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LAS VEGAS, Jan. 27, 2021 -- Today, The Shaquille O'Neal Foundation and longtime Shaquille O'Neal partner Icy Hot® announced the 23 U.S. high schools being awarded Get Game Ready grants, closing out the program launched in September 2020 to help high school athletic programs financially burdened by the pandemic. Between Sept. 25 and Oct. 31, 136 Title I U.S. public high schools from across the coun…

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 (March 7, 2002) - When a life-threatening situation occurs during a collegiate or high school athletic event, certified athletic trainers (ATCs) are often the first of the team medical staff to respond. However, most may not realize ATCs are often the first respondents to everyday life-threatening scenarios as well. Last week, Mike Weller, head athletic trainer at Bryan College in Dayton, T…

On Tuesday, September 27, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Congressman Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) and Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) announced that the CDC will move forward with forming an expert panel to establish national guidelines for pediatric traumatic brain injury and concussion. “This is a definitive step forward” says NATA president, Marjorie J. Albohm, MS…

DALLAS, June 3, 2016 – The National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) will formally welcome two new board members at its 67th Clinical Symposia and AT Expo at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland, June 22-25, 2016. Marisa Brunett, MS, ATC, LAT, succeeds NATA’s outgoing District Nine director MaryBeth Horodyski, EdD, ATC, FNATA , and Chris Hall, MA, ATC, LAT, will replace Dis…

The National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) will present new and timely research during its 68th Clinical Symposia & AT Expo in Houston at the George R. Brown Convention Center, 1001 Avenida De Las Americas. If you’re looking for breaking news on youth sports safety, physical activity and mobility throughout life, concussions, sudd…

DALLAS – Student athletes who attended high schools with a low availability of athletic trainers (AT) – mostly in rural and inner-city areas – are 50 percent more likely to have a sports-related concussion (SRC) that goes un-identified, un-assessed or mismanaged, according to a study published in the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Journal of Athletic Training. More than …

DALLAS, August 13, 2013 – The National Athletic Trainers’ Association released today an official statement regarding the calling of crown of the helmet violations in an effort to ensure sports safety at every level of football participation and with the start of preseason games and practices soon underway. The statement recognizes the work of the NFL, NCAA and National Federation of State High Sch…

DALLAS, June 25, 2013 – During its 64th Annual Meeting & Clinical Symposia, the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) announced it has joined forces with Wells Fargo Insurance and ImPACT®Applications, Inc. to help improve identification and management of concussions in young athletes, emphasizing the important role of athletic trainers in concussion management. Wells F…

DALLAS, TEXAS, March 18, 2015 – After months of working with members of Congress, the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) announces the introduction of the Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act, which protects athletic trainers and other sports medicine professionals who travel to other states with an athletic team to provide care for that team. Introduced as S.689 in the…