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September 18, 2025 by Beth Sitzler

Get Ready for Renewal Season

October is right around the corner, and with it comes the NATA membership renewal season. This year’s campaign theme, “Beyond With NATA,” highlights how membership empowers you to achieve your goals, advance your career, build connections with peers and stay current through exclusive member resources.

January 14, 2015 by NATA Staff

Study by ATs on Outdated Patient Paperwork Published in Pediatrics Journal

In the results from a study conducted by researchers at George Mason University are finding that outdated patient forms may be hindering the ability of health care providers to monitor or discover medical conditions that can lead to cardiac arrest or sudden death in sports.
 

January 13, 2015 by NATA Staff

Has the NFL's Adapted Training Schedule Led to More Player Injuries?

Dear John: Someone at a holiday gathering made a claim about injuries in the NFL. The players’ association (NFLPA) has negotiated a training schedule that significantly limits the amount of scrimmage time preceding a game. The claim was that this change has resulted in an increase in player injuries this season. Are injuries on the increase? Does reduced contact time result in an actual increase in injuries?

January 9, 2015 by NATA Staff

Safe Sports School Award Honorees For December

The Safe Sports School Award recognizes secondary schools that take the crucial steps to keep their athletes free from injuries. The recipient list continued to grow in December with 26 additional schools honored. The schools represented seven districts and spanned the country from the Southeast to the Pacific Northwest. You can see the full list below.
December 29, 2014 by NATA Staff

Former NFL Head AT Talks Sports Medicine & Sunday Night Football on NBC Sports

After two decades as the Jacksonville Jaguars’ head athletic trainer, Mike Ryan, ATC, PT, PES, has spent the 2014 football season not behind the sidelines but in front of the camera. As a sports medicine consultant for NBC’s Sunday Night Football, Ryan discusses NFL player injuries and offers medical insight on the NBC Sports Network’s Pro Football Talk (PFT) Live.
 

December 15, 2014 by NATA Staff

The Latest from the NFL Foundation's AT Grant Initiative

On May 29, 2014, President Barack Obama announced an important new partnership between NATA, the NFL and the Professional Football Athletic Trainers’ Society (PFATS) during the White House Healthy Kids and Concussion Summit in Washington, DC.. As part of the collaboration, the NFL Foundation and NFL teams agreed to provide $1 million and NATA added agreed to contribute $125,000 to place ATs in underserved high schools in NFL markets.
 

December 15, 2014 by NATA Staff

Update on NFL Foundation's AT Grant Initiative

On May 29, 2014, President Barack Obama announced an important new partnership between NATA, the NFL and the Professional Football Athletic Trainers’ Association (PFATS) during the White House Healthy Kids and Concussion Summit in Washington, DC.. As part of the collaboration, the NFL Foundation and NFL teams agreed to provide $1 million and NATA added agreed to contribute $125,000 to place ATs in underserved high schools in NFL markets.