Athletic Training Chat

Mercedes Himmons is an athletic training and was one of our guests on the “Race in Athletic Training” episode. Mercedes provides unique and fantastic insight into race in the profession and her own interactions with it. We discuss inclusivity in the profession and how it is so important in the profession. Asking questions, listening and trying to comprehend what others go through is so important....

Ed Wozniakwicz has been an athletic trainer for just about 10 years. He is also a listener to the podcast and thought that his experiences would bring a unique insight into our ATChat 5 questions. In this episode we sit down and talk with Ed on what he has learned over the past 10 years and what information he would want to pass down to young professionals if he were able to go back and have the i...

Words matter. ‘With’ vs. ‘For’ may seem simple and not have a huge impact, but we argue that it really can. In this “inbetween-isode” we discuss the meaning of both and why it can be important in working relationships. Check out the full block on our website.    www.athletictrainingchat.com   www.cliniallypressed.com    SUBSCRIBE:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc3WyCs2lm...

Athletic training is a unique health care profession that in many of the “traditional” settings allows for patient interaction at minimum on a daily basis. This provides a unique opportunity for athletic trainers to be more to their athletes than just prevention, evaluation, treatment and rehab. Bonds of trust can get built as we often learn more about person lives than other health care providers...

Chris “Hammer” Ham is the the strength and conditioning coach for Vanderbilt baseball. Chris is also an athletic trainer and has been in the role of strength and conditioning for the past three years. In this episode Austin and Chris talk about the transition to strength and conditioning and how maintaining his athletic training certification has helped in the process of training baseball players....

We made it to episode 50! In this episode Greg, Austin and Joel reflect back on what we have all learned in the first 50 episodes of ATChat. To keep with tradition we also answer the ATChat5 to see if they have changed along the way.  Also, a HUGE thank you to everyone who has listened and been a part of ATChat. We truly appreciate it and love being a part of this profession. Thank you to Mue...

Spencer Connell is at the time of this published episode officially has completed his DAT, congrats Spencer. When we recorded this episode Spencer was in process and getting close to the end and we discussed his pursuit of the DAT and what benefit the program would have not only to his clinical skills but also his advocacy for the profession. Beyond that, we discussed Spencer’s work in a couple di...

In this episode Greg talks with Dr. Lindsey Eberman and Dr. Matthew Rivera of the Indiana State University Doctorate of Athletic Training Program. Dr. Eberman is also the Editor-in-Chief/Co-founder of the CLIN AT Journal where Dr. Rivera is the Managing Editor. Greg gets deep with the discussion about the DAT program and what has been built over the recent past. If you follow ISU DAT on social med...

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 potentially dai...

Sam Atkielski was in the first MSAT class at UW-Milwaukee and straight out of the gate was employed at the largest high school in Wisconsin as their sole athletic trainer. A first job right out of school is going to make anyone nervous. In the past, graduate positions allowed for more of a working into your career, coming right out of a MSAT puts you right into the mix. Sam talks about all the thi...

Jonathan is an athletic trainer that has done a lot recently with being in a physician clinic. In this episode we have a conversation about the expansion of the physician extender role and how the skill set of athletic trainers can be a huge asset in this type of setting. We also discuss how athletic trainers skillsets can compliment everyone else on the medical team within the physicians clinic....

Craig is an ATC in the high school setting as well as a teacher. Along with his role in the clinical setting Craig does a lot of work with essential oils and their benefits to injury, the healing process, and rehabilitation. In this episode we discuss with Craig how he got int essential oils and how he has been able to put that into practice not only with his own injuries but also with the student...

Kim is an athletic training at the high school level but is also very involved in clinical research through Cincinnati Children Hospital. In this episode we talk a lot about research and how it can be beneficial to athletic trainers to get involved in research and apply it to their clinical setting. Kim has worked on some of the very highest level projects when it comes to ACL injury and has been...

Mark D’Anza is an athletic trainer who resides in Las Vegas. Mark has had a unique journey up to this point in his career and is currently not working in a “traditional” way in athletic training. Mark has been a full-time secondary school athletic trainer as well spending a lot of time working with USA Wrestling, not only in Las Vegas, but across the country. Currently Mark is working as a full-ti...

Stephanie Thompson is an athletic trainer in the high school setting. Stephanie has a unique working relationship with the athletic director she works with, in that she ran track with their daughter. Adding another wrinkle into an already complex relationship between athletic trainers and coaches, can make things interesting. In this episode we talk with Stephanie about best practices in setting u...

Mike Stella is an ATC and manual therapist who is the founder of The Movement Underground and also an instructor for RockTape. Mike has done a lot of novel things when it comes to athletic training and that includes owning and operating his own practice. This is not a common aspect of athletic training and Mike shares how he went about getting started and where he sees that area of service in athl...

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....

Jeremy Jackson is the founder and host of the Sports Medicine Broadcast and an athletic training podcasting OG. In this episode we discuss athletic training podcasting and what it has meant to the profession and helping connect everyone. There has been an increase over the past year or so and for someone that was first in the game, Jeremey has a very unique perspective on what it means for the pro...

Having a solid resume and cover letter are a must, especially in a young career when the connections haven’t fully been able to be established yet. In this episode we talk with Ashley Armbruster who has spent plenty of time looking at resumes for current students moving on to jobs and also people looking to come work in her department at Texas A&M Corpus Christi. In this episode we talk about...

Chris Matarazzo is an athletic training with Vanderbilt University and works with their baseball team. Austin was down there for a clinical rotation (which unfortunately got cut short) and got to sit down with Chris and talk everything baseball and how to work towards your dream job,. Chris talks about career progression and being patient as you work through the different phases of your career. Th...

We are in unprecedented times with COVID-19 and it has thrown so many people into uncertainty. For athletic trainers this can lead to a lot of new down time or potentially some hard times. There has been a lot of great information out there on things we can work on, not only for ourselves in our settings but also for the profession. We wanted to throw in some other ideas from both a students persp...

Evan Craft is an athletic trainer with the Super Bowl Champion, Kansas City Chiefs. Evan and Joel know each other back from their time at the University of Kansas about 10 years ago. While Evan did work some football while at KU he also spent a lot of time with track & field. That may not seem like a direct shot to the NFL but it has worked out for him and that is what we talk about. Career pr...

Matt Campbell is an athletic trainer in the Fort Wayne, IN area and has partnered with a physician to start OPS Concussion Clinic. This concussion clinic is a comprehensive evaluation to rehabilitation concussion clinic that is primarily run by Matt himself. In this episode we discuss everything that led up to the creation of the concussion clinic and what Matt went through to get it off the groun...

If you’ve been on Twitter at all you’ve probably come across Mike Hopper. Making #at4all a common thread in athletic training social media Mike has been a huge proponent of the athletic training profession and moving us forward. Mike also doesn’t pull any punches in that process. In this conversation we try and get deep into the ideas and thoughts Mike has about advocating for the profession and w...

We had the opportunity to sit down with Jennifer Rheeling who is in AT in the high school setting in Washington D.C. Along with doing her work in the high school, Jennifer has been instrumental in getting D.C. set up with established licensure laws that will athletic trainers to utilize all their skill sets. It has been and continues to be a unique experience and one that we learned a lot from. Je...