Athletic Training Chat

I’m proud to be an athletic trainer, I’m proud of our profession. #ATCchat #ATC #atimpact #at4all #boc #bocatc #athletictraining #athletictrainingchat #health #medicine #medical #medicalprofessional #professional #LAT #ATSarehealthcare #ATtwitter #begreAT #equALLYATs #essentialtohealthcare #ATChatAsks --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/athletictrainingchat/support

Dr. Stamm is an athletic trainer, neuroscientist and concussion researcher. She recently wrote a book on how concussion and repetitive impacts can affect the brain of the developing of young children. This is obviously a big deal and it has become even more of a discussion with some of the high profile injuries that have occurred in the NFL. In this episode we talk about what has been happening with these injuries and a lot of the details around them and what it all means. We discuss the fencing response, second impact syndrome, and the ability for patients to make informed decisions after suffering a traumatic brain injury. Each of these topics is huge and could take an entire episode but we discuss the basics of each to create a baseline for discussion going forward and also highlight the importance of being conservative when managing these injuries. Please enjoy this conversation with Dr. Stamm. Book: The Brain on Youth Sports. (Link: https://amzn.to/3V4LEzb ) LINK: https://www.athletictrainingchat.com/202

We are in a service industry and it is important to remember that at all times. #ATCchat #ATC #atimpact #at4all #boc #bocatc #athletictraining #athletictrainingchat #health #medicine #medical #medicalprofessional #professional #LAT #ATSarehealthcare #ATtwitter #begreAT #equALLYATs #essentialtohealthcare #ATChatAsks --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/athletictrainingchat/support

Kim is an athletic training at the high school level but is also very involved in clinical research through Cincinnati Children Hospital. In this episode we talk a lot about research and how it can be beneficial to athletic trainers to get involved in research and apply it to their clinical setting.   Kim has worked on some of the very highest level projects when it comes to ACL injury and has been able to take everything she does in the lab and apply it directly to her work in the clinical setting.  Kim discussed the evidence based tripod and how important it is acknowledge all three pillars. We also discuss how research can be more than just running experiments in a lab and there is so much any athletic trainer can do in their clinical setting without a huge background knowledge on high level research processes. Great episode and we learned a lot. Enjoy.    www.athletictrainingchat.com   www.cliniallypressed.com      SUBSCRIBE:https://www.youtube.com/ch

Stephanie explains why there is nothing else she’d rather be doing for a career. #ATCchat #ATC #atimpact #at4all #boc #bocatc #athletictraining #athletictrainingchat #health #medicine #medical #medicalprofessional #professional #LAT #ATSarehealthcare #ATtwitter #begreAT #equALLYATs #essentialtohealthcare #ATChatAsks --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/athletictrainingchat/support

Jen is an athletic trainer in the secondary setting while also having numerous responsibilities in the health system she is employed by. In addition to those roles, Jen is also the committee chair of the NATA LGBTQ+ Committee. Inclusivity has been a part of Jen’s daily life for a long time as she works in one of the most diverse schools in Boston and she has had to learn to find ways to make sure to include everyone and make sure they are getting the equitable care they deserve.    In this episode, we talk about inclusivity, what it means and how it applies not only to the athletic training profession but to healthcare in general. Jen shares a lot of great ideas about what we can do to be more inclusive. We also talk about leadership and what that means and how inclusivity is a huge part of it. There is a lot of great things to take away from this episode and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did.   LINK: https://www.athletictrainingchat.com/2022/09/ep-115-jen-sturtevant-inclusivity.html  

Athletic training is a unique health care profession that in many of the “traditional” settings allows for patient interaction at minimum on a daily basis. This provides a unique opportunity for athletic trainers to be more to their athletes than just prevention, evaluation, treatment and rehab. Bonds of trust can get built as we often learn more about person lives than other health care providers are able to.   Chelsea Matthew, an ATC in the secondary setting, has been doing this her entire career. Not only has she taken care of her athletes physically and mentally when she worked with them at their school, it has extended beyond that time and she continues to help them out as they go through life.   In this episode Chelsea highlights the impact athletic trainers can have on the patients they serve and why it is so important to understand it is more beyond the physical aspect of the profession. Chelsea has some fantastic insights and resources to share. Please enjoy this episode.   

