Athletic Training Chat

We made it to episode 50! In this episode Greg, Austin and Joel reflect back on what we have all learned in the first 50 episodes of ATChat. To keep with tradition we also answer the ATChat5 to see if they have changed along the way.  Also, a HUGE thank you to everyone who has listened and been a part of ATChat. We truly appreciate it and love being a part of this profession. Thank you to Mueller Sports Medicine for helping get this off the ground. Enjoy and here is to 50 more! www.athletictrainingchat.com  www.cliniallypressed.com  SUBSCRIBE:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc3WyCs2lmnKK6shrL5A4hw?sub_confirmation=1  #ATchat #ATC #atimpact #at4all #boc #bocatc #athletictraining #advocate #athletictrainingchat #health #medicine #medical #medicalprofessional #professional #LAT #ATSarehealthcare #builtinsport #muellerready #complicatedsimple #services #atservices #attwitter #mueller #muellerready #builtinsport #onwisconsin #wisconsinpodcas --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ath

Spencer Connell is at the time of this published episode officially has completed his DAT, congrats Spencer. When we recorded this episode Spencer was in process and getting close to the end and we discussed his pursuit of the DAT and what benefit the program would have not only to his clinical skills but also his advocacy for the profession. Beyond that, we discussed Spencer’s work in a couple different industrial settings. This is an area that is definitely up and coming in athletic training and one that as a profession we can have a huge impact on people’s lives and benefit the company that they work for. Spencer is very passionate about advancing the AT profession forward and will be a huge advocate for people looking at the industrial setting. Lots to learn in this one and a bright outlook to the future. Enjoy. www.athletictrainingchat.com www.cliniallypressed.com SUBSCRIBE:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc3WyCs2lmnKK6shrL5A4hw?sub_confirmation=1 #ATchat #ATC #atimpact #at4all #boc #bocatc #athletictra

In this episode Greg talks with Dr. Lindsey Eberman and Dr. Matthew Rivera of the Indiana State University Doctorate of Athletic Training Program. Dr. Eberman is also the Editor-in-Chief/Co-founder of the CLIN AT Journal where Dr. Rivera is the Managing Editor. Greg gets deep with the discussion about the DAT program and what has been built over the recent past. If you follow ISU DAT on social media you know they are extremely active in promoting the profession and elevating athletic trainers. The interview also covers the creation and running of the CLIN AT Journal. Greg asks about all the details of getting started with the journal and how it works in trying to select all the articles for publishing within the journal. Outside of the logistics Greg gets into the conversations with Dr. Eberman and Dr. Rivera about the important of evidence based medicine. So much in one episode. Enjoy. www.athletictrainingchat.com www.cliniallypressed.com SUBSCRIBE:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc3WyCs2lmnKK6shrL5A4hw?sub

Racism is wrong. Hate can’t be accepted. Just not being “racist” is not enough to propel change. In order to help create change, we have to listen, work to comprehend and accept the fact that those in privileged positions can never understand what diverse people go through. ATChat hasn’t put a statement out because we needed to listen and learn from people that experience racism on potentially daily basis. We denounce any form or racism or hate, not only within the athletic training community but in the world in general. We will do more to help be part of the change that is needed to increase equality and work with our diverse professionals to succeed and feel safe while doing so. This roundtable discussion on Race in Athletic Training is a starting point and we can’t think Krystal, Ryan, Mercedes, Andrew, Brandon, Susan, Mike and Austin for being a part of the conversation and education. We held this roundtable to listen, learn, and find opportunities to try and make things better. #blacklivesmatter, racism

Sam Atkielski was in the first MSAT class at UW-Milwaukee and straight out of the gate was employed at the largest high school in Wisconsin as their sole athletic trainer. A first job right out of school is going to make anyone nervous. In the past, graduate positions allowed for more of a working into your career, coming right out of a MSAT puts you right into the mix. Sam talks about all the things she learned in year one and how she went through making it a successful year. There are so many things you have to figure out in that first year and Sam give s a lot of fantastic insight in to what she did to make the year successful and how that can help young professionals moving forward. *This episode was recorded before major changes happened in Sam’s life. We will be having a follow-up episode soon with more updates. www.athletictrainingchat.com www.cliniallypressed.com SUBSCRIBE:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc3WyCs2lmnKK6shrL5A4hw?sub_confirmation=1 #ATchat #ATC #atimpact #at4all #boc #bocatc #athletict

