Introduction
Two sports medicine team members were interviewed. They were interviewed to find similarities and differences between their roles within sports medicine, particularly from real life situations of athletic and fitness injury management.
Interviewee #1
1. What is your job title?
Her job title is physical therapist.
2. What is your job setting?
She works in an outpatient clinic at Nova Southeastern University with people ages 14-55 and also in hospital dealing with acute care physical therapy mostly in geriatrics.
3. What is your educational background including any certifications?
She has a bachelor’s degree in health science, a master’s degree in physical therapy, and she will receive her doctorate in physical therapy in July of 2016. She is board certified in orthopedics and is a certified orthopedic …show more content…
What are your primary responsibilities?
His primary responsibilities are to perform the day to day health care of the swimming and diving team.
6. What role do you have with:
a. Injury prevention?
He is the injury prevention coordinator, and he develops programs for all sports to use in practice or strength and conditioning workouts.
b. Acute injury management?
He is the first responder to injuries of athletes.
c. Rehabilitation of injuries?
He is the rehabilitation coordinator, he makes plans for all injuries, and he is the consultant for the other athletic trainers’ questions about rehabilitation.
d. Adapting programs for people with disabilities or diseases/conditions?
He can organize special accommodations for classes for athletes if necessary.
e. Equipment fitting?
He fits braces and sleeves, and he makes sure that they are comfortable and providing the necessary support.
f. Training and conditioning?
He works daily with the athletes’ strength and conditioning and modifies the program if necessary.
g. Psychological and mental aspects of performance?
He can refer athletes to a sports psychologist and mentor and educate athletes about
Two sports medicine team members were interviewed. They were interviewed to find similarities and differences between their roles within sports medicine, particularly from real life situations of athletic and fitness injury management.
Interviewee #1
1. What is your job title?
Her job title is physical therapist.
2. What is your job setting?
She works in an outpatient clinic at Nova Southeastern University with people ages 14-55 and also in hospital dealing with acute care physical therapy mostly in geriatrics.
3. What is your educational background including any certifications?
She has a bachelor’s degree in health science, a master’s degree in physical therapy, and she will receive her doctorate in physical therapy in July of 2016. She is board certified in orthopedics and is a certified orthopedic …show more content…
What are your primary responsibilities?
His primary responsibilities are to perform the day to day health care of the swimming and diving team.
6. What role do you have with:
a. Injury prevention?
He is the injury prevention coordinator, and he develops programs for all sports to use in practice or strength and conditioning workouts.
b. Acute injury management?
He is the first responder to injuries of athletes.
c. Rehabilitation of injuries?
He is the rehabilitation coordinator, he makes plans for all injuries, and he is the consultant for the other athletic trainers’ questions about rehabilitation.
d. Adapting programs for people with disabilities or diseases/conditions?
He can organize special accommodations for classes for athletes if necessary.
e. Equipment fitting?
He fits braces and sleeves, and he makes sure that they are comfortable and providing the necessary support.
f. Training and conditioning?
He works daily with the athletes’ strength and conditioning and modifies the program if necessary.
g. Psychological and mental aspects of performance?
He can refer athletes to a sports psychologist and mentor and educate athletes about