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‘A Public Health Issue’: Getting Athletic Trainers Into Every High School

Nearly 30 million U.S. children and youth participate in organized sports, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, which also reports that high school athletes account for an estimated 2 million injuries, 500,000 doctor visits, and 30,000 hospitalizations each year. All contact sports—including basketball, baseball, hockey, volleyball, even cheerleading—can cause permanent catastrophic brain and spinal injuries, or lead to death. Overuse injuries—those caused by repeated micro-traumas to the tendons,…

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Stanford ATC’s Day of Service

On Thursday, May 29, 2014 Stanford athletic trainers, Katie Susskind and Sarah Lyons visited the Boys and Girls Club in Redwood City, California with several other Stanford Athletics staff members for the department-wide “Day of Service.” As a group, they taught the kids about healthy lifestyle choices, the importance of college education, and what it takes to be a student-athlete at Stanford. They also helped in the kitchen and with…

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AB 1890 Passes Through the Assembly

A Message from Mike West; President, California Athletic Trainers Association: On Monday, May 19th, the California Assembly passed AB 1890 with a 70-1 vote. The bill is now moving to the Senate side and will be assigned to committee soon. We will again be asking you to write letters and have your athletes, physicians and others do the same. Once the bill is officially assigned to a committee, we will…

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AB 1890 Passes Assembly Business and Professions

A Message from Mike West; President, California Athletic Trainers Association: We are very happy to announce that our Title Protection Act – AB 1890 passed UNANIMOUSLY through its first committee hearing this morning with a 14-0 vote! The bill will still need to pass through the Assembly Floor, the Senate B&P Committee and the Senate floor before ending up on the Governor’s desk to be signed into law. Today was…

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UCSF Hosts 1-Day Sports Injury & Rehabilitation Conference June 14, 2014 (7 CEUs)

7th Annual UCSF Sports Medicine Sports Injury and Rehabilitation Conference (7 CEUs) “The Acutely Injured Athlete” Saturday, June 14, 2014 Mission Bay Conference Center @ UCSF Fisher Banquet Room 1675 Owens Street San Francisco, CA 94143-3008 REGISTER As certified athletic trainers and physical therapists you are on the front lines of orthopaedic care. Many musculoskeletal problems can be managed conservatively; however, some musculoskeletal problems should be urgently referred for physician…

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Daniela Medina: Army Strong Athletic Trainer

Mt.San Antonio College Athletic Trainer Andy Paulin, invited his former student, Daniela Medina, to the athletic training room to visit with current athletic training students. Daniela is currently an athletic training student at Cal Baptist University in Riverside, California. But besides her participation in her ATEP, she serves in the Army reserves which she has been doing since she graduated high school. Daniela spent the morning conversing with athletic training…

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UOP Initiates Gamma Pi Chapter of Athletic Training Education Honor Society

On April 30th of 2014, University of the Pacific initiated the Charter Members of the Gamma Pi Chapter of Iota Tau Alpha Honor Society. Six Honorary members, four Alumni members, three Graduate Members, and 11 Regular members composed the Charter Class. Initiation was lead by President, Tessa Dahl and Vice President, Josh Lee. The ceremony took place on University of the Pacific’s campus within Morris Chapel where each member took…

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Chapman Alum First Season as Head AT for a Men’s Pro Soccer Team

She had seen him play many times, shaking defenders before a goal on video. But never before had she met the legendary Pelé face to face. Alyssa Alpert was sitting in a training facility in Dubai with New York Cosmos players before a preseason-training match last month. Pelé, who played for the Cosmos from 1975-77, wished the team luck. “He reminded them what they’re playing for and who they’re playing…

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Stanford ATs Attend IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury and Illness in Sport

From April 10-12, 2014, several executive members of Stanford University’s athletic training staff (Scott Anderson, Eitan Gelber, Lindsey Dame, and Tomoo Yamada) attended The International Olympic Committee (IOC) World Conference on Prevention of Injury and Illness in Sport in Monaco. The international conference featured world-renowned experts in a number of different sports medicine fields, including concussion management, running injuries, the overhead athlete, and injury surveillance and tracking using different technologies. The…

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Tracey Jaurena Named CCCATA Athletic Trainer of the Year

​West Hills Community College Coalinga Athletic Trainer Tracey Jaurena MA, ATC was named Athletic Trainer of the Year by the California Community College Athletic Trainers’ Association and will be honored during a luncheon April 3. Jaurena was nominated after responding to a medical incident during a WHCC basketball practice earlier this season. According to the incident report, the student stopped breathing during practice and was in a state of seizure.…

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