Why Be On a Fitness Team? I am often asked, “why be on a fitness team, when this is an individual sport?”. I agree, this is an individual sport! When it comes down to show time, it is you, and you alone that is standing on that stage in 6 inch heels wearing the tiniest swimsuit decently possible. You are up there putting yourself, and your body on the line.…
As an athletic trainer, one always must be prepared for the worst case scenario. Preparing to handle difficult and stressful injury situations requires a plan that establishes an appropriate response to various circumstances. This plan is known as the Emergency Action Plan and is a critically important document for athletic trainer to have. It states how emergency situations, that need immediate medical aid will be handled. Athletic trainers should be able to act quickly and effectively in case of an emergency.…
The Athletic Trainer according to my knowledge after the lecture on … is a health professional as a recreational therapist. His works in prevention, emergency care, and rehabilitation care following muscular or skeletal injury usually during sports, daily physical activity or work. Athletic Trainer works by encompassing specific therapeutic programs and treatments plans for a complete recovery of its patient. In this profession the priority is given to prevention of orthopedic and sports injuries. The Athletic Trainer builds develops and promotes long term programs of the posture of the injured patient.…
The health career I choose was an athletic trainer. The reason I choose this career is because I play sports and I would love to when i'm older be either playing a sport or teaching people how to play a sport or do something that has to do with a sport and if being an athletic trainer is the right thing for me I would love to be one. The typical responsibilities of a athletic trainer is to, Provide 1st aid and injury assessment/treatment/rehabilitation/reconditioning. The athletic trainer will also be responsible for making appropriate physician referral. Students who want to become certified athletic trainers must earn a degree from an accredited athletic training curriculum.…
Many religious followers believe in guardian angels, watching over he or she at all times. Sometimes, human "guardian angels" can be found throughout day to day life. For example, a full time athletic trainer can be deemed as a guardian, as he or she stands watch over a group of students. In spite of the fact that athletic trainers are here to help prevent injuries, many schools do not hire these instructors full time, and neglect to hire one altogether. Although student athletes already have primary physicians and schools may have budget constraints, full time athletic trainers should be required at every school because they lower the amount of injuries and properly address athletic conditioning.…
What They Do? An athletic trainer does a variety of things for the well-being of the athletes that are on the field. They are the first responders to the injury and evaluate the injury to ensure no further damage take place. They can help cuts, wrap injuries, and take the proper steps for each injury.…
What is an athletic trainer. An athletic trainer can be a best friend, a go to for immediate care or a gateway to success. Athletic trainers are usually first on hand in sports related injuries. They’re highly qualified, multi skilled health care professionals who collaborate with physicians to provide emergency care clinical diagnosis therapeutic intervention and rehabilitation. When it comes to be a qualified athletic trainer they can deal with about any muscle or any type of body related injury just like the doctors and physical therapists.…
Everyone that has attended a sporting event and witnessed an injury of a player has seen many people, most times wearing khaki colored bottoms run onto the field to help the injured player. These people are called athletic trainers, according to NATA.org they “are certified healthcare professionals who collaborate with physicians. The services provided by ATs comprise prevention, emergency care, clinical diagnosis, therapeutic intervention and rehabilitation of injuries and medical conditions”. But where do these Athletic trainers come from? How was this profession invented?…
I am a non-practicing religious, more spiritual, person. I decided for my service learning project to interview someone who is practicing from the same religious background that I came from. Even though I grew up taught religion by my Catholic mother, I was never truly practicing. Even with this I found many similarities to a practicing Christian. I chose to interview because I was curious about how my non-practicing views meshed with someone from the same religion who is much more read in it.…
The person I interviewed is Dr. Brett Silverstein, a psychology professor at the City College of New York. I heard about his comical lectures and decided to give the class a try when I enrolled for Psychology 10200 this semester. After attending a number of the classes, I came to see what everyone meant by how amusing and interesting this class is. I became highly interested in the field of psychology, and decided to interview Dr. Silverstein as part of this assignment. Learning more about his work, I came to find that he is currently researching gender differences in depression and disordered eating, and the prevention of psychological disorders.…
Before I could grow my health coaching business and spread compassion to others, I first had to show compassion to myself. Before I got into health coaching, I spent nearly a decade working in the fashion industry to the complete detriment of my relationship with food and my body. I dieted, starved, binged, purged, and exercised for countless hours. I partied into the early hours, pill-popped, and attracted a string of unhealthy and abusive relationships. In short, I completely abused my mind and body, believing it was the only way to pay my rent, travel, and make friends.…
Field Observation KINE 100-008 Throughout this paper, I will be summarizing both my observation and interview with a personal trainer at Tysons Sport&Health. The reason I chose to interview a personal trainer is because becoming a personal trainer is the next step in my career path. This allowed me to get an inside look on how business runs and what kind of environment I will be working in. I gained a great insight into how much time and effort is put in outside of training clients in order to make sure business is running smoothly and there is a continuous stream of clients. The professional I observed is Devon Jones, he is a personal trainer and the Explosive Performance program director for Tysons Sport&Health.…
The biggest difference between personal trainers and athletic trainers is education. While prerequisites vary by employer, personal trainers typically need only a certification to work with clients. The same can’t be said for athletic trainers. Employers often seek candidates with at least a bachelor’s degree in athletic training, but some require a master’s degree in the field to practice. Clientele is also big difference.…
For the Nutrition tracker, I decided to use the website My Fitness Pal. I used this site because I have already been using it to track my consumption for the last few weeks as I try to increase my overall health. In my opinion, my diet this week was very disappointing with respect to my diet goals. My diet was severely lacking with respect to its completeness. For the most part I had no real fruits or vegetables, the only consumption of those food groups came as a topping on my burger or other main entrees.…
The gym, it feels so natural, so free, like my new second home. My words when I went to the gym for the first time. I loved the gym. I wanted to be big and strong just like the people around.…