Do you know what Athletic Trainers do❓❕❓❕❓Check out this awesome video to learn more! #ATsAreHealthCare #NATM2019

🇳 is for Nutrition!🍎🍌🥦 Athletic trainers promote healthy nutritional habits and provide their patients with the information they need to improve their health✅💯 #NATM2019 #ATsAreHealthCare #ATfromAtoZ

🇴 is for Occupational Health! 👷‍♀️🔨🔧🚧🏗 In this setting, Athletic Trainers develop and manage programs designed to keep employees working at full capacity improving productivity and reducing health care and insurance costs📉 #NATM2019 #ATsAreHealthCare #ATfromAtoZ

🇵is for Public Health. Athletic Trainers support public health infrastructure by monitoring health status, educating the community, maintaining relationships with other heathcare professionals, and many more strategies. 🏥 #NATM2019 #ATsAreHealthcare #ATfromAtoZ

Q is for Quality Improvement!✅ QI ensures safe, effective, efficient, equitable and patient-centered care through structured evaluation that allows for quality improvement of systems in which clinician’s work, regardless of the setting #NATM2019 #ATsAreHealthCare #ATfromAtoZ

🇷is for Respiratory Awareness! Athletic trainers often have patients who suffer from respiratory problems 🌬️ during practice or games, and have the knowledge to intervene when necessary! 🏆⚽️🏀🏈⚾️🥎🏐🎾🥏#ATfromAtoZ #NationalAthleticTrainingMonth #NATM2019

S is for Sports Medicine Team!🏀⚾️👩🏼‍⚕️✅ Athletic Trainers are a crucial member of the sports medicine team responsible for an athletes holistic health by working with team physicians, nutritionists, strength coaches and more! #NATM2019 #ATsareHealthcare #ATsFromAtoZ

T is for Therapeutic Exercise!💪🏽✅Athletic Trainers assist their patients with preventative exercise as well as rehab exercises post-injury. They are there every step of the way prescribing necessary individualized exercise programs #NATAM2019 #ATsAreHealthCare #ATsFromAtoZ

U is for Understanding the profession! Check out this video explaining exactly what athletic trainers do on a daily basis! #NATAM2019 #ATsAreHealthCare #ATsFromAtoZ

🇻 is for VOMS! Athletic trainers use the vestibular ocular motor screen to assess concussions. Check out this video to see how VOMS is worked into our clinical practice 🧠#NATAM2019 #ATsAreHealthCare #ATsFromAtoZ shar.es/amAyYB

🇼 is for Women In Athletic Training ♀️👩‍⚕️ Did you know March is also International Women's Month! More than 50% is the profession are women who are breaking down barriers and pushing the field forward everyday. Women in Athletic Training @JamieMansellPhD #NATM2019 #ATsAreHealthCare #ATfromAtoZ

Today is YOUR. LAST. CHANCE. to help AlaskaATA reach their final #NATM2019 goal of 600 followers! We are only 40 away! If you already followed us retweet this for all of your followers! NWATA YPs Women in Athletic Training ATsAreHealthCare @MightBeAnAT @NATA_YPC

🇽is for X-rays! Athletic Trainers use their clinical reasoning and diagnostic skills to cut down on unnecessary medical imaging saving patient's time, money, and doses of ionizing radiation! #ATsAreHealthCare #NATM2019 #ATfromAtoZ

🇾is for Youth Sports. Athletic Trainers are on the front lines keeping youth athletes safe through coverage, national initiatives, and groundbreaking research into sport specialization. Learn more here. #ATsAreHealthcare #NATM2019 #ATfromAtoZ nata.org/advocacy/youth…

🇿is for 😴😴😴. Sleep is essential for recovery and injury prevention in active populations. Athletes who sleep less than 8hrs per night are at 170% greater risk of injury. Learn more about how ATs can help here! #NATM2019 #ATsAreHealthcare #ATfromAtoZ youtu.be/uBIomi_ys2g

We wanted to thank all of our followers for joining us for our #ATfromAtoZ this month! What started out as a class project quickly turned into another amazing reminder of why we love being certified athletic trainers and why it’s important to remember #ATsAreHealthCare #NATM2019

"Having a concussion and playing through it is not about toughness. That's demonstrating a lack of understanding of the severity of the injury." A must read! espn.com/nfl/story/_/id…