With the Holidays around the corner, let’s take time to
reflect on our personal lives and how thankful and fortunate we might be. As an
athletic trainer, we take on many responsibilities and carry out many daily
duties and tasks. Most of these tasks pertain directly to our profession such
as injury prevention, evaluation, rehabilitation, but sometimes we are more
than just an Athletic Trainer. Our student athletes spend their time away from
home with their peers, teachers, and coaches and most of the time we find them
in the athletic training room whether they are injured or not.
Sometimes
you may have the athlete that is always seeking medical attention for one
reason or another and wonder why they are always hurt. Is this because they are
really injured, are they involved in multiple sports, are they trying to get
out of practice, or is it because the athletic trainers provide an environment
in which they feel safe and cared for.
Students
often look up to their Athletic Trainers because they feel like we are their
parents away from home. They ask us for advice, they may just need someone to
talk to, and they miss us when we are gone. We need to always remember, that
the athlete that may drive you crazy, may live with a family member and seeking
financial support from a teammate’s family. We do not always know every
athlete’s home life or situation, but sometimes what they get at school is far
better than what they receive at home.
So as
the Holiday Season is taking place, remember that we are not just Athletic
Trainers. In the student’s eyes, we are so much more.
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