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August 12, 2025 by Beth Sitzler
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NATAPAC Keynote Highlights Impactful Leadership

In the Chuck Kimmel Memorial NATAPAC Luncheon keynote address, Mark Coberley, MS LAT, ATC, NATA Hall of Fame member and past District Five director, offered reflections on leadership, advocacy and the power of consistent, intentional action. 

Speaking to a room of emerging and established leaders, he delivered a compelling message built not on personal accolades, but on decades of observation and lived experience.

November 6, 2015 by NATA Staff

One Week Left For #BetterTogether Entries

Time is running out to qualify for a chance to win two free trips to Baltimore for the 2016 convention. There is only one week left to submit entries for our #BetterTogether contest. The winner will receive free housing, registration and airfare for NATA 2016, plus free housing, registration and airfare for their friend (who must also be an AT or AT student). All you need to do is post a photo of you and a friend using the hashtag #Bettertogether to qualify. The deadline is next Friday, Nov. 13.

November 2, 2015 by NATA Staff

Concussion: Differentiating from concern and paranoia

By Beth Sitzler
 
In recent years, there has been an upswing in concussion awareness and the dangers that surround repeat traumatic brain injuries. While this awareness has increased research, education and even legislation surrounding concussions, the pendulum may have swung too far in the opposite direction, creating paranoia.

November 2, 2015 by NATA Staff

AT Spotlight: Mike Prybicien

When Mike Prybicien’s son, Aiden, was diagnosed as diabetic at the age of 4, Prybicien relied on his background as an athletic trainer to help his family – including wife, Jennifer, and daughter, Abigail – navigate through their new circumstances.
October 30, 2015 by NATA Staff

#BetterTogether Contest Check In

Athletic trainers are better together, and convention is more fun with a friend! To help promote this theme, we launched the #BetterTogether contest two weeks ago to coincide with the new website for the 67th Clinical Symposia & AT Expo.
October 30, 2015 by NATA Staff

FIFA 11+ Effective For More Than Just Soccer

By John Doherty, ATC, PT

Concussions, fractures, strains and sprains translate to casts, splints, surgeries and/or time lost. Worse, that time may be a season or a career. 

Consequently, sports medics are always striving for better and faster diagnostic tests, medications, rehabilitation techniques and surgeries.
 

October 28, 2015 by NATA Staff

Worth Trying: Zotero

The November NATA News is focused on all of the exciting research being conducted by athletic trainers across the country. Laura Ann Zdziarski, ATC, LAT, a doctoral candidate at the University of Florida, was interviewed for an article about Zotero, an online research tool that helps streamline the citation process. The article explores the software in depth and explains how the software can help AT researchers, so we invite you to read the full story on p. 21 of the November NATA News.
October 28, 2015 by NATA Staff

AT Spotlight: Yuri Hosokawa

A childhood fascination with science and medicine and how they apply to sports has led Yuri Hosokawa, MAT, ATC, to a career in athletic training, taking her from Japan to the United States.
The director of communication and education with the Korey Stringer Institute, Hosokawa is currently working on her PhD at the University of Connecticut. She shared in the November NATA News her research interests as well as her plans for the future. Here are some additional questions from our interview with Yuri.