NATA Now | NATA

August 12, 2025 by Beth Sitzler

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.

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

June 9, 2015 by NATA Staff

Students: Relationships in and Outside of the Athletic Training Clinic

By Jeremy Hawkins, PhD, ATC, ATP Director, Colorado Mesa University

June 5, 2015 by NATA Staff

Cramer Student Lounge Offers Free Food, Giveaways and More

The Cramer Student Lounge returns with more great offerings for 2015! The Cramer Student Reception is scheduled for 4 p.m. on June 24, providing students the opportunity to network, enjoy free food and get the highly sought after Cramer giveaway item a day early. Free Wi-Fi will also be available in the student lounge throughout the convention.

June 4, 2015 by NATA Staff

2015 Quiz Bowl Teams Set!

The 10 teams that will compete at the 2015 NATA Quiz Bowl in St. Louis have been determined. Scheduled for 5 p.m. on June 25 at the convention, the Quiz Bowl is now in its seventh 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. The second and third place teams will receive $500 and $250 respectively.

June 3, 2015 by NATA Staff

Athletic Training and Public Health Summit, August 27-29

The College of Public Health and Human Sciences at Oregon State University is convening a summit from August 27-29 dedicated to promoting the integration of public health approaches into the practice of athletic training. Since the beginning of the profession, injury and illness prevention has been a hallmark of the work done by athletic trainers. Much of this work has, and continues to be, appropriately focused on the individual.

May 29, 2015 by NATA Staff

Keynote Amy Purdy Uses Creativity to Succeed with Prosthetics

When we interviewed our 2015 Johnson & Johnson Keynote Speaker Amy Purdy for the June NATA News, we had an in-depth discussion with her about the various prosthetics she uses for her active lifestyle, which ranges from professional snowboarding to her successful stint on "Dancing with the Stars." She talked to us about the limitations of most prosthetics and how she teamed with her prosthetist to come up with creative solutions for her needs.

May 26, 2015 by NATA Staff

Live Tommy John Surgery Demo at Convention

Attendees at the convention in St. Louis will be able to observe a live demonstration of the Ulnar Collateral Ligament procedure, more famously known as Tommy John surgery. Listed under the title "Live Surgical Demo: Elbow" it will be one of the Feature Presentations during the week and take place Friday, June 26, from 8:15 - 10:15 a.m. The session will be held in the Ferrara Theatre at America’s Center Convention Complex.

May 26, 2015 by NATA Staff

ATs Provide TBI Education at Pentagon

On May 11 a team of athletic trainers along with United States Naval Academy team physician CAPT. Scott W. Pyne, MD gathered at the Pentagon to present on TBI in the military adolescent athlete. TBI was just one of the topics highlighted as part of a follow up tactical Parenting Conference sponsored by the Henderson Hall Marine Corps Community Services, Marine and Family Behavioral Health Program.

May 20, 2015 by NATA Staff

Official Statement from the AT Strategic Alliance about the Level of the Professional Degree

Over the past two and a half years the AT Strategic Alliance (BOC, CAATE, NATA and NATA Foundation), under the lead of NATA and CAATE, have been actively engaged in a critical examination of what the appropriate professional degree level should be to best prepare athletic trainers for an integral role in the evolving health care system.

May 19, 2015 by NATA Staff

Parents and the New Concussion Paradigm

By Chris Snoddy MA, LAT ATC

Parents are more educated, more concerned and more aware of the dangers of concussions than ever before. How we communicate with parents or guardians of our concussed athletes has entered a new paradigm. This new model of communication requires documentation and more importantly, understanding. How we ensure parents understand what has happened to their child’s brain is the ultimate goal of the athletic trainer and physician.