Eli shares how being well rounded as a person and finding that balance helps in the care of our patients. #ATCchat #ATC #atimpact #at4all #boc #bocatc #athletictraining #athletictrainingchat #health #medicine #medical #medicalprofessional #professional #LAT #ATSarehealthcare #ATtwitter #begreAT #equALLYATs #essentialtohealthcare #ATChatAsks --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/athletictrainingchat/support

Di’kademe/: a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different.   Moving to one extreme or the other can be hard to balance, especially if you try and make two seemingly opposing views/perspectives try and mix together and champion both of them. This is where dichotomy comes from and the concept that you have to find balance. There are times to be aggressive but you have to be able to double back with caution because you can’t run yourself in only one direction and then immediately make a switch. Recognizing and embracing the dichotomy of ideas is important to all professions but can have some serious implications in athletic training. It is important to recognize the wide range of differing ideas but also be able to balance those in order to be maximally effective. We discussing this episode.   www.athletictrainingchat.com  www.cliniallypressed.com   SUBSCRIBE:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc3WyCs2lmnKK6shrL5A4hw?sub_confirmatio

Jeremey talks about the combination of medicine and sport and the relationships that go beyond their time at the school. #ATCchat #ATC #atimpact #at4all #boc #bocatc #athletictraining #athletictrainingchat #health #medicine #medical #medicalprofessional #professional #LAT #ATSarehealthcare #ATtwitter #begreAT #equALLYATs #essentialtohealthcare #ATChatAsks --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/athletictrainingchat/support

Ed Wozniakwicz has been an athletic trainer for just about 10 years. He is also a listener to the podcast and thought that his experiences would bring a unique insight into our ATChat 5 questions.  In this episode we sit down and talk with Ed on what he has learned over the past 10 years and what information he would want to pass down to young professionals if he were able to go back and have the information he does now. T his was a unique episode because the host, Joel, is at the same point in his career and the comparisons of what has been learned was unique.  A lot of great insights in this episode and some good lessons learned to help young professionals and all ATCs continue to move forward in their career and the profession.   www.athletictrainingchat.com  www.cliniallypressed.com    SUBSCRIBE:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc3WyCs2lmnKK6shrL5A4hw?sub_confirmation=1    #ATchat #ATC #atimpact #at4all #boc #bocatc #athletictraining #advocate #athletictraining

Dr. Matt Kutz is professor in the athletic training program but does so much beyond that. Dr. Kutz is on the forefront of research and development when it comes to leadership in not only athletic training, but organizations in general. Dr. Kutz has put out many great articles focusing on leadership in athletic training and we get into the details of how that all got started and where it has taken him in his career. The story is amazing and shows just how far the skillset and knowledge of athletic trainers can go.   This conversation covers a lot when it comes to leadership in athletic training and why this has become such a focus for Dr. Kutz. You will hear about the importance of a specific aspect of Domain 5 and why Dr. Kutz thinks it is so important, not only within the profession of athletic training but helping the community understand what we our profession can do. We also spend time discussing Contextual Intelligence (Book: ) and how it plays into so many roles athletic trainers have in leadership

#ATChatAsks: What does being an athletic trainer mean to you? Ashley talks about helping people and how that is the foundation of AT to her. #ATCchat #ATC #atimpact #at4all #boc #bocatc #athletictraining #athletictrainingchat #health #medicine #medical #medicalprofessional #professional #LAT #ATSarehealthcare #ATtwitter #begreAT #equALLYATs #essentialtohealthcare #ATChatAsks --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/athletictrainingchat/support

Dan Ruedeman is an AT that works in the Ortho Trauma department at a University of Colorado Hospital. Dan hasn’t had the most “normal” path to becoming an AT (includes taking the BOC exam 6 times) but has worked his way to this current role and doing so much to promote ATs in physician practice.  In this episode we talk about all the unique aspects of physician practice that ATs can be of help with. Dan has a lot of unique insight and passion for this role and the impact it can have on different patient populations. If you’ve ever considered working in physician practice this is a great episode to listen to in order to get more information. I personally learned a lot from this episode and hope that you do as well.   www.athletictrainingchat.com  www.cliniallypressed.com   SUBSCRIBE:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc3WyCs2lmnKK6shrL5A4hw?sub_confirmation=1  #ATchat #ATC #atimpact #at4all #nata #boc #bocatc #athletictraining #athletictrainingchat #health #medicine #medical #medica

