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Duke Sports Medicine and Physical Therapy Rehabilitation of the Injured Athlete:
Lower Extremity

WHEN:  July 24, 2010 7:30AM – 5:15PM
WHERE:  Duke Doctor of Physical Therapy Department 2200 West Main Street Durham , NC 27708
COST:  Early Professional (Post-marked before June 25, 2010) = $150, Late Professional (Post-marked before July 16, 2010) = $200, University/College Student = $75

NATA Professional and Student Members take 50% off Registration Rates ($75/ $37.50) until June 25, 2010. Please provide NATA member number when registering for verification.

Proper return to sport requires a sound understanding of the functional rehabilitation progression for lower extremity pathologies. This course will review key concepts in the rehabilitation of the injured athlete from youth to professional level as well as the weekend warrior. In addition, return to running, jumping, cutting and sport will be discussed and the use of specific functional performance testing measures. The breakout sessions will focus on sport specific rehabilitation theories, concepts, and techniques as well as dynamic sports specific interventions and biomechanics.

After this course, participants will be able to:
-Identify and understand key concepts for functional rehabilitation.
-Effectively utilize and incorporate dynamic testing and intervention strategies/techniques to return athletes to their prior level of functional performance.
-Utilize return to sport progressions to return athletes to competition safely and effectively
-Develop an understanding of various sport specific concepts, theories, and techniques to utilize with youth, recreational and professional athletes.

Contact information below:
Randall Lazicki PT, DPT, LAT, ATC, CSCS
Doctor of Physical Therapy, Certified Athletic Trainer
Duke Sports Medicine Physical Therapy
Phone-919.681.1656 Voice Mail-919.613.6612


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July 24, 2010 Duke Symposium
40th Annual Sports Medicine Symposium
Join us as we celebrate 40 years of our commitment to improving care of patients involved in physical activity and athletics at all levels. The Annual Sports Medicine Symposium is presented by the Sports Medicine Committee of the North Carolina Medical Society. This year's Symposium is scheduled for July 23-25, 2010 at the Holiday Inn Resort at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.

The North Carolina Medical Society is recognized by the Board of Certification, Inc. to offer continuing education (CE) for Certified Athletic Trainers (ATs). This program has been approved for a maximum of 8.0 hours of Category A CE.

Please click on the hyperlink to the right to open the brochure.

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2010 NCMS Summer Symposium Brochure
Announcements

The NATA has posted two awards of interest to Secondary School ATs on the NATA webpage:

The NATA Secondary School Gatorade Service Award recognizes a certified athletic trainer at the secondary school level who has provided outstanding service to their school.  Eligible recipients must have served at least 5 years but not exceeding 15 years.  The application deadline is December 15th.  Complete criteria and application materials can be found here:
http://www.nata.org/ns/NATASSATCGatoradeServiceAward/index.htm

The Jack Cramer Scholarship awards a $2000 scholarship to a senior HS student who plans on pursuing a career as a certified athletic trainer.  Deadline is March 1st, 2010.  Details and application materials can be found here: http://www.nata.org/cramerscholarship/index.htm


2009 NCCA East/West All Star Games Sports Medicine Staff
L-R: Steve Ashby, Cara Ashby, Mark White, Tim Samsel, Jeff Guffey, Lexie Smith, Hunter Smothers & Ray Davis

Click on the following hyperlink to view the video segment "Second Impact Syndrome" from ESPN's Outside the Lines which aired on 10-19-08.
http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?categoryId=3286128&brand=null&videoId=3651929&n8pe6c=1

Hey ECU Sportsmedicine Alumni, your contact information is needed!  Click on this hyperlink: www.ecu.edu/hlth/athletictr/athletetr.cfm and then click on the "alumni update form".

Click here to find out more about MRSA and what the NATA has to say about it.


COLLEGE ATHLETIC TRAINING EDUCATORS: REWARDS GALORE FOR YOU AND YOUR STUDENTS!

Want $100 for your college’s athletic training student club? Want free convention registrations?

NATA is going all-out to encourage student members to join. If you’re an athletic training educator working in a college/university, you can participate in our exciting new campaign.

We’re making it easy for you, too – go HERE to read all about it.
http://www.nata.org/members1/documents/educator_contest.cfm

STUDENT NATA MEMBERS: NEW, FREE ONLINE RESOURCE JUST FOR YOU!

CHATS is NATA’s new online forum for students.  It’s Communications Helping Athletic Training Students, and it lets student members post messages, profiles and photos.   They can share their thoughts and ideas on any issue related to athletic training, or talk about anything else with their fellow students.

It’s free, it’s fun, it’s useful and it’s running now.  STUDENTS: If you haven’t already signed on to CHATS, CLICK HERE  
http://www.nata.org/members1/chats/

Click HERE to email an inquiry about any athletic training job opportunity (seeking employment/posting employment).  You will receive an auto-reply message referring you to various websites where such athletic training employment inquiries may be answered.  Thank you.


Volunteer Opportunities!

For questions about posting a "Call for Athletic Training Volunteers" on the NCATA website please contact our NCATA president (jscifers@email.wcu.edu) or click on the document to the right.

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Policy for Posting Requests for Athletic Training Volunteers

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Current & renewing NATA members do not need to apply; your membership is being collected through your NATA dues.

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