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Before the formation of NATA, athletic trainers occupied a somewhat insecure place in the athletic program. [26] Since then, considerable professional advancement has been made in the field. [4] As well as the NATA, there is also the World Federation of Athletic Training & Therapy (WFATT) which began in 1998 but was founded in 2000.
An athletic trainer is a certified and licensed health care provider who practices in the field of sports medicine. Athletic training has been recognized by the American Medical Association (AMA) as an allied health care profession since 1990.
Sports medicine is a branch of medicine that deals with physical fitness and the treatment and prevention of injuries related to sports and exercise. Although most sports teams have employed team physicians for many years, it is only since the late 20th century that sports medicine emerged as a distinct field of health care.
Cognitive therapy also has applications related to behavior modification with reference to sports and exercise. Cognitive interventions has been suggested to be important in the maintenance of results [ 48 ] Becoming aware of negative thought patterns, even if not does not bring about significant change is an important preliminary step to ...
A Certified Athletic Therapist or CAT(C) is a health care professional that provides care to the active individual through assessment, prevention, emergency care, and rehabilitation of sports related injuries. Along with other members of the health care system the Athletic Therapist can help provide an optimal environment for healing to occur ...
Sue Falsone / s uː f æ l ˈ s oʊ n. i / [1] is an American athletic trainer.She was the Head Athletic Trainer for the Los Angeles Dodgers in Major League Baseball from 2012 to 2013, and was the first female head athletic trainer in the major American professional sports leagues.
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The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) is a professional non-profit organization for college and university athletic directors in the United States. NACDA boasts a membership of more than 6,100 individuals and more than 1,600 institutions throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico .