The Saint Louis University Athletic Training Program in the Doisy College of Health Sciences is a graduate professional program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education.
December 31, 2012
December 26, 2012
SLU AT Clinical Site Spotlight - Lafayette High School
Lafayette High School - Home of the Lancers!
By: Heather Koch (SLU MAT Class of 2014)
Lafayette High School was the location of my very first clinical
rotation. Lafayette is a large high school in the Rockwood School district with
a wide array of athletic teams. While I was there, I was able to watch the 2nd
time state champion volleyball team play. I was on the sidelines of the Final
Four playoff game for the football team. I was also present for the annual
powder-puff game where the junior and senior girls go head to head in a
football game. These were only a few of the unique experiences I had at
Lafayette.
SLU AT student Heather Koch and Heather Carroll ATC cover a softball game at Lafayette HS. |
While at Lafayette High School my preceptor was their athletic trainer,
Heather Carroll ATC, who is contracted
through PRORehab to work at the high school. Working closely with Heather
helped me to grow so much as a student and even more as a future professional.
She provided me with opportunities to apply the knowledge I learned in the
classroom to a real life situation. This privilege allowed me to learn more
than I ever could have in a classroom setting. My skill set at the start of my
clinical rotation is drastically different today as I begin at my new clinical
site for the second semester. In August, when I began I was only proficient (if
that is what you want to call it) at taping ankles. Now, I can confidently say
I am able to evaluate a variety of injuries, tape various extremities, provide
wound care, and assist in rehab and stretching. In addition to acquiring skills
throughout my clinical experience, I also learned a great deal about the
profession of Athletic Training and the various aspects of it.
The students were another strong aspect of the experience at my
clinical site. My name is also Heather so it was fun for both Heather Carroll
and I to notice the student’s (and coaches) reactions when I introduced myself,
but at least no one forgot my name. We also had a white board outside of the
training room that we began using for a joke of the day. This was just a fun
addition to the day for all of us. My experience at Lafayette was one of a kind
and I could not be more thankful for the opportunity I had to get to work under
such a wonderful athletic trainer, great coaches and athletes, as well as
several others I encountered on a weekly basis (athletic director, team doctor,
etc.) I am sad to leave, but also so excited to see what is to come. My first
clinical site truly prepared me for whatever is next.
This is one of a series of posts by the Saint Louis University Athletic Training students featuring their clinical site and their preceptors. The number, quality and diversity of clinical instruction are major assets for the SLU AT Program.
December 25, 2012
SLU AT Clinical Site Spotlight - Lutheran High School South
Lutheran High School South – Home of the Lancers!
By: Nick Gastorf (SLU MAT Class of 2014) and Mary
Finkenkeller (SLU MAT Class of 2013)
SLU AT student Nick Gastorf (MAT Class of 2014) taping an athlete's foot at Lutheran South. |
South has extensive facilities, which keeps us busy with
multiple games and practices happening all at once. This fall, the football, boys’ soccer, and
volleyball teams all made it to playoffs.
The soccer team even made it all the way to state! It was great to work with such great talent
at the high school level.
We have really enjoyed the experiences that we have had at
South. It has been very different from
the Division 1 college experiences that we have had prior to this semester. We have seen how to give the best care for an
athlete on a much smaller budget. We
have also had the opportunity to see what it is like to work with all sports at
a school at the same time, rather than focusing on just one. We are thankful for this great experience,
and grateful for the warm welcome that every day at South brings.
This is one of a series of posts by the Saint Louis University Athletic Training students featuring their clinical site and their preceptors. The number, quality and diversity of clinical instruction are major assets for the SLU AT Program.
December 19, 2012
SLU AT Student Group Makes Donations to St. Louis Area Children's Hospitals
'Tis the Season for Sharing!
By: Katie Schneebeck (SLU MAT Class of 2013)
Our Christmas philanthropies for the Saint Louis University Athletic Training Society (SLATS), our student association, this year were a huge success!
