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Helps prevent birth defects, Key element for new cell creation (Cereals, asparagus, orange juice)
To be available when emergency situations arise
Physicals
Clearing players to return to activity
Prevention
Clinical Education and Diagnosis
Immediate care
Treatment, rehabilitation, and conditioning
Organization and administration
Professional responsibility
Responsibility to maintain good physical condition
Practice techniques taught by coaches
Must plan practices that include conditioning and training of athletes and teach techniques and rules of sport.
Practices must be of reasonable duration, taking skill level, fatigue, and environmental conditions into consideration. Selecting, fitting, and maintaining protective equipment. Supervision of practice and game facilities must be reviewed by coaching staff. Must update education by attending clinics, review rule change, skill development, first aid/ CPR. Athletes wellbeing is 1st. Works close with team physician and BOC certified AT.
Defined by interest , experience in allied healthcare, desire to gain knowledge of profession. Start with maintaining a clean athletic training area/facility. Other duties include inventory control, keeping track of supplies and equipment, and communication to head trainer. Should have checklist for practice, games, or road trips. Packing kits and other preparation activities. Preparing an sport/electrolyte drink or water. Documenting weight before and after practice. Recording for daily treatments. Treatments such as taping, wrapping, changing dressings,giving minor treatments, and first aid procedures
Why is it important to keep athletic training facility clean?
To prevent cross contamination
Could become re-injured
Pain
Encouragement of the athlete
daily exercise will result in tangible results
psychologically: athlete will feel better about themselves if allowed to participate in his/her own recovery rather than watching practices.
early exercise
intermediate exercise
advanced exercise
initial sports re
effusion
joint range of motion, muscle strength, power, endurance, balance, proprioception, kinesthetic awareness and cardiovascular fitness (total body conditioning)
Shorten the muscles angle of pull, Decrease joint range of motion, Secure pads, bandages and protective devices, Apply compression to aid in controlling swelling
Taping prep:
skin lubricants, underwrap
Utilized to aid in muscle function and support and to reduce excessive range of motion. Used for short periods of time (competition or practice)
Protection, rest, ice, compression, elevation,support
may be restricted from some sports, limited to a certain body part - require padding according to guidelines
in the construction of a special pad, the following criteria should be considered... 1
in the construction of a special pad, the following criteria should be considered... 2
in the construction of a special pad, the following criteria should be considered... 3
most often found on the feet. as the layers of skin rub together, friction causes separation. The body responds with fluid formation. The fluid causes pressure on nerve endings, perceived as pain.
MOI Osgood schlatter:
repetitive stress in the proximal tibial epiphysis where the patella tendon attaches to the tibial tuberosity; condition occurs most commonly in adolescent males although increasing in occurence among adolescent female
Signs/Symptoms Osgood Schlatter:
swelling of the tibial tuberosity, pain exacerbated by activities involving jumping, running, kicking
AIM Osgood Schlatter:
RICE, patella tendonitis strap
MOI Patella tendonitis:
overuse, repeatitive jumping activities involving forceful knee extension
Signs/Symptoms Patella tendonitis:
pain while performing resistive knee extensions, point tenderness over inferior pole of patella and patella tendon
AIM Patella tendonitis:
RICE, quadriceps flexibility, strap
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