Career Details :: Athletic Trainers
Description
Evaluate, advise, and treat athletes to assist recovery from injury, avoid injury, or maintain peak physical fitness.
Experience
Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.
Education
A bachelor's degree is the minimum formal education required for these occupations. However, many also require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
Training
Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.
Tasks
- Evaluates physical condition of athletes and advises or prescribes routine and corrective exercises to strengthen muscles.
- Administers emergency first aid, treats minor chronic disabilities, or refers injured person to physician.
- Recommends special diets to improve health, increase stamina, and reduce weight of athletes.
- Wraps ankles, fingers, wrists or other body parts with synthetic skin, gauze, or adhesive tape to support muscles and ligaments.
- Massages body parts to relieve soreness, strains, and bruises.
Related Careers
- Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
- Orthotists and Prosthetists
- Physical Therapists
- Recreational Therapists
- Respiratory Therapists
- Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers
Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Assisting and Caring for Others
- Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
- Performing General Physical Activities
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
- Establishing & Maintaining Relationships
Important Skills
Frequent Work Context
- Job-Required Social Interaction
- Provide a Service to Others
- Responsible for Others' Health & Safety
- Objective or Subjective Information
- Consequence of Error
Related Majors
| Major | Add to XapPack |
|---|---|
| Athletic Trainer |  [ add ] |
| Athletic Training | [ add ] |
| Athletic Training Education | [ add ] |
| Athletic Training/Exercise Science | [ add ] |
| Athletic Training/Sports Medicine | [ add ] |
| Community Health Education | [ add ] |
| Exercise Science/Athletic Training | [ add ] |
| Exercise/Sport Science | [ add ] |
| Exercise/Sports Science | [ add ] |
| Exercise/Sports Studies | [ add ] |
| Fitness Promotion | [ add ] |
| Fitness/Cardiac Rehabilitation/Exercise Science | [ add ] |
| Health Education | [ add ] |
| Health Fitness | [ add ] |
| Health Promotion | [ add ] |
| Health Promotion/Disease Prevention Studies | [ add ] |
| Health Studies | [ add ] |
| Health/Exercise Science | [ add ] |
| Health/Fitness | [ add ] |
| Health/Fitness Studies | [ add ] |
| Health/Human Performance/Recreation | [ add ] |
| Health/Movement Science | [ add ] |
| Health/Physical Education | [ add ] |
| Health/Safety Studies | [ add ] |
| Health/Society | [ add ] |
| Health/Wellness | [ add ] |
| Physical Education/Athletic Training | [ add ] |
| Physical Education/Recreation | [ add ] |
| Physical Education/Sport | [ add ] |
| Physical Fitness Leadership | [ add ] |
| Pre-Health | [ add ] |
| Pre-Health Studies | [ add ] |
| Sport Sciences | [ add ] |
| Sport Studies | [ add ] |
| Sports Biology | [ add ] |
| Sports Medicine | [ add ] |
| Sports Medicine/Athletic Training | [ add ] |
| Sports Science | [ add ] |
| Sports Sciences | [ add ] |
| Wellness/Sports Medicine | [ add ] |
Institutions Offering Related Majors
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