Episodes

Alex Bray is a young professional that grew up with social media and smartphones. She uses it to make an impact in her sports medicine practice. Why do you use social media for sports medicine? Started in grad school as a way to network, turned into a way to advocate for our profession & athletes, share things I struggle with as an AT to help others, and learn from other ATs in areas that I’m weaker in. What have you taken from Social Media? It can be helpful or hurtful. I’ve created some frien...

Andrea Kovalsky uses Twitter a lot as an Athletic Trainer. Why do you use social media for sports medicine? I was professionally socialized by Boomer ATs, so I’m a bit old school. But working on a relatively nontraditional DAT, I’ve learned that we have to embrace change and make it work for us before we get left behind. If social media is how future generations consume information and interact with the world, then it has to be a part of how we advocate and move the profession forward. Otherwi...

TikTok always ended up showing me stuff I did not want to see, so I deleted the app. Meanwhile, KP, AKA Kyle Parkison, is amassing quite a following and positively impacting the world using TikTok. Why do you use social media for sports medicine? Started it for fun and advocacy A lot of students and people did not know All of the things we do as Athletic Trainers. TikTok has a lot more random followers TikTok would be the only one if I had to choose. Those videos are about ten seconds to a ...

Growth Plate Injuries are hard to identify unless you know what to look for. Dr. Lindsay Crawford specializes in Pediatric Orthopedics and shares some of her wisdom with the Sports Medicine Broadcast. The location of the pain is an indicator Is it at the joint itself or on the bone adjacent? Dr. Crawford likes to have xrays before doing a lot of special tests on athletes with swelling How can they verbalize? Take your time Look all around Break it down and say words they understand Use yo...