Athletic Training Chat

Is all attention, good attention? What can the profession do for itself? Sign up/Read on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/adaptedtoat/p/this-week-in-at-081825-promoting?r=1l2yyw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true   LINK: https://youtu.be/p7paPzhwuAw   #ThisWeekInAT #AdaptedToAT 

Jen is an athletic trainer in the secondary setting while also having numerous responsibilities in the health system she is employed by. In addition to those roles, Jen is also the committee chair of the NATA LGBTQ+ Committee. Inclusivity has been a part of Jen’s daily life for a long time as she works in one of the most diverse schools in Boston and she has had to learn to find ways to make sure...

It isn’t enough for us to state “Pay Us What You Owe Us,”we have to be able to demonstrate why we deserve it. Sign up/Read on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/adaptedtoat/p/this-week-in-at-081125-pay-us-what?r=1l2yyw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true   LINK: https://youtu.be/fT8VLYlmMeQ   #ThisWeekInAT #AdaptedToAT 

Eli Kassab is an athletic trainer that currently works in the sport setting but has done a little bit of everything, including spending some significant time in high level football. Through all of this, Eli found himself getting burned out from the constant go of the profession. This led Eli to find some new opportunities to break the cycle of burnout and see what else might be next in his career....

There are more than enough people who need help/advice, we have to be ok that we can’t be everything to everyone. Sign up/Read on Substack: https://adaptedtoat.substack.com/p/this-week-in-at-072825-abundance?r=1l2yyw   LINK: https://youtu.be/DNSi7jDBLwE   #ThisWeekInAT #AdaptedToAT 

Roland Schmidt is an athletic training that works in the secondary setting but beyond that he has taken a focus on care of the athlete that also has diabetes. Roland shares his personal story of how diabetes has impacted his life and the effects it can have on people. We also discuss many topics around diabetes with a primary focus on why it can be so difficult for athletes with diabetes to thrive...

Language matters and how we define AT positions can have an impact on the profession. Sign up/Read on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/adaptedtoat/p/this-week-in-at-71425-assistant-athletic?r=1l2yyw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true   LINK: https://youtu.be/vmXq9t8JHQA   #ThisWeekInAT #AdaptedToAT 

Dr. Becca Stearns works at the Korey Stringer Institute and heads up the TUFSS program (Team Up for Sports Safety) and does work all across the country to engage stakeholders to focus on sports safety. In this episode we talk about what the TUFSS project is and how it got started. We discuss what they do in their advocacy work and how many states they have been to so far and look forward to gettin...

Athletic Trainers in the H2F program have been reinstated and why it shows the NATA matters. Sign up/Read on Substack: https://adaptedtoat.substack.com/p/this-week-in-at-070725-h2f-athletic?r=1l2yyw   LINK: https://youtu.be/tFYzdq3hHos   #ThisWeekInAT #AdaptedToAT 

A discussion on the importance of connecting within the athletic training profession. Sign up/Read on Substack: https://adaptedtoat.substack.com/p/this-week-in-at-63025-nata-convention?r=1l2yyw   LINK: https://youtu.be/SpdHKwcrR2M   #ThisWeekInAT #AdaptedToAT 

In this next installment of our Student Series, we got to talk with Ashley Cameron who just recently finished her master’s degree in athletic training at the University of Idaho. Ashley shared her story on how she came across the athletic training profession and how she has been involved with it in some fashion for quite some time. We discussed why she was drawn to athletic training and how she st...

Ken Cieslak is a DC, AT but doesn’t necessarily use the skills in that order. In this episode, we discuss how it came to be that Ken pursued a chiropractic degree while keeping his AT credential and then ultimately staying predominately in the AT profession in the SSAT. It definitely surprised us. In this episode, we talk about how he came to be dual credentialed and what that has meant to his car...

Who gets recognized, how it works, and driving yourself forward. Sign up/Read on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/adaptedtoat/p/this-week-in-at-052625-at-awards?r=1l2yyw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true   LINK: https://youtu.be/bohcvpNLzA0   #ThisWeekInAT #AdaptedToAT 

Access Nourishment started as a school project and quickly evolved into a calling that could be something more. Dr. Shelby Gonser and Louise Shines connected on the project and while they both took slightly different angles to the impact nutrition can have, both of them benefit ATs and the patients they care for.  In this episode, we hear the story of how Access Nourishment got started.  Shelby an...

You almost always have an impact on those around you. It is your responsibility to make it a positive one. LINK: https://youtu.be/QyFFGeuTWw0   #concussion #mwcc #complicatedsimple 

Ashley is in her first year of the MSAT program and Eastern Washington University but has been around and involved in athletic training for almost 8 years leading up to actually being in the program. Ashley got involved early in the profession in high school and stayed connected with it ever since. She shares about how she discovered the profession and how the time spent around it, cemented the id...

How subtle changes and shifts can lead to achieving much larger goals. Sign up/Read on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/adaptedtoat/p/this-week-in-at-42825-adapted-to?r=1l2yyw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true   LINK: https://youtu.be/7-nEm4PdRNc   #ThisWeekInAT #AdaptedToAT 

Keep going. Starting something new can be lonely in the process but keep working and moving forward. You got this. LINK: https://youtu.be/X055bgtk4Lk #concussion #mwcc #complicatedsimple 

The elimination of ~180 AT positions within the H2F program. Lots of layers of complexity and a significant impact to the profession.  Sign up/Read on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/adaptedtoat/p/this-week-in-at-042125-h2f-athletic?r=1l2yyw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true   LINK: https://youtu.be/kOf6H-Q7EF0   #ThisWeekInAT #AdaptedToAT 

Dr. Andrew Winterstein recently retired from a career in athletics and education. Throughout his career he has seen almost all of it and experienced and participated in major changes within the athletic training profession.  In this episode, we discuss the changes in AT education and its current state and where Dr. Winterstein sees it going in the future. Beyond just the educating aspect of his ca...

Utilizing ChatGPT to help learn and pick up new skills along the way and get creative with the prompts to get all you need to know. LINK: https://youtu.be/iT99jV9SqKQ   #concussion #mwcc #complicatedsimple

More closures at smaller institutions and tighter budgets. How could it impact ATs in this setting going forward? Sign up/Read on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/adaptedtoat/p/this-week-in-at-04072025-collegiate?r=1l2yyw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true LINK: https://youtu.be/-Sy-nx_ToiA   #ThisWeekInAT #AdaptedToAT

We were fortunate enough to join the IATS VNS for 2025 to wrap up a wonderful day of education and connecting with ATs across the industrial setting.  In this discussion, IATS president Susan Taah and ATChat host, Joel Luedke, discuss their views on leadership, what it is and is not, and how they have implemented it in their own careers. Susan gets deep into how she has handled her leadership role...

With a recent story that could impact EHR security in the future, reviewing safety measures is important to keep patient data safe. Sign up/Read on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/adaptedtoat/p/this-week-in-at-033125-ehr-security?r=1l2yyw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true   LINK: https://youtu.be/kdWWSt5ficA   #ThisWeekInAT #AdaptedToAT  LINK:  Ex-Michiga...

In this week’s video, Matt discusses trying to plan short and long-term projects and completing them before going after the next one. LINK: https://youtu.be/Zmh3AsbU_Ks #concussion #mwcc #complicatedsimple