We donated over 20 books to "Reach Out and Read" at Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center and over 200 items and toys to the Children's Hospital of St. Louis for kids and their parents. Christmas will certainly be filled with a touch of your contributions and kindness!
Thank you so much to Jimmie Carter at Cardinal Glennon for helping us organize the book drive and Karen Rieker for getting us started with the toy drive at Children's Hospital.
Great job SLATS! We hope to continue the spirit into the Spring semester.
December 18, 2012
SLU AT Clinical Site Spotlight - John Burroughs High School
John Burroughs High School – Home of the Bombers!
By: Sarah Reifsteck
(SLU MAT Class of 2013) and Dan Herrin (SLU MAT Class of 2014)
We currently have our clinical education practicum at John
Burroughs High School in Ladue with their athletic trainer Dean Tiffany ATC.
Working with Dean, all the coaches, and their athletes has been nothing but an
enjoyable educational experience for us. From day one we were welcomed and treated
as vital members of the sports medicine team. The coaches and athletes at John
Burroughs are extremely respectable, and we feel privileged to have been given
the opportunity to work with them. This fall we worked with football, boys
soccer, field hockey, cross country, girls tennis and boys swimming. We even
had the opportunity to travel with the boy’s football team all the way to the
state championship game at the Edward Jones Dome! This winter we have been
working with girls and boys basketball, wrestling, and girls swimming.
The best part about working with Dean is how much we truly get
to help out. Dean is a great teacher who is very passionate about the field of
athletic training, and we are fortunate to have him as our preceptor. He lets
us do as much as our comfort levels allow, and we are very grateful for this.
Dean has been the athletic trainer at John Burroughs for 13 years, and you can
tell how much his help is appreciated by all the coaches, athletes and their
parents. They put their trust in him with their athletes, and everyone benefits
greatly from all his hard work. Dean has given us great guidance over this past
semester, and his guidance has really helped to shape us into the knowledgeable
athletic training students we are today. We only hope to be as trusted and
appreciated as Dean is in our futures as certified athletic trainers.
John Burroughs Athletic Trainer Dean Tiffany ATC (center) on the field at the Edward Jones Dome before the MSHSAA State Championship with SLU AT students Sarah Reifsteck (left) and Dan Herrin (right) |
This is one of a series of posts by the Saint Louis University Athletic Training students featuring their clinical site and their preceptors. The number, quality and diversity of clinical instruction are major assets for the SLU AT Program.
SLU AT Clinical Site Spotlight - Missouri Baptist University
Missouri
Baptist University – Home of the Spartans!
By: Hilary
Orf (SLU MAT Class of 2013)
This year, I
get the opportunity to do my clinical practicum at Missouri Baptist
University. MBU is an NAIA college that
houses 12 different sports. The Athletic
Training staff is comprised of the head athletic trainer, Meredith Dill ATC,
assistant athletic trainers Jamie Herron ATC and Mike Nolan ATC, and Graduate
assistants Amy Hampton ATC and Michelle Crocker ATC. However, due to my commitments as a collegiate
athlete at Saint Louis University, I worked primarily with Jamie with the Men’s
and Women’s Soccer teams and will be working with Men’s and Women’s Lacrosse in
the spring.
Jamie Herron ATC and SLU AT student Hilary Orf (MAT Class of 2013) on the sidelines at MBU |
This
semester has been quite the learning experience. My day started with the incessant ringing of
my alarm clock at 4:10am so that I could be at MBU by 5am to set up for
practice. Practice ran from 6-8, and
then it was straight to classes, before attending my own practice in the
afternoons. Thank goodness Jamie and I
get along as well as we do! She’s always
open to my nonstop questions. The entire
staff has been more than welcoming to me, especially since I’m the first SLU AT
student to be placed at MBU. This fall I
was the only student, but I get 5 AT students who are in their first professional
year in the spring and I’m excited to see what’s to come for my last semester
as an Athletic Training student!
