Introduction to the Sports Medicine Team

Introduction to the Sports Medicine Team

1. Coach

2. Athletic Trainer

3. Team Physician

Primary Members of the Sports Medicine Team

The individual who specializes in the field of athletic training, which is concerned with the athlete’s health and safety and has met the requirements for certification established by the NATA.

MASTERS = 5 year program

​Certified Athletic trainer

National Athletic Trainers Association

-->An organization formed in 1950 that works to improve the quality and status of athletic training.

** Raised professional standards & established code of ethics**

--> Code of Ethics – High Standards of conduct and integrity developed by the NATA.

Multiple Choice

This member of the sports med team is responsible for safe equipment and injury prevention programs for their sport.

• Strength and conditioning coach

• Athletic trainer

• Coach

• Athletic Administrator

Multiple Choice

The athletic trainer is most directly responsible for all phases of health care in an athletic environment, EXCEPT:

• Prevention of athletic injuries

• First aid and injury management

• Implementation of prescribed rehabilitation

• Diagnosis of athletic injuries

Multiple Choice

What level of education is required in order to become a Certified Athletic Trainer?

• Masters Degree

• Bachelors Degree

• Associates Degree

Multiple Choice

Who is the final authority in determining when an athlete may return to play after a injury?

• Coach

• Athletic Trainer

• Team Physician

• Personal Trainer

Preparticipation Health Exam

Exam used to assess strength, joint range of motion, and joint stability
EX: musculoskeletal: toe touching = scoliosis, hip motion, HS tightness

Orthopedic screening

Tanner’s stages of assessment (indicates maturity of secondary sexual characteristics); skeletal; dental

Maturity assessment

Multiple Choice

The primary purpose of the pre-season health exam is:

• Identify whether an athlete is at risk before he/she participates

• Reveal conditions that would qualify an athlete to play

• Satisfy insurance and liability issues

• Determine body fat percentages for coaches

​Who else is on the Sports Medicine Team?

Multiple Choice

What type of profession deals with daily functional activities, such as using proper form when picking up boxes or getting in/out of a car?

• Chiropractor

• Occupational Therapist

• Physical Therapist

• Sports Psychologist

Multiple Choice

This profession deals with how the body works (oxygen delivery, energy) in response to activity.

• Sports Psychologist

• Orthopedic Physician

• Exercise Physiologist

• Athletic Trainer

Multiple Choice

If you were an athlete struggling with the fear of re-injuring yourself due to a previous injury, who would you go see?

• Athletic Trainer

• Sports Psychologist

• Oncologist

• Orthopedic Physician

Multiple Choice

What profession treats athletes from the time they are injured to their return to play?

• Physical Therapist

• Athletic Trainer

• Chirpractor

• Physician

Multiple Choice

This profession deals mainly with emergencies and life-threatening injuries or illnesses.

• Physical Therapist

• EMT

• Athletic Trainer

• Orthopedic Surgeon

Multiple Choice

What doctor puts people to sleep for surgeries?

• Ophthalmologist

• Anesthesiologist

• Chiropractor

• Orthopedic Physican

Multiple Choice

Where would you take an athlete if they had an injury to their tooth?

• Orthopedic Physician

• Physician

• Ophthalmologist

• Orthodontist

Multiple Choice

Who would you refer your athlete to if they had a detached retina?

• Orthodontist

• Orthopedic Surgeon

• Physical Therapist

• Ophthalmologist

Multiple Choice

You're a football player and you hurt your knee. What doctor would you go to if you think it's an ACL tear?

• Physician

• Orthopedic Physician

• Ophthalmologist

• Podiatrist

Multiple Choice

What profession deals with stinky feet?

• Neurologist

• Orthopedic Physician

• Podiatrist

• Dentist

Multiple Choice

Who is a specialist in the analysis of human motion, studies movement of the human body?

• Podiatrist

• Ophthalmologist

• Neurologist

• Biomechanist

Multiple Choice

A mid-level health care practitioner who works interdependently with physicians to provide diagnostic and therapeutic care

• Physical Therapist

• Sports Physician

• Physician Assistant

• Nurse Practitioner

Multiple Choice

A health care specialist who designs special diets with the goal of enhancing performance

• Chiropractor

• Sports Nutritionist

• Dietician

• Certified Athletic Trainer