NATA Now

August 28, 2025 by Beth Sitzler
Events
Membership
Patient Care

Family Story Shapes Diabetes Learning Lab

Ten years ago, Mike Prybicien, LAT, ATC, CES, shared with NATA News and NATA Now readers how his background in athletic training helped his family navigate his son Aiden’s diabetes diagnosis.

During the 76th NATA Clinical Symposia & AT Expo in Orlando, a now 16-year-old Aiden joined his father to help educate other athletic trainers about caring for those with diabetes during the “Managing the Diabetic Physically Active Patient” Learning Lab June 27.

July 9, 2015 by NATA Staff

Expansion of Athletic Trainer Outreach Program Announced

By John Doherty, ATC, PT

Four weeks from today, Indiana high school athletes will be in day two of official preseason fall practices. Meanwhile in Illinois, summer vacation will only have eight days left.   Of course, a coach or coaches will be on the field or in the gymnasium with your son or daughter but will an athletic trainer (ATC)?  
July 2, 2015 by NATA Staff

AT Spotlight: Elicia Leal

Having survived an aneurysm and stroke in July 2014, McKinney North High School athletic trainer Elicia Leal, MEd, ATC, LAT, has progressed leaps and bounds during her recovery. Throughout her journey, which  included emergency surgery and extensive rehabilitation, Leal has remained positive, finding strength and support in her friends and loved ones.

Her road to recovery is detailed in the July NATA News, but we asked a few more questions to help you get better acquainted of this month’s cover star.
 
July 1, 2015 by NATA Staff

Update to Appropriate Care of the Spine Injured Athlete

By John Doherty, ATC, PT

There are roughly 33 incidents of non-fatal spinal cord injury (SCI) nationally each day. That translates to 12,000 cases per year. Most receive barely a mention in the local press. However, nearly all lead to some type of disability and many are entirely catastrophic, leaving victims with permanent paralysis.

June 22, 2015 by NATA Staff

My First Convention Q&A: Eddie Lane

With an athletic training career spanning from 1949-93, Edwin Lane, AT Ret, has had many memorable experiences in the relatively young field, including being one of the 243 founding charter members of the NATA – and one of five still living.

Graduating from high school at 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighing 112 pounds, Lane said there wasn’t a place for someone his size on the field, however, there was one with athletic training. He left Toledo, Ohio, to attend Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, as a student athletic trainer.

June 22, 2015 by NATA Staff

My First Convention Q&A: Bobby Barton

This year’s Eve Becker Doyle Leadership Award recipient, Robert “Bobby” Barton, ATC, said he became an athletic trainer through osmosis. Growing up in Texas, an athletic trainer could be found in just about every high school, so it wasn’t a surprise when he “fell into” the profession his freshman year of college at the University of Kentucky.

“I obviously really liked it, and have been in it for 47 years,” he said.

June 12, 2015 by NATA Staff

NATA Participates in White House Roundtable

On April 29, 2015, NATA President Jim Thornton, MA, ATC, CES, and NATA Hall of Famer Ron Courson, ATC, PT, NREMT-I, CSCS, traveled to Washington, D.C. after being invited to participate in a White House Roundtable. The goal of the forum was to build national resilience by providing information and tools the general public can use to save lives.
 

June 11, 2015 by NATA Staff

Global Lessons in Athletic Training Education Sessions in St. Louis

Advanced Track Session: Tuesday, June 23, 10:30am -5:00pm
The Back Pained Athlete: Assessment, Rehabilitation and Progressions to Ultimate Performance
AC, Room 221
Stuart McGill, PhD, University of Waterloo, Canada
Ed Cambridge, PhD, University of Waterloo, Canada
Moderator: Troy Hershman, MS, ATC, LAT, Ball State University
 
Feature Presentation Session:  Wednesday, June 24, 10:45am-12:45pm
What I Have Learned From Studying and Working with the Great Athletes
AC, Room 225