Athletic Trainer

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Duties and Responsibilities:

      Athletic trainer work with athletic  teams, athletes, coaches, and sports medicine physicians. They help develop training programs to prevent injuries as well as rehabilitation programs for the injured. They treat injured athletes under the direction of team or sports medicine physicians. Before athletic events they will bandage, wrap, and affix braces to prevent Injuries. They work on the muscles of athletes before and after and event. In addition, they may set up nutritional diets and meals for athletes in training. Athletic trainers will also advise on protective gear and on training equipment.

    Athletic  trainers work for sports teams, schools, colleges, clinics, health, clubs corporations, and hospitals.

Average salary: $25,00 - $35,00

Education Requirements:

Students should take challenging science, math, and English courses in high school.

To be a certified athletic trainer, students must compete an education program that includes 1,500 hours of  supervised clinical experience. Most programs result in a bachelor’s degree from a college with an emphasis in physical education.

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