This is one of a series of posts by the Saint Louis University Athletic Training students featuring their clinical site and their preceptors. The number, quality and diversity of clinical instruction are major assets for the SLU AT Program.
December 17, 2012
SLU AT Clinical Site Spotlight - Parkway South High School
By: Kelley DeGreeff (SLU MAT Class of 2014)
It seems
like yesterday I was nervously walking up to Parkway South High School not
having a clue what I was getting myself into. I was the first SLU athletic
training student to be placed at the clinical site. Was Dr. Howell crazy for
sending me? Would I be a good representative of SLU? Who is Kyle Boyce?
However, I learned quickly that I had nothing to worry about. I enjoyed an
amazing semester of learning while meeting some awesome people.
SLU AT Student Kelley DeGreeff (MAT Class of 2014) with Kyle Boyce ATC |
Like I
mentioned earlier, I was the first athletic training student at PSH, so the
coaches, staff, and athletes were not used to another person in the AT room.
However, they all quickly warmed up to me and let me be a part of their teams. Whether
we were giving concussion evaluations to the football players or helping a
softball girl with a laceration, the student athletes always trusted and
allowed me to help them out. Having
about 2,000 students enrolled at PSH, there was always an opportunity for me to
learn. The coaches were also so great in letting me a part of their practices
and games, allowing me to see what sideline and on field evaluations entailed.
Kelley "using the force" to practice taping blindfolded. |
The third
thing I loved about the clinical experience was putting what I learned in the
classroom to use. Every day I brought my books and was able to apply special
tests, modalities, or muscle assessments into evaluations. This not only helped
me remember the tests for class, but also gave me a chance to be watched when
doing them. Kyle was able to correct and give suggestions as I was learning
instead of just practicing blindly.
Parkway
South was such a great place to experience my first taste of athletic training.
I cannot believe how attached I became to the Patriots. When the football team
lost their first game, I could not believe how upset I was. (Thankfully this
happened the same night the Cardinals beat the Braves in the Wild Card game, so
I was not upset for long.) The point is that I am so happy to have had such a
wonderful experience with some amazing people. Being a part of such a great
community really helped me explore and learn so I could become a more confident
athletic training student.
Kyle & Kelley poised and ready at a basketball game. |
This is one of a series of posts by the Saint Louis University Athletic Training students featuring their clinical site and their preceptors. The number, quality and diversity of clinical instruction are major assets for the SLU AT Program.
December 16, 2012
SLU AT Clinical Site Spotlight - Mehlville High School
Mehlville
High School – Home of the Panthers!
By
Dre Auclair (SLU MAT Class of 2014)
At the start of this semester, I had no idea what my
clinical experience at Mehlville High School was going to be like. Would I be
thrown into the fire and feel dumb not knowing anything? Would a sit around and
watch and tape the occasional ankle and be a water girl for the most part?
Luckily for me neither of those happened. Well maybe the first while blanking
doing an evaluation. This semester was
the best experience that I could have ever asked for. It started off at a great pace with a ton of
practice and lots of learning from my preceptor Casey Zielinski ATC and ended
with Casey essentially empowering me to make decisions in the athletic training
room and seeing what I would and could do.
Dre Auclair (SLU MAT Class of 2014) works with a Mehlville student-athlete doing shoulder strengthening exercises. |
My fellow SLU AT student Mary Rhatigan (MAT Class of 2014) and I went from taping ankles, to taping Achilles tendons to
splinting displaced fractures, helping prevent an athlete from going into
shock, helping with rehab protocols, writing soap notes and ultimately creating
my own rehab programs for athletes and enhancing them as the athlete’s
progression advanced. Never in a million years would I have thought that within
a couple months of entering the professional phase of the SLU AT Program, being
an official Athletic Training Student, would I be evaluating an injury and
deciding on the best rehab protocol for that athlete and following them through
return to play and after.
