Essay On Athletic Training
Athletic Trainer
Athletic trainers evaluate, advise, and treat athletes to assist recovery from injury, or maintain peak physical fitness (“29-9091 Athletic Trainers”). During the 5th century, Herodicus of Megara (aka father of sports medicine) was the first to combine sports with medicine. After World War I (1916) trainers played a bigger role, and began to work at the college level. A year later (1917) Dr. S.E. Bilik wrote “The Trainers Bible” (“History of Athletic Training”). Now athletic training is more advanced with its requirements and qualifications, working conditions and salary, it's days you spend listening and learning, and its future needs and developments.
Career Requirements and Qualifications
The minimum education required for this career is a bachelors, and the maximum is a masters. About 4-8 years of …show more content…
The main reason I became interested in this career was because my freshman year I completely tore two of my major ligament in my ankle and I was out for two years. The recovery process was long and difficult because every time I would try to come back and play on it I would hurt it again and again and again. During my recovery I became very intrigued by athletic training. Mainly because I want to help athletes get back as fast as possible, because I know it is pretty depressing not being able to do the one thing you love. A plus is you get paid to watch sports which I mean come on how is this not a cool a job? Next year I plan on being a football trainer to get some hands experience and after I graduate from Harrah I hope to attend OSU and further my experience at the division 1 level in their allied health department, and hopefully get to shadow a professional trainer at the college. One day I’m hoping to be at the top level of athletic training such as working with NFL players, MLB players, and the best one yet NBA
Athletic trainers evaluate, advise, and treat athletes to assist recovery from injury, or maintain peak physical fitness (“29-9091 Athletic Trainers”). During the 5th century, Herodicus of Megara (aka father of sports medicine) was the first to combine sports with medicine. After World War I (1916) trainers played a bigger role, and began to work at the college level. A year later (1917) Dr. S.E. Bilik wrote “The Trainers Bible” (“History of Athletic Training”). Now athletic training is more advanced with its requirements and qualifications, working conditions and salary, it's days you spend listening and learning, and its future needs and developments.
Career Requirements and Qualifications
The minimum education required for this career is a bachelors, and the maximum is a masters. About 4-8 years of …show more content…
The main reason I became interested in this career was because my freshman year I completely tore two of my major ligament in my ankle and I was out for two years. The recovery process was long and difficult because every time I would try to come back and play on it I would hurt it again and again and again. During my recovery I became very intrigued by athletic training. Mainly because I want to help athletes get back as fast as possible, because I know it is pretty depressing not being able to do the one thing you love. A plus is you get paid to watch sports which I mean come on how is this not a cool a job? Next year I plan on being a football trainer to get some hands experience and after I graduate from Harrah I hope to attend OSU and further my experience at the division 1 level in their allied health department, and hopefully get to shadow a professional trainer at the college. One day I’m hoping to be at the top level of athletic training such as working with NFL players, MLB players, and the best one yet NBA