Pursuing A Career As A Personal Athletic Trainer

The level of degree I need to be a sports medicine physician is a bachelor’s degree and the type of degree is a M.D. doctor of medicine degree. SMP have many daily duties and responsibilities. Some of their daily task and responsibilities include diagnose or treat disorders of the musculoskeletal system, supervise the rehabilitation of injured athletes, attend games and completions to provide evaluations and treatment of activity-related injuries or medical conditions, coordinate sports care activities with other experts, perform physical examinations, document and record information, evaluate athletes for readiness to play and order and interpret the results of laboratory test and diagnostic imaging procedures. (http://gcis.gcic.edu/OccInfo.aspx?SourceState=GA&OccID=100013&TopicID=2). The potential

From playing, to watching, to talking about them, sports have always been a passion of mine. Playing sports for as long as I can remember. From soccer to baseball, basketball to football. I´ve grown a deep passion for sports throughout my life. My passion has been so strong pursuing a career in this field just made good sense. I have a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and my courses based upon on sports business, journalism fundamentals, technical writing and the function that multimedia plays in sports journalism. While I attended Michigan State University I broadcasted the school's radio

Ever since I was a child, I enjoyed watching and doing athletic activities. I played softball throughout middle school but stopped once I got to high school. I realized that even though I didn’t want to play as much anymore, I still wanted to be involved with athletics. I began managing my high schools girls and eventually boys’ basketball team. By doing so led me to the career I want to partake in for the rest of my life. I want to become an Athletic Trainer. What motivate me to become an Athletic Trainer are the different aspects of the job. I also have a lot of friends and family members who are athletes and I love the different personalities that come with the athletes. I am also motivated to this career, because I want to be able to prevent athletes’ injuries, assist, and aid the athletes’ to enhance their performance so that they can continue to do what they love and to overall get stronger.

Imagine a warm September night under bright field lights. The light summer breeze brushing against your face. A rush of adrenaline through your veins. There’s a swell of cheering coming from in the stands and the dugout. You can feel the most overwhelming sense of joy. That is my passion. According to the Merriam Webster English Dictionary, passion means “a strong liking or desire for, or devotion to some activity, object, or concept,” but that is stiff and set, with no hint of emotion as all definitions are. To me it means a feeling in your chest when you think about something, because you love that one thing so much. Everyone has different passions, but for me one thing strikes a chord. My passion is softball, and it includes so many amazing things even past it’s pretty obvious physical benefits. I love softball, because it has allowed me to be healthier, learn many life lessons, and make great friends. It benefits my community by allowing primarily young girls to develop leadership skills, how to deal with controversy, teachability, and gives them an opportunity to make friendships that will last them their whole lives, as well.

I have wanted to be/ do something in the sports medicine field since I was in the seventh grade. So any chance I get I look up any information that will come up and read everything possible to give more me information about becoming an athletic trainer. This is something that has been very important to me for several years and I’m never letting go of this no matter what it takes to get there. I enjoy sports a lot and like learning how to help people get to learn more about the proper use of equipment, and I like teaching people too. That is one requirement that it takes to be an athletic trainer. I am interested in the occupation because it fits perfect in what I am looking for in a career. I feel like with me being involved in the sports the way that I am now it would be perfect and I have plans to still wanting to be as athletic when I am older too. Being an athletic trainer takes being fit/ in shape for sure!

I have chosen to study athletic training because it allows me to still participate and be involved in sports as well as be able to help athletes recover from injuries while gaining valuable clinical experience for physical therapy. Growing up I have always had a love for sports but I have not been graced with the abilities to become a professional athlete. With my love for sports as a youth I watched a lot on television with my father and I would see athletes get injured and medical personnel rush out to their aid. When I found out they were athletic trainers and physical therapists, I knew that is what I wanted to do when I grew up. All throughout high school I was involved in sports and unfortunately had an injury or two. Although our school did not have an athletic trainer, I went to many different specialists and

To me an Athletic Trainer is someone that graduates from college certified to provide help to people that are injured, right out of college. This major can be obtained in four years without and further education, however; must take classes to keep up with the ever growing medical field. The main thing I think of when I think about going into Athletic Training is working at a school with the schools sports teams, however; they also can work in physical therapy clinics, hospital settings, nursing homes, etc. Athletic Trainers focus on prevention, treatment, what is wrong, and getting the patient back to health as well as working along side a doctor or physical therapist for further assistants.

Some careers in Athletic Training require further education such as a Master’s Degree. Fields of study can include the musculoskeletal system, the practice of athletic training, [and] biomechanics and experimental treatments.

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.

An athletic trainer is a person who practices in the field of sports medicine. Athletic take place in a wide environment. Athletic has been recognized by the American Medical Association. Athletic help patients and prevent diagnosis. Athletic trainer help football player and other sports player recover from their injury.

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.

A couple years back when my mother had back surgery, I would always help her up, which I seemed pretty good at, because she would always say, “Whenever you help me I can never feel it. You are really good at this.” At that time it had gone in one ear and out the other. That’s not until two years ago when my grandmother was really sick, so we had to stay days with her because she couldn’t be by herself. She was sleeping the whole day, so something just told me to wake her up. After I woke her up, she sat up for a few minutes. My family gave her some medicine and then her eyes started rolling behind her head, and she was unresponsive. At that time I rushed and called 911. The whole time I felt as if I was in a daze. At that

My interest in Athletic Training was kindled while listening Dr. Vince Diller in his Introduction to Athletic Training class. While listening to his experience as an AT and how challenging an AT’s job can be I was not only impressed with Athletic Training profession but also saw it as exciting, challenging, and meaningful career. By the end of his Introduction to Athletic Training fall course I switched my major from Exercise Science to Athletic Training. A primary reason for pursuing Athletic Training is close interaction with athletes. To be an athlete’s friend, and mentor over an extended time will impact their life.

When it comes to job prospects, Athletic Trainers can have a fairly easy time finding a job if they look in the right areas. Missouri is the easier place to find a job if a person wanted to be an Athletic Trainer because there are more job opportunities. If a person wants to work as an Athletic Trainer it will be easiest to live in a city or town that has colleges, universities, or gyms (“Employment and Outlook” 1). Once I get the right education, I feel confident that I will find a job as an Athletic Trainer. I am glad that I would not have to leave Missouri since there are typically job openings here. I would rather not move out of Missouri, but I would not mind moving if it meant that I got to pursue the career of my choice.

This source touches on every aspect of a career in athletic training. It describes what exactly a career entails, the work environment, the process of becoming one, and the outlook for oncoming generations aiming to become athletic trainers by discussing pay and availability. It relates that a job in this career is growing faster than any other occupation and will most likely only increase as time goes on. This source drew my attention because of the large span of information it provides. By providing multiple complexities regarding athletic training careers, it is the best source for me to decide if I want to pursue this career or not. This source is overall expository as it is describing all aspects of the career, but in portions it is analytical because breaks down the complex components of data and demonstrates how they apply to the individual. It will be valuable to someone interested in becoming an athletic trainer as it will help the prospective trainer to decide whether or not the job is for them, and if it is for them, what specific industry they want to enter into based on their goal pay and work environment.