I owe so much gratitude to Casey. I think that she is the
reason that I was able to thrive in the setting, learn so much and have the
ability to set myself apart and design my own programs based on my own
research. Casey challenged me to think outside the box, encouraged me when I
was struggling and praised me when I did something really well. Having had such
an incredible preceptor who I idolize as an athletic training professional, I
fear that I may have blinders on in my future sites with my expectations of all
my preceptors being just like Casey. I know that this is not the case, but
having had such an incredible experience, moving forward will be hard but will
also be a great learning experience.
Dre performs an ice slush treatment with one of the student-athletes in the Mehlville AT Room. |
Not only am I grateful for such an incredible preceptor, but
also a fantastic athletic director, coaching staff, and group of athletes.
Gaining the respect of all of these individuals is a lesson I will take with me
through life. Having built great professional relationships with all of them, I
am confident in my future athletic training student endeavors. Being an
athletic training student at Mehlville also allowed me the opportunity to come
in as a guest speaker and teach an athletic training class how to tape ankles,
the ligaments ankle taping supports and work with the students to practice
taping on each other. The athletes at Mehlville, especially, are a great bunch
of students who are tremendously grateful for the work put in to help them get
back on the field or court.
SLU AT students Dre Auclair and Mary Rhatigan were profiled in Mehlville's school newspaper. |
At the end of it all, I would have to say that the most
gratifying moment in my clinical experience was with a freshman girls’
basketball player who I took through the evaluation process of a syndesmotic
ankle sprain, designing my own rehab program for her, taking her through the
program and making it tougher as she progressed and getting her back on the
court. During a break in one of her practices following her return to play, she
ran up to me and was very thankful for everything I had helped her with because
she no longer had any pain playing running and felt 100% better. I look forward
to many more experiences like that one.
This is one of a series of posts by the Saint Louis University Athletic Training students featuring their clinical site and their preceptors. The number, quality and diversity of clinical instruction are major assets for the SLU AT Program.
December 15, 2012
SLU AT Clinical Site Spotlight - Columbia High School
Columbia High School - Home of the Eagles!
By: Derrick Neuner (SLU MAT Class of 2013) and Angelo Bongiorno (SLU MAT Class of 2014)
Columbia
High School is a fantastic place for athletic training students to learn and
hone their skills. Located just about 15 minutes from SLU’s campus, Columbia
High School is a smaller high school compared to other SLU clinical sites. The
head athletic trainer, James Sepich, ATC, is contracted by the high school
through Monroe County Physical Therapy and Athletic Training Room.
During his
normal week, James works hours in the morning and early afternoon at the
clinic, assisting in the treatment of patients, handing
membership issues for the gym, and coordinating an athletic training staff that
is contracted as outreach to five local high schools. Then, on Mondays and
Wednesdays, we meet him at CHS for injury/general health checks following
dismissal of school. There is no true athletic training room at CHS; rather, we
work out of a large storage room and a hallway that connects the weight room
and the main gymnasium.
Derrick Neuner (SLU MAT Class of 2013), CHS Head FB Coach Scott Horner, James Sepich ATC (Columbia HS Athletic Trainer) and Angelo Bongiorno (SLU MAT Class of 2014) |
For game coverage, we cover all home varsity matches and away varsity football
competitions. Additionally, for football, we conduct post-game injury checks
the next morning at Monroe County PT. Because the high school does not have
modalities, this gives us an opportunity to utilize additional treatment
methods to keep our athletes on the field.
Across all
sports, Columbia has a history of success. This season, football and boys’
soccer progressed to the second round of IHSA playoffs, and the volleyball team
reached super-sectionals. Historically, CHS has placed several spring sports at
the state level, including cheerleading, girls’ soccer, and baseball. There’s
no doubt that a trip to Columbia High will have you full of “Blue Pride” as an
athletic training student.
This is one of a series of posts by the Saint Louis University Athletic Training students featuring their clinical site and their preceptors. The number, quality and diversity of clinical instruction are major assets for the SLU AT Program.
December 14, 2012
SLU AT Clinical Site Spotlight - Vianney High School
St. John Vianney High School - Home of the Griffins!
