Showing posts with label Athletic training. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Athletic training. Show all posts

Friday, March 27, 2009

M-Squared on the Road

Blogging today from Omaha, Nebraska...home of Creighton University, Warren Buffet, Union Pacific Railroad, the College World Series, and about half a million of the world's best people.

I'm up here attending the annual Mid-American Athletic Trainers' Association (MAATA) annual meeting and symposium. Certified athletic trainers (ATC's) are required to complete 20 hours of continuing education each year, and a total of 80 every three years. So here I am...trying to learn something.

In honor of that, any chance to play a Counting Crows tune is a good thing:

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

National Athletic Training Month


I should mention at some point that March is National Athletic Training Month:
During March, athletic trainers across America are being recognized for their commitment to helping people prevent injuries and stay healthy and active. Athletic training is an allied health care profession. Highly educated and dedicated to the job at hand, athletic trainers can be found in high schools and colleges, corporations, professional sports, the military, performing arts, and clinics, hospitals, and physician offices.