ATHLETIC TRAINER
Duties and responsibilities:
Athletic
trainers work with athletic teams, athletes, coaches, and sports medicine physicians.
They help develop training programs to prevent injuries as well as rehabilitation
programs for the injured. They treat injured athletes under the direction of
team or sports medicine physicians. Before athletic events they will bandage,
wrap, and affix braces to prevent injuries. They work on the muscles of
athletics before and after events. In addition, they may set up nutritional diets
and meals for athletes in training. Athletic training will also advise on
protecting equipment.
Athletic trainers work for sports teams,
school, colleges, clinic, health club, corporations, and hospitals.
Average Salary: $25,000-$35,000
Educational requirements:
To be a certified athletics trainer, students
must complete an educational program that includes 1,500 hours of supervised clinical
experience. Most programs result in a bachelor’s degree from a college with an
emphasis in physical education.
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