By: Kelly Peck & AJ Vandervorste (SLU MAT Class of 2014)
St. John Vianney High School is a private, Catholic, college-preparatory school located off highway 44 in St. Louis, MO about 15 minutes away from the SLU med campus. Vianney prides itself in building young men spiritually, academically and personally, while also providing an athletic environment rich in success and tradition. It was clear from the beginning of our clinical experience that this was an institution operated with class and consistency. The faculty and coaching staff of Vianney gave us a very warm welcome on the first day, and almost everyone came up and introduced themselves. Athletic director Terry Cochran leads the Griffins with the intent of always improving Vianney as a whole. During our time here, Coach Cochran was able to remodel the athletic training room, which greatly improved the quality of treatment administered by us and our preceptor, Kacey Chamness, ATC. Kacey has raised our expectations and outlook on the athletic training profession, as well as become a great friend to each of us. Kacey has experienced an admirable amount of success in her career as an athletic trainer due to her approachable, confident and kind nature, which has left a lasting impression on our budding athletic training career. Kacey, Coach Cochran, and the Vianney faculty, coaching staff, and players could not have been more welcoming, and made us proud to call ourselves Griffins this fall.
SLU AT student Kelly Peck tapes a soccer player's ankle at Vianney HS. |
This is one of a series of posts by the Saint Louis University Athletic Training students featuring their clinical site and their preceptors. The number, quality and diversity of clinical instruction are major assets for the SLU AT Program.
November 30, 2012
Local High School Students Learn Hands-on About AT and PT From SLU Faculty and Students
The Saint Louis University Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training hosted students from Maplewood-Richmond Heights High School interested in Physical Therapy and Athletic Training
Dr. Anthony Breitbach, SLU AT Program Director, and AT student Heather Koch teach about electrical stimulation to students from Maplewood-Richmond Heights High School. |
The students participated in a presentation on health careers, got a tour of the building and attended Therapeutic Modalities Lab with SLU AT & PT students. They participated in an activity where they used electrical stimulation to find muscle motor points. They also got a chance to find out first hand about the fields of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training from students who are in the professional phase of those programs.
SLU PT students Taylor Streid and Elena Gray showing students how to find a muscle motor point. |
SLU AT student Heather Koch assisting students with the activity. |
Presenters included Sue Ratz (DCHS Recruitment Specialist), Mark Reinking PT, PhD, SCS, ATC (Associate Professor, Chair-Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training), Anthony Breitbach PhD, ATC (Assistant Professor, Director- Athletic Training Program), PT students Elena Gray & Taylor Streid (DPT Class of 2015) and AT students Andrea Auclair, Mary Rhatigan & Heather Koch (MAT Class of 2014).
SLU AT student Andrea Auclair helping student perform activity on Maplewood-Richmond HeightsHigh School advisor John Capuano.. |
November 22, 2012
November 19, 2012
SLU AT Clinical Site Spotlight - Saint Louis University Athletics
Saint Louis University, Home of the Billikens!
By:
Janese Evans and Lizzy Kienstra (SLU MAT Class of 2013)
Janese Evans and Lizzy Kienstra in the Chaifetz Arena hydrotherapy area. |
There is never a dull moment working at Saint Louis University Athletics with such talented athletes. SLU Athletics has 16 sports and a sports medicine team that includes: 2 orthopedic
team physicians, 2 primary care team physicians, 5 physical therapists, 4
certified athletic trainers, 2 PY2 students, and 2 strength and conditioning
coaches. Working with such a diverse sports medicine staff, we are able to
learn different perspectives on the most effective ways to treat our athletes.
Janese Evans performing a knee exam. |
Working at a Division I University, we
have gotten the opportunity to travel with different sports teams, observe
surgeries, follow up with doctor appointments and physical therapy
appointments, and have access to state of the art therapeutic modalities. SLU
is definitely a clinical rotation that enhances your skill set for those
interested in working in Division I setting. Working long hours, being
flexible, extensive traveling, and building relationships is just a small
aspect what our preceptors do on a daily basis!
