ATHLETIC TRAINER

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Duties and responsibilities: 

Athletic trainers work with athletic teams, athletic, 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 athletics events they will bandage, wrap, and affix  brace to prevent injures. They work on the muscles of athletics before and after events. In addition, they may set up nutritional diets and meals for the athletes in training. Athletic trainers will also advise on protection gear and on training equipment.

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

Average salary:$25,000-35,000

Educational requirements:

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

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

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