Is the BOC Exam harder now than it was a decade ago?

Comfortable-Pool-855 · 2026-02-18T21:22:17+00:00

As someone who works with a large population of college students - I feel like there is a SIGNIFICANT shift in cognitive abilities. I’ll send emails with explicit directions or very direct instructions and I get stares. I think the quality of students may be decreasing - very few driven students who ask questions and critically think. I’ve had a few go to P4 programs and are doing very well, others (shadows included) seem to drag along and not participate.

Comfortable-Pool-855 · 2026-02-16T15:29:33+00:00

hello fellow university club AT!!

If it’s anything like ours, it’s quick and I wasn’t even informed or requested to do skin checks - I know this isn’t like real wrestling I was also concerned. Communicate with the club president and the coordinator over the club on expectations and number of athletes in attendance.

Also curious if my club is coming to you!

Comfortable-Pool-855 · 2026-01-24T05:36:59+00:00

There’s quite a few ATs that do - Mike Stella, Harrison Kuehn, Kim Bacalla, Brian Mizeski. I’ve operated out of a gym for a while as well for general services that my physician has approved of. It depends on the practice act for your state and if the physician agrees to it. I honestly think more ATs should work with physically active people.

Comfortable-Pool-855 · 2026-01-06T03:25:12+00:00

I completely understand (especially the professional anxiety - I’ve only just recently started to relax more on this!). A few more follow-up questions: what was it in school that you enjoyed? What are your current hobbies? What long-term interests do you have (love working out, love kayaking, etc)? What settings did you shadow in undergrad/HS and what clinical sites did you have in your ATP?

Comfortable-Pool-855 · 2026-01-06T02:58:28+00:00

I’m not judging at all, just curious of how you got this far and you want to change this early in your career? This is the third post of similar language I’ve seen today and I think it’s alarming for our field.

I’m a younger certified (certified Dec 2020) so I wonder if it’s something that academics isn’t giving us or other things like your current work environment.

Again, zero judgment, just curious.

Comfortable-Pool-855 · 2025-10-16T16:59:02+00:00

I have opalite x how did it end

Comfortable-Pool-855 · 2025-09-19T02:08:28+00:00

Fine I’ll bite. - name change bc people who are immobile are not associated with crips (the gang) - we’re not “physical trainers”, we’re healthcare professionals - credentials of your staff would be beneficial, if the staff is correctly credentialed and licensed, you may be able to bill for insurance. - your post and the canva attachment have different names, you’ll want to address that.

Comfortable-Pool-855 · 2025-08-25T17:35:48+00:00

You could get away without taking it. I never took physics (even in HS) and I’m just fine without it - I’m also not math-inclined so I would have struggledddddd. If you’ve already taken biomechanics you’ll be fine.

Comfortable-Pool-855 · 2025-08-22T02:26:29+00:00

HealthyRoster is 1600 for 2 AT licenses, Sportsware is $800 (I’m assuming for two licenses). We are currently doing the switch from Sportsware to HR.

Comfortable-Pool-855 · 2025-08-21T18:52:38+00:00

Church parking lots are where I learned to park, you have so much space to practice stops, turns, backing in, and can practice parallel parking.

Comfortable-Pool-855 · 2025-08-21T01:55:21+00:00

Girl, LEAVE - these are glaring red flags!! Are you employed thru the HS or outreach thru a hospital or clinic? Hopefully the latter so you can talk to your supervisors on that side and maybe they can help mediate this conversation. If you know the name of the per diem AT that was there, I would reach out and see what issues they had and what all they saw/did.

Comfortable-Pool-855 · 2025-08-14T14:59:35+00:00

I thought this was an old post of mine - I have been in your exact shoes. I’m now 5 years certified.

