Success Stories

The patient is a 17-year-old high school athlete who sustained a partial avulsion injury to the distal portion of the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) while playing summer travel baseball.

The patient is a 21-year-old collegiate football player with a 3–4 year history of chronic Achilles tendon pain. He is currently playing at his third college program and has received treatment for this condition at each institution.

Future occupational and physical therapy practitioners do not become confident clinicians through textbooks alone. Clinical competence develops when evidence-based coursework is paired with hands-on learning in realistic teaching environments.

They say everything is bigger in Texas, and in the case of The Colony High School, located in its namesake town outside of Dallas, that certainly rings true. With three fully outfitted athletic training rooms and state-of-the-art facilities, The Colony High School is equipped to care for their athletes like they’re at a college.

Are you picturing them on the sidelines of a professional sports game, providing hydration or evaluating an injured player on the field? While they may be most visible to you on TV, you might be surprised to find out that only 2% of ATs work for professional sports teams. So where do the other 98% work? Athletic trainers care for athletes and patients in a wide variety of workplaces providing critical healthcare services.

Medco Sports Medicine, Cramer Sports Medicine, and the Professional Football Athletic Trainers Society select Finneytown High School for the 2021 High School Initiative donation.

Miami Norland Senior High School has been chosen as a recipient of the 2021 High School Initiative, an athletic training donation program sponsored by a partnership between Medco Sports Medicine (Medco), the leading supplier of athletic training and sports medicine products; Cramer Sports Medicine (Cramer), a leading manufacturer of sports medicine products; and the Professional Football Athletic Trainers Society (PFATS), representing the athletic trainers of the National Football League (NFL).

D.C.’s Eastern Senior High School has been chosen as a recipient of the 2021 High School Initiative, an athletic training donation program sponsored by a partnership between Medco Sports Medicine (Medco), the leading supplier of athletic training and sports medicine products; Cramer Sports Medicine (Cramer), a leading manufacturer of sports medicine products; and the Professional Football Athletic Trainers Society (PFATS), representing the athletic trainers of the National Football League (NFL).

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