The Sports Medicine Broadcast

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What would cause two young MAT students to start a podcast called Polos and Khakis? Today on the SMB live from NATA 2019 Mike Hopper got a chance to ask Dan and Lizzy, co-founders of Polos and Khakis that and several other questions. Lizzy says that the podcast started selfishly.  They were preparing for an […]

Mental Health is big in the news and Athletic Training circles. A huge question is how can we effectivley monitor the mental health of our patients. Cari Wood uses a simple online survey to regularly check in with her patients/ Join us as we learn how and why she does it.

As a high schooler, you should focus on getting high-quality nutrients when possible, do not go too long without eating and not counting calories

What is COPA? Have you ever asked yourself what COPA stands for and what purpose they serve the membership of the NATA? Today on the podcast David Gallegos from District 7 and the current director of COPA or the Committee on Practice Advancement joins Alisha M Pennington live from the Dragonfly Max Podcast Lounge. Why […]

Pregnancy in Athletic Training? Some of us are the only person in our county that can legally perform our jobs. How do you manage maternity leave?

Have Challenging Parents? I am not talking about your in-laws being challenging parents. We are not even discussing the relationship you have with your own parents. Challenging parents and family members of patients can ruin your day and cause some serious headaches for Athletic Trainers. Charlotte Koenig works for Memorial Hermann in risk management and […]

Dr. Sarah Duvall Joins the Sports Medicine Broadcast to discuss Incontinence in Female Athletes from her years of experience training medical professionals in assessing and treating incontinence. What is incontinence? An intimidating word… Dr. Sarah Duvall likes to use leakage instead of incontinence to help break down barriers. Simply put it is leaking urine or […]

Do YOU Own Your Impact as an Athletic Trainer? What does “Own Your Impact” look like for leadership Tory Lindley hit the ground running when he was elected president of the NATA in June of 2018.  During the NATA symposium in June 2019, Alisha M Pennington caught up with him to talk about his vision […]

Welcome to the Sports Medicine Broadcast, I am your host; John Ciecko along with Jeremy Jackson as we finish our second series on Leadership in Athletic Training with a little bit of a change of pace. Today we are covering a children’s book “Only One You” by Linda Kranz Back in August my assistant’s young daughter Mila, handed me this book and asked me to read it to her while we're in the midst of planning our fall. I couldn’t help but notice the great leadership tips given out in this book and knew I had to have it as part of our series. We’re going to do things a little different today and actually read the whole book! As we go through each one, Jeremy and I plan on discussing them as we feel they relate to our profession and how we can adapt lessons the last 2 years and from a children's book to our everyday practice.

Social Media is full of ATs asking what does this skin issue look like to y'all? So we discuss Skin with Kathy Nguyen live at the memorial Hermann Sports Medicine Update 2019

“Today, when leadership is discussed, we usually purport to be discussing what leaders do, rather than what they say, as if this were a more clear-eyed approach. The truth is that when we look closely, we see leadership as much in what our leaders symbolize as in what they accomplish.  Whatever the case, our obsession […]

Are you a Barrier Breaker? Today on the podcast we have Sue Falsone PT, MS, SCS, ATC, CSCS, COMT, owner of Structure and Function and author of, “Bridging the Gap From Rehab to Performance.”  Click on her name to learn more about her and her business. Similar to Jackie Robinson? Sue broke the barrier of […]

Who are your heroes? John Ciecko says this is one of the hardest questions he has asked in the series. Ultimately his parents and Tom Ford were the final answers. So who are your heroes? After showing them your gratitude tweet John Ciecko Are they real people? This is a really hard question because nobody […]

Foot Injuries in Sports are Increasing 30 – 40% of injuries seen in clinics are foot and ankle related Dr. Taggart Gauvain shares some of his research and clinical knowledge with Shawn Ready, ATC LAT at the Memorial Hermann Sports Medicine Update Some of the reasons we are seeing more foot injuries in sports: Bigger […]