Extra Blog March

This video has a great visual display of the Achilles tendon rupture that was suffered by Kobe Bryant. The surgeon also makes initial diagnosis based on what he sees from the footage of the injury. Later on in the video, he explains how he would treat the injury surgically. This video was a great aid in understanding the injury itself and how to treat it.

Blog 18: Fourth Interview Preparation

1. What injury do you feel is the most nagging injury and what efforts do you take in preventing them?
2. What new aid do you feel is the most beneficial to you and the athlete?
3. What are the most crucial steps in treating an injury, why do you believe so?
4. What daily activities do you feel benefits your treatments?
5. What strategies do you take in motivating players not interested in training?
6. If it came to athletes new to training, how would you introduce them into the daily operations of therapy?
7. Do you prefer a strict treatment schedule or a flexible schedule, why?
8. What signs do you look for in athletes trying to hide injuries?
9. How do you deal with players avoiding treatment?
10. What kind of environment created when athletes do not report their injury?
11. How does the necessity of making quick decisions effect the athlete?
12. When testing for injuries, why is the proper initial diagnosis important?
13. What are the effects of an improper diagnosis?
14. How do you work to create an open environment between you and the athlete?
15. An open line of communication is crucial because?
16. Do you work to push yourself into an athletes life health wise?
17. When analyzing an injury does performing test work better than a visual assessment?
18. If there was a critical emergency what would you do first?
19. What do you have the least amount of patience for?
20. What do you do when an athlete does not meet his goal in treatment?
21. What type of introduction would you make into a new team you are working for?

Blog 17: Answer 3

What is the best way an athletic trainer can treat an injury?

An athletic trainer can best treat an injury through rehabilitation exercises 

• rehabilitation exercises strengthen muscles of certain areas where injuries have occurred
• Aids in dealing with nagging injuries and restores the injured area to pre-injury condition
• In the case of surgery, rehab allows the injury to heal in the correct manner

Prentice, William. "Arnheim's Principles of Athletic Training: A Competency-Based Approach." McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages; 13 edition. January 18, 2008. Print.

although you can not predict injuries, you can lessen the severity of an injury through prehabilitation exercises.

Extra Blog February

This video is a great example of my third answer. In the video the doctor is examining a patient and performing different test to diagnose an injury. I like this video because the examination is very detailed and is easy to follow.

Blog 16: Answer 2

1.  What is your EQ?

How can an athletic trainer best treat an injury?
2.  What is your first answer?
Knowing the anatomy of the injured area
3.  What is your second answer? 

Proper initial diagnosis of the injury 

4.  List three reasons your answer is true with a real-world application for each.

• If an injury is incorrectly diagnosed the athlete can be treated incorrectly, it can be fatal in the case of a misdiagnosed concussion
• It can result in a quicker return time for an athlete due to a correct diagnosis there is no need for extra rehab that is not necessary
• Proper initial diagnosis will allow for more accurate treatment especially in joints such as the shoulder or knee

5.  What printed source best supports your answer?This website gives credible information of diagnosing as well as treating injuries. The website goes into details about certain injury diagnosis signs which includes details about on and off field causes.

http://orthoinfo.aaos.org

6.  What other source supports your answer?
Arnheims is a great book because it teaches you methods of how to diagnose and treat certain injuries through test and proven diagnosis methods

Prentice, William. "Arnheim's Principles of Athletic Training: A Competency-Based Approach." McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages; 13 edition. January 18, 2008. Print.

7.  Tie this together with a concluding thought.
This answer is one of the main steps needed other than, the actual skill to treat an injury, to help an athlete recover in time. My answers so far have all pointed toward providing proper treatment for an athletes injury.

Blog 15: Independent Component 2 Approval

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

For my second independent component, I would like to perform extra hours at a different establishment other than the athletic training office at Southlands.
2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

I plan on mentoring at Casa Colina, and aiding/shadowing the head PT
3.  Explain how this component will help you explore your topic in more depth.

This aspect of hours will help me understand a different aspect of athletic training which is the therapy part of it. Doing this will expose me to a more set plan of treatment of injuries.

Independent Component 1

(a) I,  Tommy Trang, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 36.5 hours of work. 
(b) Source: Brittany Menchaca 909-912-2402 certified athletic trainer. Arnheim's Principals of Athletic Training.
(d) During my regular mentorship hours, I would just shadow my mentor and get different advice about certain situations. During my independent component hours I got more hands on experience and learned the basics of athletic training.

These hours apply to my project because learning the basics of athletic training is something I can do without taking all the complex classes that do not come until I get into college.

This component help me understand the fundamental aspects of a very complicated topic. Doing this also helped me gain hands on experience as well as teaching me essential skills for athletic training.