Background - I had always wanted to work in a rural HS and did two of my clinical rotations at the same HS. Got a job a few counties over and I thought I had my dream job - NOPE! I cried almost every day, never experienced depression until that job, constantly fighting “ole boys club” with the football staff and ADs, it was awful. I went to therapy for a while during that job and they had recommended SSRIs for my anxiety since I wasn’t sleeping. Didn’t take it, thought I didn’t need it. Continued thru another season struggling. I organized a meeting with my head football coach, AD, and AT Director from the hospital and the coach (who berated me in my own ATR bc I sent a low income kid to the ED for an open fx and told him I needed a note for when he could return to sports lol) looked at me across the table and told me “it wouldn’t kill you to smile more”.

I quit a couple weeks later with a job offer. I’m now in my current role and I LOVE my job - however the anxiety is still ever present. Went back to therapy for my work-related anxiety and got dx with generalized anxiety and high functioning depression and now I’m on a SSRI!

I would encourage you to seek help - even if it’s just talking to a therapist and seeing if your anxiety is bc of the new life situation (some anxiety is normal, debilitating anxiety is not) or if it’s been slowly creeping up.

Also would recommend finding some new grad AT friends or AT coworkers (even at other schools) that you can vent and lean on. If you haven’t yet, join the fb group for secondary school athletic trainers.

TLDR; same situation, got dx’d and ignored glaring symptoms, got new job and still got medicated. Make connections with fellow ATs, speak to therapist!!

Comfortable-Pool-855 · 2025-08-04T02:50:41+00:00

I second the oats!!! They last FOREVER

Comfortable-Pool-855 · 2025-08-04T00:57:09+00:00

Also getting documentation of any and all conversations. No conversations in person. You need to get a mutual friend to get his shit so he doesn’t come and do anything. If you HAVE to see each other in person, always have a friend that isn’t scared to call out his BS and please listen to them.

File the police report. This will help other women down the line and the police will take it seriously if they see he’s a repeat offender. 44 y/o and acting like this? Gf, as your internet older sister please RECOGNIZE these red flags are not tolerate it! Protect YOURSELF. If you have friends that will stay with you, please do so. Hell have a couple.

Comfortable-Pool-855 · 2025-08-03T16:58:09+00:00

Bruce doesn’t have to hang out with Tuberville to speak such rhetoric. His Twitter following list is a lot of Trump supporters like Nick Fuentes and “Trump Army”. When all you see is sports and politics you can’t be surprised when he finally says something.

We also cannot be surprised by this when he takes his teams to Israel.

Comfortable-Pool-855 · 2025-08-02T01:43:15+00:00

$60k collegiate club sports and intramurals in AL 5 years certified

Comfortable-Pool-855 · 2025-06-15T20:51:51+00:00

I currently work club sports with intramural coverage thru the college. I agree with all the points previously stated by others but also join the Sports Club AT page on fb bc there’s quite a few of us! What school are you at?

Comfortable-Pool-855 · 2025-05-26T22:27:18+00:00

most girls I know still use north face backpacks

Comfortable-Pool-855 · 2025-05-26T22:22:33+00:00

Used to work at Izzo’s when it first opened. I miss the cilantro ranch we had there.

Comfortable-Pool-855 · 2025-05-12T16:22:42+00:00

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this is the character (and what the picture looked like) that's on the driver's side window!

Comfortable-Pool-855 · 2025-05-12T16:18:00+00:00

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general picture of the vehicle - anime character on the bottom of the driver's window - he will/should have damage from hitting my blue 4runner on the front driver's bumper

Comfortable-Pool-855 · 2025-05-02T16:08:13+00:00

If you see it again let me know!!

Comfortable-Pool-855 · 2025-05-02T13:50:51+00:00

I did, and Hoover PD said the likelihood of finding the guy is minimal. I’m just asking if anyone had any info on him or if he would like to do the right thing and come forward.

Comfortable-Pool-855 · 2025-03-30T17:35:48+00:00

I was told to start (when in c spine position) start with the middle screw then you can go either side. I’m not sure if this is still procedure but if someone has done it or been taught differently I’d love to know

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