Category: Athletic Therapy
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The Threat of Healing
Healing is something we are all destined to do. Whether it’s recovering from an acute, unexpected injury, rehabbing a long term pain or unraveling trauma within ourselves or generation. Healing is talked about constantly- but what we don’t often hear about is the risks associated with healing, the challenges. When it comes to healing, especially…
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Why You Can’t Escape Your Pain
We all know the value of communication. We’re taught it on some level from the day we’re old enough to consciously communicate verbally all the way through school and in early job positions. Some of us excel at different forms of communication (verbal, written, creative expression, whatever)- and some of us struggle to effectively communicate…
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Wishful Thinking or Panic?
The policies on how we manage low back pain are changing. A new revision to international guidelines in low back pain management will be leading GPs in a new direction when it comes to the initial treatment of a very common condition. Here is the link to the article explaining the revision. To summarize, the…
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10 things I’ve learned in 3 years
About 3 years ago I started marketing my skills to a population I was familiar with. Within a few months I was running a small, client focused business. Starting with weekly fitness classes advertised to one specific group, and then a research project based on the same group. I found my first few regular clients-…
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What kind of Therapist do you want to be?
When I first started practicums (which feels like ages ago), my first supervisor told me to “work under as many different therapists as you can” to see different styles and ways of working alongside different clientele and focuses. Since then I’ve worked in numerous clinics under different ATs and even a Chiro/AT. I’ve attended extra…
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Student Therapist Thoughts: The things you don’t learn in class
Arnheim’s Principles of Athletic Training list communication, stamina, empathy, sense of humour, intellectual curiosity, and ethics as the qualities necessary for an AT. What isn’t listed? The ability to self-motivate after a 14-16hr work day. All the multi-tasking. Being an educator, first-responder, student, personal trainer, counsellor, life coach, strength coach, nutrition advisor, substitute mother, and clinician…
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Re: 2014… An open letter to myself
2014 brought so much joy and many tears. To summarize the year, frankly, it was an emotional roller coaster. I guess you could call it all part of growing up?
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The tale of a cursed AT.. School post #3 (or 4?)
Long time no post. Football took off like a rocket and had me running for the last month or so. Injuries galore!! My poor rookie team took a beating this season, and their first and last playoff game was no piece of cake. About three weeks ago in a game we used every single splint…
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What I’ve been up to lately…
It’s been a while. I’ve been busy taping teenagers together, writing midterms and reviews, tutoring, managing the political side of student life, and starting personal research projects and (wait for it) relaxing on weekends (sometimes). First things first, we’ve made it to the end of regular season football. The last three weeks brought some pretty…
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Meet your Athletic Therapist
That cool and calm silhouette bundled and layered on the side of the football field. That critical eye efficiently assessing and educating in the clinic. Those quick hands managing to tape quicker then you can say “zagopophyseal joint”. The craftsperson that can stabilize any structure, and the magician who can mobilize each one as well.…
The Katmah Experience 