Lower extremity injury prevention strategies!
Grateful for the opportunity to work with @jbdriban and @DistefanoLJ to put together this resource for clinicians.
🎓 Research to Clinical Practice Series 🎓
This month’s focus: Lower Extremity Injury Prevention! 🦵 Evidence-based PTPs can reduce injury risk by up to 70%! 💪 Learn how to design effective warm-ups with strength, agility, balance & more.
👉 bit.ly/3VGu1HS
🚨 Attention Athletic Training Students! 🚨
The 2025 Scholarship Program is now accepting applications! 📚💪
đź—“ Deadline: January 15, 2025 (11:59 PM CST)
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🔗 natafoundation.org/education…
We're currently recruiting HS and collegiate student-athletes who have had a concussion and represent a historically underrepresented group to be interviewed. We'd love your help in connecting with potential participants!
Can confirm this was a great time. Glad to be part of such a thoughtful panel with a group so focused on sport safety and youth development! I spoke on the benefits of physical literacy and sport sampling.
Full recording available here: vimeo.com/1022587222?share=c…
It was honor to be a panelist among many other great clinicians and researchers! Today I was able to speak on some of the issues with the intersection of sport specialization and low socioeconomic status. Thank you NATA for the opportunity to share my research findings! #NATA
Don't forget about the power of storytelling when talking about your change initiative. A well-crafted narrative can inspire, motivate, and engage the people implementing or being impacted by the change. How do you help others connect with the "why" behind your change initiative?
#Disemination and #implementation go hand-in-hand, but it's important to also clearly distinguish between the two. The authors of this paper look closely at dissemination, like how it's defined, key contracts & frameworks, and more.
📎Read: implementationscience.biomed…
Need help brainstorming ways to implement #change? This visual explores 15 strategies for persuasion, engagement, and behavior change.
🎯Learn more about each strategy with actionable advice: makeit.tools/15-strategies
September’s Research to Clinical Practice: Negotiating
Athletic Trainers often report lower salaries than peers. This month’s issue focuses on negotiation skills to help you advocate for your worth during the hiring process.
Link to September issue: bit.ly/4davfRL
Hello youth sport safety champs! @oaactionallianc is trying to improve the use of injury prevention programs. They need ATs in high schools to provide QUICK feedback on resources they developed. Please consider responding to their brief (<5 min) survey bit.ly/oaaasurvey
We're excited to have 6 teens as a part of our #PHX#AHATeenofImpact campaign. Let’s meet the nominees! Through April 4, you can support them as they raise awareness & funds for heart health in our community.#PHXGoRedspr.ly/6011pQl9x
How lucky is @NAUMSATProgram to have Ian "College of Health and Human Services Teacher of the Year" McLeod (PA-C, ATC) other PA faculty to lead the suturing lab for our PHX 1st years this am?
Our students had a blast and I so appreciate the interprofessional interaction!
Every time we see this visually we are reminded about the importance of #Storytelling.
We believe there is a huge opportunity to better leverage storytelling to support change initiatives.
The Michigan Performance Research Lab is hiring! We are looking for a full-time Research Specialist to assist with sports science-related and athlete performance-based research studies. Apply now ⬇️ (Retweets and shares appreciated!) careers.umich.edu/job_detail…
It's #publichealthmonth and the NATA Public Health Taskforce website is live!
If you're an NATA member you can look at the resources we've started developing here: nata.org/atph-taskforce
An article in the most recent Range of Motion, sent April 3, didn’t link to the most updated and accurate information provided by the NATA Athletic Training and Public Health Taskforce. We apologize for the error and the issue has been resolved. nata.org/athletic-training-p…
ATs as Ramadan begins today, please make sure you are communicating with your athletes that are observing and creating a plan of care for those individuals.