Personal Narrative: Sports Performance Trainer

While working with them it is my desire to mentor and encourage them to strive for greatness in all areas of life, not just in their sport alone. It is my belief that athletics can easily become a student’s identity and when injuries occur many athletes are faced with the question of who they are and where they fit in. In these cases, I believe that I will be able to help them overcome their physical injuries through rehabilitation exercises and therapeutic modalities but I hope to support them through those struggles that are so common among student athletes. All in all, this is my life’s purpose and I hold strongly to the fact that I will begin to see it unfold as I start my graduate studies at Tarleton State University in the fall of

Cheer Athletics in Plano is one of the most prestigious competition gyms in the country. There are other Cheer Athletics’ branches in other places like Frisco and Austin, but not one is as successful as Plano. It is the absolute best place to go for a serious cheerleader. The best and most experienced coaches work there and they are hungry to win. They expect every ounce of energy and athleticism to be left on the floor when we are finished performing. I have never had any problems with an authority figure until I started at Cheer Athletics.

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.

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.

I know that you have a background in ballet, but can you tell me a little more about yourself? How did you get into this field ?

I actively participate in a variety of extracurricular activities. Both seeing a need and having an interest, I along with some other girls founded our school’s first Athletic Training Program during my freshman year. In the program, we educate students on common injuries seen in high school sports. As the head trainer for our school’s swim team and girl’s track team, I attend to athletes’ sore muscles, apply wraps, and provide assistance to our new trainers (2015-2018). I’m also a leader within my school’s division of Future Health Professionals of America(HOSA), helping to energize the students preparing for healthcare jobs in the future. I became one of the founding members of Stem Moms in 2014, a program that educates students about

I have always been physically active and I have participated in many sports and athletic activities and programs throughout my life. However, one thing that I have never considered to improve my fitness was just going out for a walk! Engaging in walking activity has improved so many areas of my life. I have become more health conscience and through this new perspective I have begun to make better fitness decisions that are helping me live a happier, healthier life. I first noticed a change in my fitness level when I was at soccer summer camp. At the camp, we had to run a mile around the field. I remember how last summer I had been really out of shape and I had struggled to run the course. However, this summer, because of my keeping up with my walking program

It is difficult to imagine thought in the modern world without the competitive intercollegiate sports that people should be aware of what injured student-athletes deal with. According to Kremer, Moran, Walker, and Craig (2012), these injuries continuously increases in elite and intense degree in sports and can be career threatening for young athletes. With the growing interest of sports among universities, the aggressiveness in sport also increases and thus resulting to possible injuries among student-athletes. Common long term injuries can occur in the lower and upper body. Baima (2009) states that the common lower body injuries athletes’ acquire are anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear and Achilles tendon injury, most of them happen among basketball, soccer, and football athletes. The common upper body injuries, according to Anderson, Parr, and Hall (2009), are rotator cuff injury and shoulder ligamentous injuries, specifically the Glenohumeral (GH) joint, which are prone among football, swimming, and tennis athletes. According to Baima (2009), an injury could be acquired with or without colliding with something. It is, however, important to be reminded that student-athletes inevitably cannot escape from these injuries when training or competing.

Some background about me is that I have many year of experience within the baseball and fitness industry so that will help me find an investor to come at help us because when we are going to be talking about the future business he will see that I have a lot of knowledge on the sport and will probably take that as one of the good qualities I have because it’s now like I am going to give the people false information I have been play baseball seen I was three year old so I know most of how the game is going to be played. The origin I think started to come true when I was just thinking about opening up my whole gym just for fun but then after spending hours of do research on how other companies have been doing it I took in to consideration that

In the field of Sports Medicine, we focus on assisting individuals who want to remain physically fit as well as individuals who are trying to sustain, or regain, their prime athletic performance levels. We accomplish this through the use of injury recovery treatments and/or injury prevention techniques. From elite professional athletes to individuals who just enjoy working out at their local gym after work, the numerous benefits that Sports Medicine can provide are becoming apparent to individuals throughout the country. By implementing injury prevention techniques and, when necessary, recovery treatments, our patients remain flexible and active, which allows them to meet their personal and/or professional competition, and fitness goals.

Sports are a highly addictive and beautiful part of our society, but they come with a critical flaw that could cause complications in every aspect of your life: injuries. Throughout everyone’s sports career, professional and recreational, injuries will always be relevant. From small ankle sprains all the way to concussions and broken necks, the community should be educated on how to stay safe while participating in the sport they love. Not all injuries can be prevented, seeing as how they can be so sudden, but the next step is the road to recovery. Injuries are relatively unavoidable, only knowledge of proper techniques and recovery methods will make them

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

Sports are a huge part of our society and many children grow up wanting to be professional athletes. Parents may push their kids to be the best they can be and place them in camps, training facilities and programs for them to get better. There will always be parents that want their children to be the best; more and more sport opportunities have opened and accepted children of all ages. “As more and more children participate in sports and recreational activities, there has been an increase in acute and overuse injuries” (Adirim & Cheng, 2003).

I also use a fitness band, I have the garmin vivosmart. I am not aware if I can log my food and water with my fitness band but it is something I am going to look into. I have used the application My Fitness Pal and I ran into some issues with that application. I would log in my food daily and also add my exercise. For example it allow me to eat thirteen hundred calories a day, when I would add my exercise to the application it would add calories I could eat. My initial goal would be thirteen hundred calories and now it has jumped up to fifteen hundred. This causes an issue because if my goal is to lose weight then I do not want to eat more calories. I need to have a calorie deficit in order to lose weight. Is this something that your

I am an organizer. I have been organizing all my life. To serve and share my passion and gift of organizing I started Path2Purpose Coaching to be the platform to not only meet clients organizational needs, but coach them along their path in life. I feel that what I do can apply to a variety of problems in our life where we are in a state of suffering and need to find a new path to reaching your authentic purpose. I take a mindful approach to my practice, as I am certified in meditation and use it as part of my daily practice. My educational background is in psychology with a BA degree from UCLA. I am an advide reader of “self help” books and continued learning. Most recently, I became certified as a Brain Health Coach through Amen Clinics.