July 30, 2020 by Elizabeth Quinn

AT Views VNATA 2020 as Valuable Precedent

Editor’s note: NATA reached out to athletic trainers who participated in the 2020 NATA Virtual Clinical Symposia & AT Expo to learn about their experiences for a blog series called My VNATA Experience. If you would like to share your thoughts on VNATA 2020 as well, email marketing@nata.org.

July 30, 2020 by Beth Sitzler

EDAC, ATs Care Host More Call-In Nights

After hosting a successful call-in event in June, the NATA Ethnic Diversity Advisory Committee and ATs Care Commission will team up once again to host call-in nights for NATA members and student members to express their emotional response to recent events throughout August.

July 14, 2020 by Claire Williams

General Session Recap

Although attendees at the 2020 NATA Virtual Clinical Symposia & AT Expo were watching the General Session from behind a computer screen, NATA President Tory Lindley, MA, ATC, made it clear that this year’s convention will not be less impactful – and emphasized that this year will be the most important year in the association’s history.

July 14, 2020 by Elizabeth Quinn

Check Out Tomorrow's Live Surgery

Tune in at 3 p.m. CDT Wednesday, July 15, for “Live Surgeries - Syndesmotic Ankle Fixations: Tightrope versus Screw” presented by Steven Kane, MD, from Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center. Diagnosis, reduction and stabilization of syndesmotic injures of the ankle is an important concept to be understood by those who see and treat athletic ankle injuries.

July 13, 2020 by Elizabeth Quinn

ATSS General Session: Lessons From NASA

Feb. 1, 2003, marked a day in history that will not be forgotten. Seven astronauts aboard the space shuttle Columbia, crew STS-107, experienced difficulties just 16 minutes before the schedule touchdown at the end of their mission. All seven crew members died.