Personal Narrative: My Experience In Athletic Training

One of the most critical effects sports have had on me is in the decision of my career path. After high school I plan on

Becoming a student athletic trainer has changed me greatly. I learned responsibility and the depth of what goes on in sports behind the scenes. I now know how to assist people when they’re hurt by taping their fingers, wrists, hand-wrist combinations, ankles,

Reflecting back on this year in physical education and health class, I enjoyed volleyball the most and would add using the weight machines in the future. I am proud of my accomplishments of coming first in the mile run and leading warm ups. I will be making a personal goal of being more involved, because i wasn't as involved as i could have been this year. I hope next year i continue being active and learning new

I relish both individual and team sports. I have been involved at a competitive level in swimming, gymnastics and cycling. I have swum for many years and competed at regional level and in the National Arena League (team event) with fellow swimmers at my club. This required a great deal of dedication and excellent time management in order to balance the volume of training required with continued academic success. I have a love of cycling and have recently begun to compete in road races, with the ultimate aim of reaching elite level. Cycling and swimming are heavily reliant on fitness hence this has inspired my interest

From a very young age, I have loved being involved in sport and fitness. My earliest memories all involve me running around with a ball or a bat of some kind either in my hand or at my feet. My love for physical activity has remained and since then, I have becoming increasingly interested in coaching and the more theoretical side of sport. This has inspired me to pursue a career in physical education and coaching.

All my experiences taught me many valuable lessons that I will carry on with me for the rest of my life. My passion for sports grew from the day I could walk, which started when

Everyone has something they’re talented at, and many people have to try multiple things before they find their talent(s) that they have. As a child, my parents like many others had me participate in multiple activities. For example, I took dance classes, played a great amount of sports, and was a participant in many plays. In my freshman year, I tried running track and field. During the course of it, I developed shin splints and I proceeded to go to the athletic trainer. The athletic trainer here, Todd Korabek, has a system that works for the whole program. New injuries will see an aide, and that aide will then write up a card for them which lists their name, sport, injury, and body part. The aide doesn’t write the injury because only the athletic trainer can diagnose. After the athletic trainer treats all old injuries, he evaluates the new injuries, which happened to be me at that moment. Watching the aides assist Mr. Korabek really inspired me and his profession intrigued me.

I have always loved sports ever since I was a little kid. Some of my earliest memories are of playing soccer with my friends on a wet, cold spring day or hitting a ball off of a tee and feeling like it went a mile, when in reality it only went about fifty feet. Even to this day I still can never get enough of sports. I get about four weeks off out of the entire year where I’m not technically in a sport, but I’m still always practicing and trying to get better because that’s the only way I know. I love everything about sports: the friendships, the competition, the passion, the atmosphere, the unity. Sports are one of my true loves and they consume my life. It is this strong desire that I have for sports that has driven me to want to pursue a

My first year of high school, I had experience with injured football players during my physical education class. We had a certified trainer who would come in and check them out. She was excellent and all of the football players and staff loved her. I was so interested in her work and later thought about making it my career goal. As time passed, I transferred schools. At my new school, there was an opportunity with two other girls to join the football team. One of my friends that I already knew before I changed schools. He introduced me to the girls and the helped me get involved. The job was to assist the athletic trainer and also help the football coach with any laundry, equipment, etc.

9th grade I fractured my lateral condyle of the femoral head, leaving me with 2 months of physical therapy. At first I hated it never wanting to go, saying my trainer was too young to even know what he was doing. However, when my trainer, Adam, started to make it a game with me on how fast I can progress my competitive side came to play and i couldn't help but want to take him up on his offer. As the weeks passed by I started loving the atmosphere watching patients work towards

The first time I realized that I wanted to be an athletic trainer was during my eighth grade summer at camp. I was working on a project where I had to find careers that I was interested in. Doing this project helped me realize how many job choices there were, but only one intrigued me as much as this one. My choice to major in kinesiology was made clear during my freshman year after I job shadowed an athletic trainer at my local college and high school. High school has helped me realize who I am and what I want to become, and college will help me become that person.

It all started on June 2014, I was uncomfortable in my own skin. I was underweight and was always out of breath. I ran like a turtle. At that time, I weighed only 115 pounds. I wanted to make a change for the better, wanting a better lifestyle. So I decided to sign up for the gym. That day changed my life forever. The gym made me fit, healthier, but most importantly it made me a better person which is who I am today.

My life was no exception. I walked away from this field experience opportunity with a humbled heart. These athletes taught me what it really means to live life to the fullest and appreciate everything we’ve been given. For example, I spent most of the semester working with Adrian. Adrian had some pretty significant disabilities, but these setbacks didn’t stop her from achieving some remarkable things. One of my favorite memories with Adrian was helping her throw the softballs overhand toward the bucket. She was really struggling with the overhand aspect at the beginning, but after a little “hand-over-hand” work and some practice, she caught on. One day, she was making some great throws and kept hitting the edge of the bucket, but they would never drop inside. Right before it was time to go, Adrian threw the softball one last time, and it landed perfectly in the center of the bucket. When she saw it go in, her face lit up, and she wanted to tell the whole world about what she had just done. The satisfaction she received after completing this task made me so happy, and all those around us couldn’t help but smile right along with her.

Although the field is a wonderful sight to see, it has a deeper meaning than the just the looks of it to me. When I look at the field I see potential and hard work. I see going outside to practice, morning or night to get better at something I love to do. The team and I all have

2.) More often than not, they had limited mobility in their joints. (hips and ankles)