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INDIANAPOLIS, March 22, 2016 – At the second Collaborative Solutions for Safety in Sport press conference today, new recommendations, “Implementing Health and Safety Policy Changes at the High School Level from a Leadership Perspective,” were released to an audience of sports and health care professionals. The national event was held at NCAA headquarters and hosted by the National Athletic Trainer…

DALLAS – The National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) has announced that two current board members will take on new leadership roles. The board of directors elected Marisa Brunett, MS, ATC, LAT, as vice president, and Chris Hall, MA, ATC, LAT, was appointed by President Tory Lindley, MA, ATC, to the position of secretary/treasurer . Brunett replaces Lindley, whose presidential term began Jun…

Date: Oct. 30, 2013 Extensive Study on Concussions in Youth Sports Finds 'Culture of Resistance' for Self-Reporting Injury; Not Enough Evidence to Support Claim That Helmets Reduce Concussion Risk WASHINGTON -- Young athletes in the U.S. face a "culture of resistance" to reporting when they might have a concussion and to complying with treatment plans, which could end…

DALLAS, August 2, 2011 – Today Rep. Edolphus “Ed” Towns (N.Y.-10) introduced the Athletic Trainers’ Equal Access to Medicare Act of 2011 (ATEAM) (HR 2785) into the U.S. House of Representatives. The Act will ensure that Medicare beneficiaries have better access to quality health care provided by state licensed or certified athletic trainers. Prior to a 2004 Centers fo…

The National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) will formally welcome two new board members at its 68th Clinical Symposia and AT Expo at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, June 26-29, 2017. Tony Fitzpatrick, MA, LAT, ATC, succeeds NATA’s outgoing District Ten director Cari Wood, ATC , and Katie Walsh Flanagan, EdD, LAT, ATC, will replace District Three director Patricia Aronson, …