National Athletic Training Month

March is National Athletic Training Month, the month that supports athletic trainers. This year's theme was "Health Care for Life and Sport." Augsburg College student-athletes celebrated by doing nice things for the athletic training staff that keeps them healthy and happy in life and sport.

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What is Athletic Training?

Athletic training is practiced by certified athletic trainers in collaboration with physicians and other medical practitioners to optimize activity and participation of their patients.  Athletic training encompasses the prevention, diagnosis, and emergency care of medical conditions as well as performance enhancement and rehabilitation of acute and chronic injuries.

Athletic Training Organizations:

For more information on the profession of athletic training check out these websites.

NATA: http://www.nata.org/

MATA: http://www.mnata.com/

CATS: http://www.collegeathletictrainer.org/

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