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By Shelly Jones, ATC, Aloha High School Beaverton, Oregon “Hey Shelly, do you have any thoughts for your new athletic training room?” Boy, did I ever! After 20-plus years, I had a wish list a mile long. When your athletic director and principal come...

To help reduce the risk of injury related to sport specialization and to keep athletes safe, healthy and in the game, NATA has named the third full week of October National Youth Sport Specialization Awareness Week. Throughout the week of Oct. 21-25...

Youth sport specialization is a hot topic for the athletic training profession. Not only is the October Journal of Athletic Training a special thematic issue dedicated to the topic, NATA has released an official statement with health-focused...

NATA will lend its voice to the 2019 Health Professions Week (HPW), Nov. 16-21. As the biggest career event for health professions, HPW brings together various health profession organizations to promote health care careers to high school students,...

On Sept. 23, the NATA Board of Directors approved the NATA Intercollegiate Council for Sports Medicine (ICSM) document to support adoption and compliance to new Recommendations released by NCAA. The Intercollegiate Council for Sports Medicine (ICSM...

Research is at the center of the October NATA News . In addition to detailing some of the latest AT-led research taking place and providing insight from researchers in the profession, the October issue takes a closer look at the Athletic Training...

Hello! My name is Madelyne “Midge” Peterson, and I’m currently serving as the chair of the Student Leadership Committee (SLC). I am a student in the second year of my master’s degree in athletic training at the University of Montana. This is my...

Photo caption: ATs Care CISM Team Coordinator Woody Goffinett, MBA, ATC, EMT-T, gets a hug from New Jersey ATs Care CISM team member Christina Emrich, MS, LAT, ATC, during a talk by ATs Care Co-Chair Lovie Tabron, MS, ATC, CCISM, at the ATs Care...