Okay, I joined the BRS many months ago but today I received my board of certification exam results and I passed! Pending the proper paperwork being submitted now (which I did today) I will officially be a Certified Athletic Trainer!
I see my profession as a vital stepping point for the acceptance of minimalism and BFR. Athletic Trainers are the health care professionals that spend the most time with high school, collegiate and professional athletics. They also have a large presence with industrial, military and clinical settings.
I see a lot of athletic trainers stuck in the old "paradigm" and I feel are the ones who pound into the minds of parents and young athletes that they "need" this or that. I hope to be an advocate for BFR and minimalism in my personal, clinical and academic realms of life now! I have been able to influence fellow athletic training students of mine and I hope as I move into the professional world that I can influence or at least open up the view points of others in my profession and the many different health care professions.
(P.S. The last paragraph reminded me of how last week I took a young summer sport camp athlete to the ER and while the nurse was getting some billing information from the athlete she started spewing on an on about the PECH shoes that she was wearing and why she needed them so much...I engaged her in a short debate but I could tell it was already well over her head.)
I see my profession as a vital stepping point for the acceptance of minimalism and BFR. Athletic Trainers are the health care professionals that spend the most time with high school, collegiate and professional athletics. They also have a large presence with industrial, military and clinical settings.
I see a lot of athletic trainers stuck in the old "paradigm" and I feel are the ones who pound into the minds of parents and young athletes that they "need" this or that. I hope to be an advocate for BFR and minimalism in my personal, clinical and academic realms of life now! I have been able to influence fellow athletic training students of mine and I hope as I move into the professional world that I can influence or at least open up the view points of others in my profession and the many different health care professions.
(P.S. The last paragraph reminded me of how last week I took a young summer sport camp athlete to the ER and while the nurse was getting some billing information from the athlete she started spewing on an on about the PECH shoes that she was wearing and why she needed them so much...I engaged her in a short debate but I could tell it was already well over her head.)