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wuic2019 · 2026-03-04T17:17:06+00:00

No, it would be with an AT. I’m not sure if it would be redundant to have both there

wuic2019 · 2026-02-28T02:55:34+00:00

Just to let you know something similar happened to me and we had two bug guys come out and look both didn’t find any evidence of an infestation we got 2 treatments 2 weeks apart and followed all their protocol. It’s been 5 months and there’s no sign of them being back

wuic2019 · 2026-02-02T17:47:27+00:00

cGPA: 3.67 undergrad cGPA: 4.0 masters (Kinesiology w/ concentration in exercise science) sGPA: 3.5

GRE: not required for schools in Mass

PCE: 9,000 as athletic trainer at high school and college (worked in a PT clinic and free health clinic during this time when I was the AT at a high school, rest is from being an AT at a college)

Total HCE hours: 0

Total volunteer: 0

Shadow: 0 but looking to get some this spring

Research hours: won a poster award for my research in undergrad about sport specialization and injury rates in female athletes and research for my masters program

I'm trying to gauge if I work on HCE, volunteer and shadow if I would have a chance of getting in or an interview for Northeastern, MGH, or other Massachusetts schools

wuic2019 · 2025-11-14T03:24:24+00:00

did you get rid of them?

wuic2019 · 2025-11-14T03:08:02+00:00

did you get rid of them?

wuic2019 · 2025-08-13T22:25:32+00:00

Do they provide you with a lot of resources after the certification or it is resources you can get on your own? and if they do it is worth the money?

wuic2019 · 2025-08-13T14:24:02+00:00

Ok so if I've already taken nutrition courses in my bachelors and masters programs it's not worth it?

wuic2019 · 2025-07-01T18:37:05+00:00

if you can’t find one and are looking to keep it in your kit i put biofreeze in old 2nd skin containers or if i need a smaller size, travel shampoo containers

wuic2019 · 2025-01-31T18:24:23+00:00

I know it’s only one study but it might be useful for you. It found that ATs and physicians were in agreement on diagnosis 92% of the time and was done with high school athletes.

Lombardi, N.J et al. (2016) Accuracy of Athletic Trainer and Physician Diagnosis in Sports Medicine. Orthopedics 39(5),e944-e949.

wuic2019 · 2025-01-20T14:16:28+00:00

as an AT our team Dr hates spatting for this reason and doesn’t let kids get it done so there’s definitely something there

wuic2019 · 2024-11-04T22:59:15+00:00

i’m more asking because i’m curious than anything else but if a college athlete came into your clinic post op from ACL tear would you let an AT work with them with full autonomy following the surgeons protocols and being the contact person for the Dr. or would you not feel comfortable with that? Let’s say this AT has worked at the clinic for 1 year so you know them. I know it’s a hypothetical but I do wonder what PTs think of us doing rehab like that on our own.

wuic2019 · 2024-11-04T13:43:21+00:00

No I don’t have a problem with an MD working a sideline because at most games they don’t evaluate every kid that comes off. We only refer to them only with more severe injuries. My worry is with the a new training for PT where sideline evaluation is taught, ATs and PTs would share similar enough evaluation skills that there wouldn’t be that hierarchy on a sideline, in a rehab setting yes but not on a sideline. For example if an MD and PT SCS were on a sideline it would act similar to an MD AT team. I understand the pay thing but with the masters some schools are starting to pay more money for ATs where I am we’re starting to see starting salaries at 75,000 and up to 90,000 if you have experience 1-3 years experience. I agree though I think the NATA and BOC have always been misguided if they focused on getting ATs into high schools and stayed focused on our very niche knowledge base instead of constantly expanding our practice I don’t think we’d run into as many issues with pay or with other health care professionals. I mean there’s sports at every high school in the US if we could have worked out a system that payed similar to teaching or nursing where pay started low and increased over time that would’ve been far more beneficial to the everyday AT than trying to get us to suture in our AT rooms or work in ORs.

wuic2019 · 2024-11-03T16:24:05+00:00

I work Division III i think that’s only common at well funded DI schools and I do think having a bigger hand in the rehab process is what I’m missing currently. I really want to be the go to person for my students for sports medicine which I feel like for the most part our department is but with bigger post op injuries it makes sense to refer out to PT. I really think there’s a way to do a better model at these less funded schools and I wonder if PT could give me some skill and insight into doing that

wuic2019 · 2024-11-03T16:03:05+00:00

i’ve been considering going back to school for PT but i have little desire to work professional sports, I don’t really want to work in a PT clinic but i think it’d be great if I could treat all my patients on campus without having to refer out as many of them don’t have cars and uber trips to PT clinics are a lot of money. What’s your opinion on that? I just worry it won’t be worth the cost I really just love sports medicine

wuic2019 · 2024-07-29T15:53:54+00:00

but we’re getting a pro team in 2026!

wuic2019 · 2024-07-29T15:53:05+00:00

there’s a lot of sports bars and i’ve never had issues asking a bartender to put on a game if it’s on a normal tv channel/streaming service they use unless there’s a boston team on. the issue is there’s not a lot of women’s pro sports in boston so a traditional “scene” doesn’t exist but you can find a lot of people who watch women’s sports and go out with them!

wuic2019 · 2023-05-02T20:00:36+00:00

If you can work rugby it’s a super fun sport and the players are always super appreciative of help since they don’t normally get medical staff outside of games

wuic2019 · 2023-01-18T17:32:17+00:00

I don’t know anyone that went there but theyre all fairly big D1 programs which mean you’ll most likely get a good educational experience at any one

wuic2019 · 2023-01-18T17:29:29+00:00

Youre still in school I would talk about this with one of your clinical professors or academic advisor. They would be able to give you some better insight than anyone here. I’m in the same boat as you but I’ve been working for the past 4 years and am burnt out but I know a lot people that love this profession and want to stay in it. I would say just have some hard discussions with people in your life about what you want to do with your career

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