Where there is a need there is a business opportunity.  Alisha Pennington saw Athletic Trainers needed help getting jobs and that schools need Athletic Trainers.  Working in a state that does not protect or place a huge emphasis on Athletic Trainer is a challenge that needed to be taken on.  She has developed her company […]

Here is the scenario: 17 year old female volleyball player plays club and school alternating seasons no other sports Pain in anterior shoulder go through normal muscle eval pain on Speed’s test pain with Yergason’s Start with heat and ROM exercises Progress to body weight exercises Then to t-band exercises Pain free return to play […]

A heart stopping story you will want to listen to with my friend and Official Hydration Equipment provider of the Sports Medicine Broadcast.  Use the promo code: SMBGETFRIO when you email Robbie to order yours and receive half off custom graphics.

Dr. Amy Christen-Huhn is my family pediatrician.  Communicating with patients who lack vocabulary to articulate what hurts and when is a mandatory skill for her job.  We plan to learn tips and tricks to ask better questions and get better answers from our patients. A few of her tips are: Gain trust Start on the […]

Chris Dean, President of Alaska Athletic Trainer Association, shares experiences of working in Alaska as an Athletic Trainer. We discuss: Best and worst parts of working in Alaska; Unique sports or treatment remedies; Ways they are improving and promoting Athletic Training in Alaska; Insider tips on dealing with cold weather; Polar Bears at Football Practice […]

Soccer season often produces as many injured athletes as football season.  To gear up we are speaking with some of the best Athletic Trainers in soccer. Dawn Stuckey – Rice Owls Theron Enns – Houston Dynamo Bobby Wisenberger – Charleston Battery Topics: What are preventable injuries in soccer and how can we prevent them? Best […]

Sam Lee Heads up the Hawaii ATA and feels like he is in paradise. Here we will talk about some of the fun parts of being an Extreme AT and some of the challenges. Show Notes 191 Sportshealth.com/SMB Thanks to Alicia @ The ATvantage and Mary Jackaway for helping me locate guests for this episode

In episode 135 – Tragedy, Death, Grief, Healing we were fresh off the loss of an athlete in which we performed life-saving skills.  We desire for each school to have an action plan in place to help the Athletic Trainers and coaches deal with the loss for the next 6 months, not just the next week. […]

Greg Evans is the driving force in partner School Health with the Sports Medicine Broadcast.  He is an Athletic Trainer leading a company to provide better products to Athletic Trainers.  We wanted to give some thoughts opinions and insight into some of the products that are new and available to improve our practice as athletic […]

Ophthalmologist Dr, Pham took care of me and helped prevent me having a detached retina.  She used to work down the street from a soccer field and has seen her share of sports injuries.  check out her presentation as she shares some stories and best practices to treat and deal with Athletic eye injuries. Dr. […]