Athletic Training Chat

Jenn has been through some change in the past several years when it comes to her professional life. This has included changing from the traditional setting, to an industrial setting, to now owning and operating her own business. Along the way she has learned a lot about not only her skillset as an athletic trainer but as a person to pave her own way to do what she loves. In this episode we discuss...

A unique paper caught our eye with the title “Psychological Ownership in Athletic Training” and it turns out it was written in part by a former guest Dr. Justin Young (Ep. 82-Tactical Athlete Care). In this episode with Justin we discuss what the paper on psychological ownership is all about and how its definition fits into the profession of athletic training. The paper found some unique insight i...

Jailene is finishing up her first semester out of school and the start of her career and in this episode with NEW host Mercedes Himmons they talk about it. Everyone has gone through a lot this past year+ but for a new grad to help navigate through all of it, that can be a lot. Jailene talks about the start of her career and the importance of needing to have a support system to get it done and take...

Mike has done quite a bit in his career this far but has truly found his calling in the industrial setting. This has become such a calling that Mike does whatever he can to highlight the setting and how it can be a perfect fit for an athletic trainer. In this episode we discuss how the industrial setting can truly fit the skill sets that athletic trainers bring to the table. The area of prevention...

Alex started out as a strength coach and then returned back to school to become an athletic trainer. All while doing this Alex owns and operates Armored Athlete MKE. In this episode, Austin (also Alex’s employee) sits down with Alex to talk about his journey in becoming an athletic trainer and how it has worked out being in the private setting in running his own business. Alex and Austin cover the...

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 caree...

In this episode Jeanie Brooks talks about the transition from working in the collegiate setting to the secondary setting. There are a many things that have to change when with making that switch but surprisingly a lot that can remain the same. Jeanie discussed in this episode what sparked the change from collegiate setting to secondary and how that has impacted the quality of life and maintaining...

Di’kademe/: a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different. Moving to one extreme or the other can be hard to balance, especially if you try and make two seemingly opposing views/perspectives try and mix together and champion both of them. This is where dichotomy comes from and the concept that you have to find balance. There are times...

Dr. Nikki Harris is a professor with the AT Still DAT Program and spends a lot of her time in service to the athletic training profession. In this episode we discuss how the NATA Career Advancement Committee came to be and how that plays into the young professional’s world of athletic training. As a compliment to being the chair of that committee, Dr. Harris also is on the NATA AT Compensation Tas...

Peter Sand is an athletic trainer that works in the secondary setting in Iowa. Peter has a unique story on how he got back to working at the same high school that he attended. Peter has had a successful career in the secondary setting and has been able to figure out how to balance having a personal life while still maintaining a high quality of care to the patients he serves. In this episode Peter...

AND WE’RE BACK! We took a much longer break than we wanted to and now we are back at it and up and running. Lots of exciting times for the ATChat hosting crew with certification, graduation, new jobs, new settings and a NEW HOST. This short episode is to catch up on where everyone is at, where we see things going for the future and having more episodes to follow. We’re excited to get back in actio...

Dan Ruedeman is an AT that works in the Ortho Trauma department at a University of Colorado Hospital. Dan hasn’t had the most “normal” path to becoming an AT (includes taking the BOC exam 6 times) but has worked his way to this current role and doing so much to promote ATs in physician practice. In this episode we talk about all the unique aspects of physician practice that ATs can be of help with...

A NEW episode is coming next week but this is one of our first episodes and emphasizes the importance of working with colleagues with different skill sets to help benefit the patients you are treating. This is a crossover episode from our original podcast, Clinically Pressed. In this episode we talk about the importance of interprofressional collaboration and how in this case it has worked out com...

In honor of Dr. Stamm's book coming out we wanted to reshape her episode on the topic, 'The Brain on Youth Sports'.  Dr. Julie Stamm is an athletic trainer, professor at UW-Madison and soon to be published author. Dr. Stamm has done some incredible work in her career up to this point. That includes working on concussion and brain injury research at Boston University. Dr. Stamm has continued h...

After finishing Dr. Kutz's book, 'Contextual Intelligence' it was worth sharing this conversation again and also getting prepped for a follow-up conversation. So much in this book is applicable to the athletic training profession but also beyond the profession and something you can build into your everyday life. Enjoy. ---------- Dr. Matt Kutz is professor in the athletic training program but does...

Justin Young is an athletic trainer who just completed his DAT from Indiana State University. During his time there he started working with and building a Tactical Athlete Care Clinic that has evolved over the past two years (even with COVID). In this episode we discuss working with tactical athletes and what that looks like in this setting off athletic training. It comes with some unique challeng...

Mark D’Anza is an athletic trainer out in Las Vegas and was previously on the podcast for Ep. 42: Service in Athletic Training. We’ve been meaning to follow up with Mark because at that time he was just about to embark in service on the national SSAT committee. In this conversation we touch base about how things have been going on the SSAT committee and what they have been working on over the cour...

Meg Johnson has such a unique story about becoming an AT we felt the story had to be told, not only by use but check out the Sports Medicine Broadcast in a couple weeks for more from Meg. Meg is in a unique position with how she because an AT while at the same time being a student-athlete. This isn’t a common path to taking the courses and getting certified, throw a significant injury into the mix...

Brea is finishing up her second year in the DAT program at Indiana State University where she is also currently working as a GA working with a local high school. As part of the process of working through the DAT each student was required to serve as a mentor for other ATs and also reach out to a potential mentor. That is how this episode came to be. Brea and Joel go back to their time together at...

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....

Sheldon Wagner is currently and athletic trainer at UW-La Crosse. Sheldon has done a lot in his career with a huge highlight being bringing concussion testing to the Coulee Region. He improved the base knowledge and helped lead the charge for implement ImPACT Testing.  Sheldon is a wealth of knowledge and an asset that UWL values. Check out all he has to say about concussion and also on shoul...

Racism is wrong. Hate can’t be accepted. Just not being “racist” is not enough to propel change. In order to help create change, we have to listen, work to comprehend and accept the fact that those in privileged positions can never understand what diverse people go through.   ATChat hasn’t put a statement out because we needed to listen and learn from people that experience racism on pot...

This is a crossover episode from our original podcast, Clinically Pressed. In this episode we talk about the importance of interprofressional collaboration and how in this case it has worked out combining athletic training with chiropractic. We discuss how the skill sets compliment each other and how we went about getting everything started.  Check it out. www.athletictrainingchat.com www.cli...

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In this episode we were able to speak with Josh Dawsey who is primarily a secondary school AT in the southern Louisiana area.  Josh is a great advocate for finding a job that fits your lifestyle, goals, beliefs, and schedule.  Josh is very passionate about bringing his own skills to the table and finding the right team that appreciates those values and skills.  He is a family man wi...