Okay so I get asked all the time "what do you do as an athletic trainer?" or worse people try to assume and are usually way off the mark. So here I will help you out :) No matter if you are an athlete or not, in high school or college, even if you are a working professional. Chances are that you have met an Athletic Trainer. Not all of us are decked out in sports gear all the time and some of us have even taken time off to become parents. The core of all Athletic Trainers however is the same, we are all part of a community.
Athletic Trainer is defined by the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA) as: A profession that encompasses the prevention, examination, diagnosis,
treatment and rehabilitation of emergent, acute or chronic injuries and
medical conditions.
Sounds pretty awesome right! The way I explain it to others when they ask is "You know those people who run out on the field when someone gets hurt and they treat them and help them. Yeah thats what I do!"
Now as for me, I am an Athletic Trainer at a large high school in Utah. I love the high school setting because I love the kids and watching them learn, grow and accomplish all that they can. I even like to joke that depending on the season I have 100 - 200+ kids. I talk about them and how proud I am as if they were my nieces and nephews and some times like they were my own kids. I also love it because my hours allow me to be at home with my 2 little ones most of the morning and into the early afternoon, getting home most days before they have dinner. I can even bring my kids to work when and if I have to. Most of my athletes ask me when I will bring them in next. I love my job! (Even when it is stressful and drives me crazy)
Jenna
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