When I started looking into the profession of Athletic Training I found myself with questions that I couldn't answer. I realized at that point that I didn't know what it took to be an Athletic Training until I did a little research and figured it out. Hopefully in the future these questions and answers down below will help another student who is thinking about going into this amazing field!
Q1: What is an Athletic Trainer?
A: They are health care professionals who specialize in preventing, recognizing, managing, and rehabilitating injuries. They specialize in sports medicine and each year a max of 20,780 are employed.
Q2: Where would you see an Athletic Trainer?
A: They usually work in clinics, secondary schools, colleges/universities, professional sports programs, and other athletic health care settings.
Q3: Do Athletic Trainers only work around athletes?
A: No, they also work with the fields of the performing arts and the entertainment industry. They also work in the law enforcement departments and in the military!
Q4: What's the average salary of an Athletic Trainer?
A: The average salary for a typical Athletic Trainer is $39,887.
Q5: How far does Athletic Training go back?
A: Early signs go back to the Greek and Roman civilizations. Where athletes in the colosseums would be trained and worked on before the athletes games.
Q6: How important is Athletic Trainers record keeping skills?
A: Very important! This one skill is everything for this profession because they are always dealing with injury reports, treatment records, athlete participation, medical histories, and etc.
Q7: Do Athletic Trainers need to be in good shape?
A: No, but it would be better if they lived a healthy life with exercise and good food eating habits. The reason why they should be in good shape is because athletic training requires abundant energy, vitality, and physical and emotional stability.
Q8: Does Athletic Training need a sense of empathy?
A: Yes, empathy helps them enter into the feeling or spirit of another person. Knowing how the athlete or patient feels will help the Athletic Trainer recognize the problem quicker and allow them to get the athlete back on their feet in no time.
Q9: How do you become a certified Athletic Trainer?
A: There's three things you have to do to become a certified Athletic Trainer. 1) You must earn a bachelors or master's degree from a college or university that has an athletic training program accredited by the CAATE. 2) After graduation students must pass the BOC certification exam and earn the ATC credential before practicing as a certified athletic trainer. 3) Keep up with future education about your profession because skills and the way to do things may change over time.
Q10: Should Athletic Trainers have a good sense of humor in this line of work?
A: Yes, having a good personality and sense of humor in this line of work will make the job easier and also make the athletes or patients more comfortable around you. With a good personality it will make the line of work easier on the Athletic Trainer as well.
The book I used for this blog was titled "Principles of Athletic Training," it worked wonders for me on this blog. It told me everything I needed to know but also in my KIN 126 my professor has been an Athletic Trainer for years, so anything I had questions about I just talked to him as a second source. With these two sources I really found out what it takes and means to be a certified Athletic Trainer.
Prentice, William. Principles of Athletic Training. 14th ed. McGraw-Hill Companies, The, 2010. 928. Print.
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