NATA Now

August 9, 2016 by Todd Christman

New Peer Support Network in 2017

A study conducted by NATA found that 82% of members surveyed felt they were not prepared to deal with psychological impact of catastrophic events. In 2014, the NATA Board of Directors approved the development of a peer-to-peer support program to...
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August 8, 2016 by JordanG
Advocacy

Recent Regulatory Work

While H.R. 921, the Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act has been NATA’s most publicized legislative effort , our advocacy team is always working behind the scenes on other issues related to the profession. We continuously engage in efforts in the...
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July 22, 2016 by Beth Sitzler
Patient Care
Resources

The Use of Nutrition in Wound Healing

By Monica Serra, PhD, RD, ATC Unfortunately, athletic injuries are unavoidable, regardless of sport or participation level. Identifying ways to minimize the impact of the injury to enhance recovery, and thus prevent time away from activity and loss...
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July 20, 2016 by Beth Sitzler

AT in Residence Shares Experience at NATA 2016

By Katie Scott, MS, ATC NATA Athletic Trainer in Residence What a great week in Baltimore! As I write this, I’m sitting on a plane heading back from what I consider to be a successful, powerful, celebratory and impactful week for our profession. It...
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July 20, 2016 by JordanG
Emerging Settings

Retention: A Performing Arts Perspective

By Amanda Donahue MS, ATC, NATA COPA Performing Arts Workgroup Member Retention is a term upper administration within academia use frequently, but may be less common in athletic training facility conversations. Will students return the following...
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July 15, 2016 by JordanG
Publications
Patient Care

Free Injury Infographics Available

For the past year we have been including monthly injury infographics in the NATA News, and we have accumulated a nice library of resources. Those infographics are now available in one place on our website for members to download, print and...
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July 11, 2016 by JordanG
Advocacy

Important H.R. 921 Hearing Wednesday

UPDATE: H.R. 921 was passed unanimously at the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee full committee markup at 3:40 p.m. CT on July 13. Another huge step for this important piece of legislation! *** The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee...
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June 30, 2016 by Todd Christman

NATA Foundation BOD Nominations

The NATA Research and Education Foundation has the following positions open for nominations until Monday, August 15. • President • VP District Relations • VP External Affairs • At-Large Member NATA Foundation Board of Director members must be a NATA...
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