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In honor of National Athletic Training Month (NATM), the New York State Athletic Trainers’ Association (NYSATA) publicly launched its upgraded and enhanced website on March 1, 2013. Certified athletic trainers (ATs) are well-educated, highly skilled healthcare providers who, among other things, can be a valuable resource in regard to sport-related injury and illness recognition and management, as well as overall health and safety. Albany, NY (PRWEB) March 14, 2013 As the statewide...
Two certified athletic trainers, representing the New York State Athletic Trainers Association (NYSATA), will be assisting with the orthopedic and sports medicine session at the New York State Academy of Family Physicians (NYSAFP) Winter Weekend and Scientific Assembly in January. In addition, NYSATA will have an exhibit booth to further offer information to those in attendance about the education, knowledge and skill-set that certified athletic trainers possess and how they can work...
CHICAGO, July 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) and The Gatorade Company have teamed up to declare today, July 11, 2012, a day when U.S. sports takes a break from competition, the first annual National Recovery Day. With high school athletes suffering two million injuries each year(1), National Recovery Day has been established to focus the attention of athletes on the importance of proper athletic recovery in order to continuously perform...
CHICAGO, June 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) and The Gatorade Company have teamed up to declare July 11, 2012, a day when U.S. sports takes a break from competition, the first annual National Recovery Day. With high school athletes suffering two million injuries each year(1), National Recovery Day has been established to focus the attention of athletes on the importance of proper athletic recovery in order to continuously perform at...
Your smartphone may be the tool to help determine if someone has a concussion after an injury.The new app could help bridge the communication gap that so often exists between team doctors and the team athletic trainers, who are usually the first on the scene when players suffer concussion-like symptoms.Concussion expert Jason Mihalik of the University of North Carolina's brain injury research center and head-trauma researchers Justin Smith of Psychological Assessment Resources Inc. and the...
March is National Athletic Training Month, and AthletiCo wants to reinforce the National Athletic Trainers Association's message that "Not All Athletes Wear Jerseys. Athletic trainers treat the athlete in you." Oak Brook, IL (Vocus/PRWEB) March 10, 2011 Athletic trainers play a vital role on and off the field of competition preparing athletes for practice and games, evaluating injuries, and developing conditioning programs. Yet while the title "athletic trainer" seems to imply...
NORTH CANTON, Ohio, July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The week of June 21, the SpectraSan 24(TM) team attended the National Athletic Trainers' Association Annual Exposition held in Philadelphia, PA. This event is the premier event for athletic trainers worldwide. In one convenient setting, athletic trainers have an opportunity to absorb new information presented by topical keynote speakers, network and learn through interactive peer discussion groups, view cutting-edge technologies and innovations at...
NORCROSS, Ga., June 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Molnlycke Health Care US, the manufacturer of Hibiclens®, an antiseptic antimicrobial skin cleanser, applauds the new position statement guidelines on Preventing Skin Diseases in Athletics issued last week by the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA). The new position statement guidelines were presented at NATA's 61st annual meeting and clinical symposium in Philadelphia and have been developed over the past five years by a committee of...
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- With approximately 7.5 million high school students participating in sports today, the dangers of kids getting seriously hurt and not receiving appropriate care isn't just a possibility - it's a reality - and the consequences can be deadly. On Wednesday, January 27, Assemblymembers Mary Hayashi, D-Hayward and Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, with the California Athletic Trainers' Association, presented AB 1647, a California State Capital bill calling for increased...
NORCROSS, Ga., Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- A recent survey of nearly 650 athletic trainers across the U.S. revealed that in the past 12 months nearly 76 percent of the respondents' athletic programs, mostly high school- and college-based, bacterial or viral skin infections have developed. This is up from 73 percent in 2008 and 67 percent in 2007.(1) (2) The good news - infection rates of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a type of staph infection that is resistant to many...
