NATA Beat: Fall 2025 Advocacy Updates
Every day, NATA and the NATA Government Affairs Department are working on behalf of the athletic training profession. With staff members experienced in all aspects of the legislative process, the NATA Government Affairs Department is the sole department focused on advocacy for the profession. NATA’s goal is to ensure that all ATs can work to the fullest extent of their education and skill set.
Ultimate Student Guide to NATA 2019
Are you an athletic training student attending the 70th NATA Clinical Symposia & AT Expo in Las Vegas? If you’re interested in learning from experienced athletic trainers, seeing a live anatomy lesson or networking with your future colleagues, look no further than the Athletic Training Student Seminar (ATSS).
2019 World Congress X in Tokyo
By Yuri Hosokawa, PhD, ATC
Waseda University, Faculty of Sport Sciences
NATA International Committee
WFATT 2019 World Congress Planning Committee
From AT Hopeful to NATAPAC Keynote Speaker
By Kim Diggs
From a football-loving kid with dreams of being involved in the NFL to four-time Professional Football Athletic Trainers’ Society president and NATA Political Action Committee (NATAPAC) keynote speaker, Ronnie Barnes, ATC, has come a long way.
LA Rams AT Details Efforts to Support Players
In honor of Mental Health Month, NATA is conducting a mental health blog series to examine different facets of this topic and how they impact athletic trainers and their patients. In this post, the last in the series, Los Angeles Rams Vice President of Sports Medicine and Performance Reggie Scott, MS, ATC, PES, discusses the importance of creating an environment of positivity and support.
2019 Quiz Bowl Teams
The 10 teams that will compete at the 2019 NATA Quiz Bowl in Las Vegas have been determined. Scheduled for 5:15 p.m. on June 26 at the convention, the Quiz Bowl is now in its eleventh year and features teams from each district in a Jeopardy-style competition. More than bragging rights will be on the line as the winning team receives $1,000 toward the school’s athletic training program or club.
Destigmatizing Mental Illness Among Athletes
By Kim Diggs
In honor of Mental Health Month, NATA is conducting a mental health blog series throughout May to examine different facets of this topic and how they impact athletic trainers and their patients. This post focuses on an initiative created by a student athlete and her athletic trainer to destigmatize mental health care in student athletes at Sacred Heart University.
Overcoming Psychological Barriers
In honor of Mental Health Month, NATA is conducting a mental health blog series throughout May to examine different facets of this topic and how they impact athletic trainers and their patients. This post focuses on the NATA 2019 Best Practice Forum “Enhancing Rehabilitation Outcomes Following Knee Injury: Overcoming Psychological Barriers.”
NATA 2019 Keynote Announced
After the NATA Hall of Fame Class of 2019 is inducted and President Tory Lindley, MA, ATC, provides his state of the association, NATA convention-goers will get the chance to hear a one-of-a-kind keynote address from magician and former NFL long snapper Jon Dorenbos.
Assessing Mentally Strained Students
By Cari Wood, ATC
The story has become all too familiar: a young adult takes their own life and those close to them are shocked because they “didn’t know anything was wrong.”
Expanding Support for Athlete Health
By Kim Diggs
In honor of Mental Health Month, NATA is conducting a mental health blog series throughout May to examine different facets of this topic and how they impact athletic trainers and their patients. This post focuses on the impact of Sidelined USA, an organization supporting medically disqualified athletes.