Roles got reversed in this episode as Austin and Greg interview Joel. Joel has talked for more recently about the importance of looking at AT Services, not AT Servants and the importance of working “with” coaches and fellow administrators, not “for” them. This has been a shift that has been occurring over Joel’s last 4-5 years of practice in the profession.  The shift in thinking began when Joel started leading a group of ATs and started to see the amount of service and hours being requested of them didn’t match the compensation, not even close.  The realization that while we can’t always control the salary we can control the hours to make that salary meaningful and allow time for a person to find alternative work. It also happened when changing the mindset to working “with” coaches and that while we are a service industry, professional courtesy can and should happen. Being adaptable is what ATs do, but that has to go both ways.  Finally, we talk about ideas to help empower ATs moving forward a

Chris talks impact beyond healthcare. #ATCchat #ATC #atimpact #at4all #boc #bocatc #athletictraining #athletictrainingchat #health #medicine #medical #medicalprofessional #professional #LAT #ATSarehealthcare #ATtwitter #begreAT #equALLYATs #essentialtohealthcare #ATChatAsks --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/athletictrainingchat/support

Grady is an athletic trainer that currently works with middle school athletes. At the time of this recording he was writing a blog called “Youth Sports Reimagined”. Since then he has rebranded it to “4D Sports Medicine”. Everything in the conversation still applies, it is just happening under a different name. In this episode we talk about how youth sports has been going through its own arms race and the detrimental impacts it has been having on some youth sports athletes. There is no quick fix for what youth sports have become and it will take many people to help restore it back to where athletes aren’t quitting at the age of 13. Hear some of the things that Grady has picked up in his education and experience working with these athletes. Check it out. LINK: https://www.athletictrainingchat.com/2022/08/ep-114-grady-congleton-4d-sports.html In this Episode: +Living vicariously through kids +Long-term athlete development model +Injury and quitting around the age of 13 +Best practices to communicate and educate

Ashley Peper is an athletic trainer in Waco Texas who works in the clinic but also does outreach to several small schools in the surrounding area. On top of these responsibilities she has also taken on the marketing efforts for the sports medicine team that she works with. Having no official marketing background it has been something new and that she has learned to do on the fly. In this episode we talk about what she has been doing when it comes to marketing, what has been most effective and things she thinks that any athletic trainer can try and put into their own practice to help market what they do. Most athletic trainers aren’t formally trained in marketing but it is imperative to the profession that we continue to market ourselves, what we do and the value we provide. There are some great take aways from this episode that you can implement right away and help market yourself and/or your team. Enjoy. LINK: In this Episode: +Advocating for yourself and your team. +Best marketing materials +Make it easy fo

In this episode we talk with Courtney Fernando’s who just finished up her masters work at the University of Toledo. While she was there she was part of an interesting research project named, ‘Project Chaos’. The name alone grabbed our attention and so we wanted to talk with Courtney about what the project was and how it can impact rehabilitation going forward. The conversation was extremely interesting and there is a lot that this project attempted to take a look at. If you are listening to this, please check out the YouTube video for videos showing the actual testing. The preliminary results from this study take a look at how we can potentially better understand the return to sport process for athletes and how they respond in uncertain environments. This is a key aspect of the rehabilitation process and one that can be hard to mimic in a traditional rehabilitation setting. This was a very interesting project and a great discussion on it, please enjoy. LINK: https://www.athletictrainingchat.com/2022/07/ep-11

Mike Hopper talks about passion for the profession. #ATCchat #ATC #atimpact #at4all #boc #bocatc #athletictraining #athletictrainingchat #health #medicine #medical #medicalprofessional #professional #LAT #ATSarehealthcare #ATtwitter #begreAT #equALLYATs #essentialtohealthcare #ATChatAsks --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/athletictrainingchat/support