Athletic Training Chat

Emerging settings in athletic training continue to evolve and in some cases they have ‘emerged’ (listen to the episode). Cody Tesch is on the front end of one of those settings, fire services. Cody is one of a handful of full-time athletic trainers that are dedicated to the service and care of a city’s fire fighter services and the steps Cody has made and where things are going are set to make an impact.

The world of concussion managment has evolved signficiantly over the past 5-10 years and SWAY Medical has been on the forefront of applying science to the management of concussion. SWAY Medical came into the concussion management world focusing on providing a convienent but evidence based way to objectively measure balance and therefore help in the evaluation and treatment of concussion.

In this episode, we talk with Kim Wyand PT, DPT, and Casey Paulk MS, LAT, ATC about everything that is SWAY Medical. They share the history of how SWAY got started and how it was built on evidence and science. They also discuss how SWAY has continued to evolve in concussion evaluation and management and that the feedback they get from athletic trainers is key to their success in creating and providing a product that benefits everyone. It was a fascinating and enlightening conversation with Kim and Casey and the work they are doing to provide ATs all the tools they need to provide the best care possible to their patients. Check it out.

In This Episode:

+Origin story of SWAY and the focus on balance

+The importance of evidence

+the future of concussion management

+What SWAY does

+Connecting with customers

Connect with SWAY

Kim

IG: @kqpossible7

FB: Kim Wyand

@: Kim Wyand

Casey

Twitter: @caseypaulkATC

IG: @casey.paulk

FB: Casey Paulk

@: Casey Paulk

SWAY

Twitter: @swaymedical

IG: @swaymedical

FB: @swaymedical

There are people that look at you like “why in the heck would you ever do that job.” I look at them like “why wouldn’t I do this job? Why would I do any other job?”

Ep LINK: https://youtu.be/W3eWniHnEVM 

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Sandy and Randy Harris started the AT Corner Podcast and if you’ve been around AT social media and the podcast world, you’ve likely come across them. If you haven’t, you need to check them out. We got the chance to connect with them which was long overdue and we talked about their origin story and how things came to be with the podcast.

On this episode, we interview Dan Fronczak, founder of Healthy Roster. Dan isn’t an athletic trainer and his route to creating an electronic medical record system focused on athletic trainers is far from a traditional story. Dan shares his history and how he ultimately came to the idea of Healthy Roster and what building that foundation looked like. Dan highlights that from the beginning they worked with athletic trainers to make sure that the features they were looking to add and implement made sense for those in the profession and that has been a constant along the way.

Dan goes further into what makes Healthy Roster unique. He discusses how everything they focus on now, and into the future, is tailored to making the athletic trainers' life as easy as possible when it comes to patient care. Dan also hints at a new announcement that if you follow them you know was the official launch of their CEU platform within Healthy Roster on 10/31/2024. It was great to hear from Dan and how he is impacting the profession while keeping the needs of ATs at the heart of it. 

In This Episode:

+Healthy Roster Origin Story

+Starting with the end user in mind

+Conveinent communication

+What makes the ATs life more seamless

+Constant communication with ATs

Connect with Dan

+[email protected]

+LinkedIn: Dan Fronczak (link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danfronczak )

+Twitter: @HealthyRoster (link: https://x.com/HealthyRoster )

+Instagram: @healthyroster (link: https://www.instagram.com/healthyroster/ )

LINK: https://www.athletictrainingchat.com/2024/10/ep-176-dan-fronczak-healthy-roster.html

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www.cliniallypressed.org 

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Being someone that is there, behind the scenes that a lot of times is considered a thankless job.

Ep LINK: https://youtu.be/ikEqEyg6AAA 

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Di’kademe/: a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different.

Jen Xu is a minimalist shoe enthusiast in addition to everything else she has going on. Jen is currently a PhD student at the University of Virginia, doing stand up comedy, taking care of a new puppy and writing on Medium. This discussion came up when Jen posted about the importance of the details and nuance that come with moving into minimalist shoes. This idea grew into the conversation we had about the importance of nuance in everything athletic training.

That I get to help someone keep doing what they love or what they have to do in order to survive. 

Ep LINK: https://youtu.be/t-2tK-dkXyo 

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Karen Fennell is the outgoing NATA COPA chair and as much as we tried to schedule this episode before then, schedules didn’t line up. In this episode, Karen dives deep into what COPA is and their charge as a committee. She discusses the inner workings of COPA and how the committee is set up. It was interesting to hear how surprisingly large the committee is. 

Karen also discusses how the committee has evolved over time and adapted to the changes in the athletic training profession. Karen also makes a great point on the importance of the wording around “emerging” and “non-foundational” settings and why she chooses to use “non-foundational”. I learned a ton in this episode and have a better understanding of COPA and the NATA. Check it out. 

In This Episode:

+What is COPA.

+Managing so many areas with a large committee

+The history of COPA, back to 1987.

+Connect with the right people

+”Non-foundational” settings

Connect with Karen

+FB: https://www.facebook.com/karen.fennell 

+LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-fennell-ms-atc-08575434/ 

+ www.natapac.org

+@: [email protected]

LINK: https://www.athletictrainingchat.com/2024/09/ep-175-karen-fennell-committee-on.html 

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