Press Releases Archive

DALLAS, May 29, 2012 – The National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) will welcome James L. Thornton, MA, ATC, PES, CES, as its new president during the association’s 63rd Annual Meeting at the America’s Center in St. Louis, June 26-29, 2012. Thornton has 28 years of collegiate sports medicine experience and a clear vision for his new role as he succeeds outgoing Presid…

UPDATE (As of 8/5/15): NATA has received input from our membership and other organizations regarding the recent release of the Executive Summary from the Task Force on the Appropriate Prehospital Management of the Spine-Injured Athlete. The Task Force believes that the positions taken foster a “best practices” approach for our patients now and in the future. While we support the many locations th…

Dallas - The National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) has released a new position statement, “Management of Acute Skin Trauma.” Created by the NATA Research & Education Foundation, the statement appears in the Journal of Athletic Training, NATA’s scientific publication. Skin injuries such as lacerations, incisions, blisters, abrasions, avulsions and punctures are common during …

Dallas – The National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) will formally welcome four new board members at its 69th Clinical Symposia and AT Expo in New Orleans, June 26-29, 2018. David Gallegos, MA, ATC, Cert. MDT, succeeds NATA’s outgoing District Seven director Chris Mathewson, MSS, ATC, CSCS; Lyn Nakagawa, MS, ATC, CSCS, replaces District 8 director Carolyn Peters, MA, ATC, CSCS; Diane Sartan…

DALLAS – While Super Bowl LIV occurs during the NFL’s 100th anniversary, it also marks another historic achievement: the first time, three female athletic trainers (ATs) will provide medical care during a Super Bowl. They will join other powerhouse females instrumental to Super Bowl Sunday: offensive assistant coach for the 49ers, Katie Sowers, and international sensations Jennifer Lopez, Demi Lov…

Indianapolis, June 27, 2014 –At NATA’s 65th Clinical Symposia & AT Expo in Indianapolis today, leading health care professionals advance released an executive summary of the association’s exertional heat illnesses position statement. This is an update to the original 2002 guidelines and will be published in its entirety in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Athletic Training…

DALLAS, June 14th, 2012 – The National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) announced the release of its online Sports Safety for Youth Coaches course today. The course offers youth sports coaches a comprehensive review of the latest information on health and safety issues facing young athletes. The 14-section online course includes the most recent, expert information on the preven…

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 15, 2016 – At the seventh Youth Sports Safety Summit today, the National Athletic Trainers’ Association presented its Youth Sports Safety Ambassador Award to three recipients demonstrating significant commitment to the health and welfare of secondary school student athletes. This award recognizes an individual and/or entity that has made a significant contribution …

Dallas, February 23, 2017 – A new study reveals that a greater percentage of U.S. public secondary schools than private secondary schools offer athletic training services to meet the health care needs of their student athletes. More than 7.8 million student athletes participate in secondary school sports.1 While 37 percent of public secondary schools in the country have a full-time athletic traine…

NEW ORLEANS – Easing into the often hot and humid preseason significantly reduces high school football players’ risk of suffering from potentially deadly exertional heat illness (EHI), suggests a first-of-its-kind study being presented today at the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) 69th Clinical Symposia & AT Expo. Athletes in states that followed preseason heat acclimatization gu…