Press Releases Archive

DALLAS – The Senate passed the Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act of 2017, which provides legal protections for sports medicine professionals, such as athletic trainers, when traveling outside their primary state to care for student athletes. This is a positive step toward reducing barriers when caring for student athletes. In many states, no legal protection is provided for sports me…

(DALLAS, TX) – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is pleased to recognize National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) as a National Youth Sports Strategy (NYSS) Champion. The NYSS, released in September 2019, called for a national strategy to increase youth sports participation. The NYSS is the first Federal roadmap with actionable strategies to increase participation in you…

Indianapolis, September 25, 2013 –At a national press conference this morning, leading health care professionals released an inter-association task force consensus statement titled, “Recommendations for Developing a Plan to Recognize and Refer Student Athletes with Psychological Concerns at the Collegiate Level.” The event was convened by the National Athletic Trainers’ Ass…

DALLAS (February 15, 2002) - The National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) was recently awarded a 2001 Gold Circle Award for Excellence and Innovation in Association Management by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE). The NATA's winning entry, a scientific paper entitled, "Fluid Replacement for Athletes," presents guidelines on maintaining proper hydration while participating…

DALLAS, August 14, 2011 – With summer temperatures soaring, the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) has prepared a list of important tips that public safety employees, including members of law enforcement, fire and rescue and emergency medical services can follow on the job to reduce the risk of exertional heat illness that may occur from activity in the heat of summer. Offi…

INDIANAPOLIS, IND., May 22, 2007 – Since 1982 the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) have collaborated to create the largest ongoing collegiate sports injury database in the world. In a special spring issue of the Journal of Athletic Training, the quarterly scientific publication of NATA, the lead authors of “Collegiate Athletic Injur…

– As part of the At Your Own Risk public awareness campaign, the National Athletic Trainers’ Association will be advocating on behalf of its 44,000 members at the upcoming National Parent Teacher Association (PTA) 2017 Convention & Expo, June 22 to 25, in Las Vegas. NATA Public Relations Committee Chair Jamie Woodall, MPH, LAT, ATC, was selected by the PTA to serve as a panelist in a…

DALLAS, TX – Patellofemoral pain (PFP) is one of the most common but misunderstood knee problems in active individuals seen by Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine practitioners. It is also one of the most challenging conditions to manage due to its complex nature. To support athletic trainers, as well as other healthcare providers, the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) has published recom…

DALLAS, TX – New research presented at the National Athletic Trainers’ Associations’ 2021 NATA Virtual Clinical Symposia & AT Expo, which is being held virtually this year due to COVID-19, found that middle school sports have an overall higher rate of concussion than reported in high school and collegiate settings. The research also concluded that middle school athletes p…

Las Vegas, June 25, 2013 –At NATA’s 64th Annual Meeting & Clinical Symposia in Las Vegas today, leading health care professionals pre-released inter-association task force recommendations titled, “Preventing Sudden Death in Secondary School Athletics Programs: Best Practices Recommendations.” The statement is believed to be the first ever scientific/medical document tha…