Lizzy Kienstra guiding a Swim-Ex workout. |
Each preceptor at SLU brings their own
uniqueness to the sports medicine team culture. This allows PY1 and PY2
students to get varying perspectives on how to deal with musculoskeletal
injuries. One of the advantages of a clinical rotation at SLU is that the
sports medicine team already has previous knowledge about the reputation of our
AT program and the type of work ethic and skill sets the program provides for
its students. Therefore, we are able to come in and showcase our abilities and instill
a level of trust with our preceptors and assist in the treatment of their
athletes. We look forward to continue to grow as professionals as we transition
to basketball, softball, and baseball. We are also excited to serve as mentors
to the additional 4 PY1s that we also have rotations at SLU in the spring. Go Bills!!!
Congrats to the Men’s Soccer team on becoming 2012 A-10 conference champions! |
SLU AT Students "Use Their Head" at Healthfest
On Saturday,
November 17, 2012; the SLU AT Program participated in Healthfest at the St.
Louis Louis Science Center. Healthfest
features dozens of interactive displays and presentations from community medical
organizations for families on important health topics.
This year’s topic for the SLU AT Program was
concussion awareness where parents and children we informed of the importance
of paying attention to the symptoms of traumatic head injury. Information was also presented regarding the AT
profession and the AT’s role in managing concussion and injury in sports.
This was a
student-directed activity coordinated by SLATS, our student organization, and
was designed to include a wide variety of students from our program.
The students
participating were:
MAT Class of
2013: Lizzy Kienstra, Alex Sawyer, Adriana Black, Mary Finkenkeller
MAT Class of
2014: Emily Grace, Dre Auclair, Jay Maturan, Mary Rhatigan, Kelley DeGreeff
MAT Class of
2015: Andria Lampe, Kayla Kelley
MAT Class of
2016: Haylie Dehm, Nygel Williams, AJ Butler, Candie Hill
MAT Class of
2017: Collin Peterson, Kayla Glenn, Stephanie Ross
October 30, 2012
SLU AT Clinical Site Spotlight - Affton High School
Affton High School – Home of the Cougars!
By: Katie Schneebeck (SLU MAT Class of 2013) and Jay Maturan
(SLU MAT Class of 2014)
It’s official! We bleed purple and yellow! Located just 15
minutes from SLU’s medical campus, Affton High School has become a home to us. Most
students at Affton know our humble Athletic Training room as a safe haven
surrounded by nutritional facts, handouts, and a place where “Becky’s Always
Right.”
Becky Stigen is our fearless leader and preceptor, here at
Affton . She teaches us everything from
taping ankles to her greatest life lessons. Becky is dedicated to her job as a
teacher and friend. She cries at the end of almost every season. She is the mom
of all the teams and treats each player as if they are her own kid. Parents
know that their sons and daughters are taken good care of in her hands, and
we’re happy to be under her wing as her students.
Katie Schneebeck (SLU MAT Class of 2013), Becky Stigen ATC and Jay Maturan (SLU MAT Class of 2014) |
As graduate students in SLU’s Athletic Training Program, Affton
is a mecca of information and serves to teach us the bigger picture in Athletic
Training. We are included in every aspect of each sport. We see all the in’s
and out’s of an athletic program, write proposals for modalities, and provide
information for parents to take home for their sons and daughters. When people
look at our teams and see us on the end of the bench, we hope they realize that
Affton takes a lot of pride in their Athletic Training staff. We received free
T-shirts and parents bring us food before every football game.
We look forward to basketball, women’s swimming, and
wrestling this next season. GO COUGARS!
This is one of a series of posts by the Saint Louis University Athletic Training students featuring their clinical site and their preceptors. The number, quality and diversity of clinical instruction are major assets for the SLU AT Program.