Jonathan is an athletic trainer that has done a lot recently with being in a physician clinic. In this episode we have a conversation about the expansion of the physician extender role and how the skill set of athletic trainers can be a huge asset in this type of setting. We also discuss how athletic trainers skillsets can compliment everyone else on the medical team within the physicians clinic. There are many medical professionals that work in these settings and there can be some overlap but the complimenting of skills is what makes a great team. Jonathan talks about how the clinic he is in has worked to make everyone useful and successful which leads to the teams success. Great episode if you’re interested in this area. Enjoy. www.athletictrainingchat.com www.cliniallypressed.com SUBSCRIBE:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc3WyCs2lmnKK6shrL5A4hw?sub_confirmation=1 #ATchat #ATC #atimpact #at4all #boc #bocatc #athletictraining #athletictrainingchat #health #medicine #medical #medicalprofessional #professiona

Craig is an ATC in the high school setting as well as a teacher. Along with his role in the clinical setting Craig does a lot of work with essential oils and their benefits to injury, the healing process, and rehabilitation. In this episode we discuss with Craig how he got int essential oils and how he has been able to put that into practice not only with his own injuries but also with the student-athletes he works with. This isn’t a normal area of skills and equipment that athletic trainers use but Craig shares how it can be really beneficial and stays away from other more aggressive options while still maintaining the ability to help. Great episode with a lot of insight and something that might be worth trying in your athletic training center. Enjoy. www.athletictrainingchat.com www.cliniallypressed.com SUBSCRIBE:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc3WyCs2lmnKK6shrL5A4hw?sub_confirmation=1 #ATchat #ATC #atimpact #at4all #boc #bocatc #athletictraining #athletictrainingchat #health #medicine #medical #medicalpr

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/channel/UCc3WyCs2lmnKK6shrL5A4hw?sub_confirmation=1 #ATchat #ATC #atim

Mark D’Anza is an athletic trainer who resides in Las Vegas. Mark has had a unique journey up to this point in his career and is currently not working in a “traditional” way in athletic training. Mark has been a full-time secondary school athletic trainer as well spending a lot of time working with USA Wrestling, not only in Las Vegas, but across the country. Currently Mark is working as a full-time high school teacher as well as doing some adjunct teaching at UNLV. While Mark isn’t in the services side of athletic training anymore he explains how he has shifted his focus to the services side of the profession. Mark has focused on that through getting involved with AT Government, helping with hosting convention in Las Vegas and more. We spend a lot of time talking about the importance of staying connected to the profession and if you are in services that you are serving. Check it out and enjoy. www.athletictrainingchat.com www.cliniallypressed.com SUBSCRIBE:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc3WyCs2lmnKK6shrL5

Stephanie Thompson is an athletic trainer in the high school setting. Stephanie has a unique working relationship with the athletic director she works with, in that she ran track with their daughter. Adding another wrinkle into an already complex relationship between athletic trainers and coaches, can make things interesting. In this episode we talk with Stephanie about best practices in setting up working relationships with coaches. These can be complex and there are a lot of factors that play in, both real and perceived. It is important to establish working with coaches and not necessarily for them. Stephanie also has a lot of unique insights that she has picked up along the way in her career that have been useful to set boundaries and maintain a good working environment. www.athletictrainingchat.com www.cliniallypressed.com SUBSCRIBE:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc3WyCs2lmnKK6shrL5A4hw?sub_confirmation=1 #ATchat #ATC #atimpact #at4all #boc #bocatc #athletictraining #athletictrainingchat #health #medici

