. Prevention is a major task for the Athletic Trainer. Here are some things to consider ahead of time when...
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April is National Youth Sports Safety Month
Each year, hospital emergency rooms, nationwide, treat an estimated 173,285 sports and recreation-related TBIs, including concussions, among children, birth-19. The National Youth Sports Safety...
View ArticleIsn’t Prevention One of Our Domains?
Football season is in full swing. Fall is my favorite season, mostly because of the cooler temperatures and the ample amounts of college and pro football games to watch every weekend. There is also...
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Lightning Delay
During my first few years as a high school Athletic Trainer (AT), one of my challenges was not being intimidated by the football coaches, especially the head coach. I was all of 5’ 2” and 130 pounds...
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Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and the Athletic Trainer
In January of 2000, actress Holly Robinson Peete and her husband, former NFL quarterback Rodney Peete, heard words that would change their life: “Your son has classic autism.” Holly remembered thinking...
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Happy Mother’s Day!!
Happy Mother’s Day! As advocates for their children’s health and wellbeing, moms can be the biggest advocates of the athletic training profession and for ensuring the safety of their children. Today’s...
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Promoting Awareness for Athletic Trainers
The BOC is working to raise awareness of the work that Athletic Trainers (ATs) do every day to keep people healthy and active. An advertising campaign is just one way the BOC is helping increase the...
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ATs Take Action for Back-to-School Sports
Summer 2013 is drawing to an end, and it is back to school time. With young athletes returning to playing fields in time for preseason practice, now is the time to ensure parents, coaches,...
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November’s National Blog Posting Month Blog Roll
Since November is National Blog Posting Month, we thought we would take the opportunity to share some blogger love. This list collects some of our guest writers’ favorite sites, as well as their own...
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Youth Strength Training
When should young athletes start to strength train? Is it safe? These questions are asked of us all the time and it can be a challenge to convince parents of the safety of strength training since they...
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Self-Evaluation Time: Are You a Safety Role Model?
By Beth Wolfe Athletic Trainers are stewards of safety in many facets. From protecting our patients from potential harm to educating and providing care to the community, safety promotion is deeply...
View ArticleNew NCAA Guidelines Aim to Improve Student-Athlete Safety
Note: This blog has been cross-posted from the NCAA Sport Science Institute’s website with permission. The original alert appears here. For the past six months, the NCAA and College Athletic Trainers’...
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An Athletic Trainer’s Role: College and School Mass Shootings
By Desi Rotenberg, MS, LAT, ATC The topic of mass shootings has recently become a hot button issue due to the increasing number of incidents occurring in the last few years. While shooters who commit...
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