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Recognizing Traumatic Brain Injuries #TBIs & #mTBIs

A common misbelief is that Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBIs), even mild TBIs (mTBIs) are easily recognizable, and that the individual knows that they have one. There is also misconception that concussions, and other mTBIs involve loss of consciousness, severe headaches, … Continue reading

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Spreading Christmas Cheer, One Run at a Timeā€¦

I wish I could take credit for the start of this, but two years ago I was invited to a challenge on DailyMile (sort of a Facebook for endurance athletes of all abilities). One of the members on the site, … Continue reading

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Posted in 50k, Athlete, Athletics, Barefoot Running, Christmas, five fingers, forefoot running, midfoot running, minimalist, minimalist running, Race, Running, Santa hat, Sports, Training, vff, vibram, vibram five fingers, vibrams, Winter | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Our Youth Athletes NEED Your Help! #NATM2013 #YouthSafety

A 15 year old soccer player goes up to head a soccer ball during a game, knocks heads with an opposing player, and drops to the ground unconscious. A 16 year old softball player squares up to bunt, gets hit … Continue reading

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An Athletic Trainer’s Tip: Roll Out Those Tight, Sore Muscles…

The market place is continually flooded with gimmicks and devices to help you be fitter, stronger, and healthier. They claim by using their product youā€™ll get this incredibly strong, lean, and well muscled body. The majority of them do nothing … Continue reading

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Athletic Trainers Helping Our Athletes

This last weekend was the beginning of the NCAA menā€™s and womenā€™s basketball championships, and the NCAA wrestling championships, just to name a few events. Every one of those teams had an athletic trainer with them. Every one of those … Continue reading

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One Athletic Trainer’s View on Electrolytes

We see advertisements for sports drinks all over the media. Everywhere we go there is Gatorade and/or Powerade. All sorts of studies have been done showing us the benefits of electrolytes, unfortunately, most of them by Gatorade or researchers sponsored … Continue reading

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An Athletic Trainer’s Tip: Every Body Needs to be Good to the Core

Ever notice that when you are sick and either coughing a lot or throwing up a lot that eventually your stomach muscles get very, very sore? And everything you do hurts those stomach muscles? How about your back? Ever hurt … Continue reading

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Athletic Trainer’s Tip: Proper Stretching Helps Every Body

I mentioned in my last post that a proper cool down with stretching was a great way to help avoid injury, but I didnā€™t go much into the types of stretching or how to do it. So I decided todayā€™s … Continue reading

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An Athletic Trainer’s Tip: Proper Cool Down Helps Prevent Injuries And Improve Performance For Every Body

I see it all the time. The teams I work with get done with practice or a game and away they go. I see it at running races and triathlons. This also goes for people that have physically demanding jobs … Continue reading

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The Rewards of Athletic Training Are Many…

Athletic trainers are highly trained sports medicine professionals. They can handle medical emergencies, prevent, care for and rehabilitate musculoskeletal injuries. They work with multimillion dollar athletes and care for their injuries. They work with college and high school athlete and … Continue reading

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