Mike Stella is an ATC and manual therapist who is the founder of The Movement Underground and also an instructor for RockTape. Mike has done a lot of novel things when it comes to athletic training and that includes owning and operating his own practice. This is not a common aspect of athletic training and Mike shares how he went about getting started and where he sees that area of service in athletic training advancing in the future. Mike also talks about his work with RockTape and working with classes across the country with professionals from all disciplines. Mike talks about advancing the knowledge of ATCs along with others and how utilizing continuing education can help not only in your clinical skill sets but also help with making connections and learning form different professionals. A lot of great information for the athletic training profession and new ways to look at how you can use your skill sets. Enjoy the episode. www.athletictrainingchat.com  www.cliniallypressed.com  SUBSCRIBE:http

Eli Kassab is an athletic trainer that currently works in the sport setting but has done a little bit of everything, including spending some significant time in high level football. Through all of this, Eli found himself getting burned out from the constant go of the profession. This led Eli to find some new opportunities to break the cycle of burnout and see what else might be next in his career.   In this episode we talk about burnout and how an athletic trainer might be able to handle it if they find themselves moving that direction. Eli has some very unique insight into options that ATCs can find to help with a case of burnout. This might be very applicable in mid-April and we find ourselves at home with maybe more time on our hands than we thought. Great episode, Enjoy.  www.athletictrainingchat.com  www.cliniallypressed.com     SUBSCRIBE:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc3WyCs2lmnKK6shrL5A4hw?sub_confirmation=1     #ATchat #ATC #atimpact #at4all #boc #boc

Jeremy Jackson is the founder and host of the Sports Medicine Broadcast and an athletic training podcasting OG. In this episode we discuss athletic training podcasting and what it has meant to the profession and helping connect everyone. There has been an increase over the past year or so and for someone that was first in the game, Jeremey has a very unique perspective on what it means for the profession overall. We also get into a discussion on Jeremy’s theme for the year, “I am not strong enough.” It might seem that it has a negative connotation but Jeremy has a unique take on what that means to him and how it can actually help improve the overall quality of his life and others by including more people into making things happy. Fascinating take and a lot of good information to take away. Enjoy. www.athletictrainingchat.com www.cliniallypressed.com SUBSCRIBE:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc3WyCs2lmnKK6shrL5A4hw?sub_confirmation=1 #ATchat #ATC #atimpact #at4all #boc #bocatc #athletictraining #athletictrain

Having a solid resume and cover letter are a must, especially in a young career when the connections haven’t fully been able to be established yet. In this episode we talk with Ashley Armbruster who has spent plenty of time looking at resumes for current students moving on to jobs and also people looking to come work in her department at Texas A&M Corpus Christi. In this episode we talk about major do’s and don’ts when it comes to building your resume. There are some very basic but really powerful tips to help set your resume apart as you’re looking for graduate assistant positions, internships and jobs. If you’re looking to update your resume or just get it going for the first time, take a listen. www.athletictrainingchat.com www.cliniallypressed.com SUBSCRIBE:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc3WyCs2lmnKK6shrL5A4hw?sub_confirmation=1 #ATchat #ATC #atimpact #at4all #boc #bocatc #athletictraining #athletictrainingchat #health #medicine #medical #medicalprofessional #professional #LAT #ATSarehealthcare #bu

Chris Matarazzo is an athletic training with Vanderbilt University and works with their baseball team. Austin was down there for a clinical rotation (which unfortunately got cut short) and got to sit down with Chris and talk everything baseball and how to work towards your dream job,. Chris talks about career progression and being patient as you work through the different phases of your career. Things don’t always happen as quickly as we would like them to but that doesn’t mean it won’t happen in the future. You have to be strategic about how you work to get yourself there. Another highlight of this episode is how Vanderbilt works through the medical model and how that relationship has worked with athletics. A lot of good information in this episode. www.athletictrainingchat.com www.cliniallypressed.com SUBSCRIBE:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc3WyCs2lmnKK6shrL5A4hw?sub_confirmation=1 #ATchat #ATC #atimpact #at4all #boc #bocatc #athletictraining #athletictrainingchat #health #medicine #medical #medicalprof