October 28, 2012
SLU AT Clinical Site Spotlight - Webster Groves High School
By: Adriana Black (SLU MAT Class of 2013), Abby Breseman and Ann Debartolo (SLU MAT Class of 2014)
Being dressed up in Halloween colors every day has become the norm for us here at Webster Groves High School (WGHS). This is Adriana Black’s second year in the master’s Athletic Training Education Program (ATEP) at Saint Louis University (SLU) and she is the PY2-MAT Class of 2013. This is Ann DeBartolo and Abby Breseman’s first year in the program as PY1’s-MAT Class of 2014. We are all under the guidance, support, and supervision of WGHS’s athletic trainer, Sean Wright, ATC.
Sean Wright ATC, Clinical Preceptor and Head Athletic Trainer at Webster Groves HS. |
For all of us, this is our first high school athletic training experience. During the fall, that also means that it is our first exposure to working with football. That has been the central piece of our clinical experience. WGHS has a young team, but also a very talented team that is doing better and going farther than anyone expected during the beginning of the season. With five previously won state titles under their belt, the Webster Groves Statesmen can never be counted out.
Adriana Black (SLU MAT Class of 2013) wrapping a soccer player's leg |
In addition to football during the fall, we have also had the privilege of working with girls and boys’ cross country, girls’ field hockey, boys’ soccer, girls’ softball, and girls’ volleyball. We assist Sean with both the practices and games to all the sports in season. During the games of all sports except football, we as the WGHS medial staff are also in charge of covering any injuries to student athletes from the opposing teams.
Abby Breseman (SLU MAT Class of 2014) stretching a player at a football game. |
As soon as school lets out at 2:35 PM, we are expected in WGHS’s athletic training room ready for anything that the student athletes may present with on any given day. Under the supervision of Sean Wright, we are responsible for triage and assessing any athletes that come in with new or preexisting injuries by conducting a full musculoskeletal exam. After the student athletes sustain injuries and have been assessed by us or referred to our team physician depending on the severity of their injury, many times they have to undergo some physical therapy. Sometimes athletes choose to do their physical therapy at a clinic, but many times we rehab them back ourselves. We like to keep the athletes “in-house” as much as possible since we work with them every day regardless and have more information on their injury and how it happened. Many times we see the injury happen first-hand and can start rehab with the athletes the very next day.
Ann Debartolo (SLU MAT Class of 2014) taping a player at a football game. |
So far it is definitely safe to say that all of us are thoroughly enjoying our clinical rotation at a Webster Groves High School. We have really enjoyed working football and are not looking forward to the end of their season. We hope the team can pull off more wins with districts coming up. We are, however, looking forward to basketball season with the Statesmen, as they also have been a powerhouse in years passed. Though Adriana will be there all year, Ann and Abby will be transferred to another location come January, and neither one is ready to leave their orange and black apparel behind quite yet.
This is one of a series of posts by the Saint Louis University Athletic Training students featuring their clinical site and their preceptors. The number, quality and diversity of clinical instruction are major assets for the SLU AT Program.
October 26, 2012
SLU AT Faculty and Students Rock and Roll!
Faculty and students of the SLU Athletic Training Program participated as medical volunteers and runners in the 2nd annual TASK Rock ‘n’ Roll St. Louis
Marathon & ½ Marathon presented by the Quinn Family Charitable Fund on
Sunday, October 21, 2012.
SLU AT students Dan Herrin and Kelley DeGreeff (MAT Class of 2014) relax after finishing the Rock and Roll half-marathon. |
The
following members of the SLU AT program served as medical volunteers for the
2012 Rock & Roll Marathon:
Dr. Kitty
Newsham (faculty member)
Dr. Jason
Bennett (faculty member)
Emily Grace
(MAT Class of 2014)
Alex Sawyer
(MAT Class of 2013)
Mary
Rhatigan (MAT Class of 2014)
Katie
Herington (MAT Class of 2013)
Hayley Dehm
(MAT Class of 2016)
Andria Lampe
(MAT Class of 2015)
Sarah Hall
(MAT Class of 2013)
AJ Butler
(MAT Class of 2016)
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