We are in unprecedented times with COVID-19 and it has thrown so many people into uncertainty. For athletic trainers this can lead to a lot of new down time or potentially some hard times. There has been a lot of great information out there on things we can work on, not only for ourselves in our settings but also for the profession. We wanted to throw in some other ideas from both a students perspective and also something a little deeper beyond EAPs and P&Ps (necessary but let’s be honest, not the most enjoyable thing to work on). For everyone out there, thank you for all that you do and please stay safe. More episodes to come. www.athletictrainingchat.com www.cliniallypressed.com SUBSCRIBE:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc3WyCs2lmnKK6shrL5A4hw?sub_confirmation=1 #ATchat #ATC #atimpact #at4all #boc #bocatc #athletictraining #athletictrainingchat #health #medicine #medical #medicalprofessional #professional #LAT #ATSarehealthcare #builtinsport #muellerready #complicatedsimple #services #atservices #downt

Evan Craft is an athletic trainer with the Super Bowl Champion, Kansas City Chiefs. Evan and Joel know each other back from their time at the University of Kansas about 10 years ago. While Evan did work some football while at KU he also spent a lot of time with track & field. That may not seem like a direct shot to the NFL but it has worked out for him and that is what we talk about. Career progression is something a lot of athletic trainers go through as they move through different locations and job settings. Evan discusses how he got to where he is now and how important it can be in not only the connections you make but also the importance of what you know and even more important, how you go about your work. This is a great episode with a lot of good advice, please enjoy. www.athletictrainingchat.com www.cliniallypressed.com SUBSCRIBE:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc3WyCs2lmnKK6shrL5A4hw?sub_confirmation=1 #ATchat #ATC #atimpact #at4all #boc #bocatc #athletictraining #athletictrainingchat #health #me

Matt Campbell is an athletic trainer in the Fort Wayne, IN area and has partnered with a physician to start OPS Concussion Clinic. This concussion clinic is a comprehensive evaluation to rehabilitation concussion clinic that is primarily run by Matt himself. In this episode we discuss everything that led up to the creation of the concussion clinic and what Matt went through to get it off the ground. We also get into the details of the latest concussion research and how Matt has implemented himself into the clinic and the benefit that has brought the patients they have seen. We also discuss practical ways to implement this care into as many settings as possible. Great conversation, lots of information, enjoy. www.athletictrainingchat.com www.cliniallypressed.com SUBSCRIBE:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc3WyCs2lmnKK6shrL5A4hw?sub_confirmation=1 #ATchat #ATC #atimpact #at4all #boc #bocatc #athletictraining #athletictrainingchat #health #medicine #medical #medicalprofessional #professional #LAT #ATSarehealthca

If you’ve been on Twitter at all you’ve probably come across Mike Hopper. Making #at4all a common thread in athletic training social media Mike has been a huge proponent of the athletic training profession and moving us forward. Mike also doesn’t pull any punches in that process. In this conversation we try and get deep into the ideas and thoughts Mike has about advocating for the profession and what that means for the overall profession. There are so many options and things happening in the athletic training profession, we may be losing sight of what we are all truly here for. We chat about that with Mike. Enjoy. www.athletictrainingchat.com www.cliniallypressed.com SUBSCRIBE:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc3WyCs2lmnKK6shrL5A4hw?sub_confirmation=1 #ATchat #ATC #atimpact #at4all #boc #bocatc #athletictraining #athletictrainingchat #health #medicine #medical #medicalprofessional #professional #LAT #ATSarehealthcare #builtinsport #muellerready #complicatedsimple #services #atservices #secondary #secondarysch

We had the opportunity to sit down with Jennifer Rheeling who is in AT in the high school setting in Washington D.C. Along with doing her work in the high school, Jennifer has been instrumental in getting D.C. set up with established licensure laws that will athletic trainers to utilize all their skill sets. It has been and continues to be a unique experience and one that we learned a lot from. Jennifer is also the incoming chair of the secondary school committee within the NATA. She shared with us your main items she is looking to work on when she officially takes the position over this summer. A follow up episode will be necessary to see how working on such an impactful national committee is and all the experiences that go around it. Check it out. www.athletictrainingchat.com www.cliniallypressed.com SUBSCRIBE:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc3WyCs2lmnKK6shrL5A4hw?sub_confirmation=1 #ATchat #ATC #atimpact #at4all #boc #bocatc #athletictraining #athletictrainingchat #health #medicine #medical #medicalprofe