How do they match: Athletic Trainers

  • Physical Trainer

  • Evaluate and treat musculoskeletal injuries or illnesses. Provide preventive, therapeutic, emergency, and rehabilitative care.

  • Apply protective or injury preventive devices, such as tape, bandages, or braces, to body parts, such as ankles, fingers, or wrists.
  • Assess and report the progress of recovering athletes to coaches or physicians.
  • Care for athletic injuries, using physical therapy equipment, techniques, or medication.
  • Collaborate with physicians to develop and implement comprehensive rehabilitation programs for athletic injuries.
  • Conduct an initial assessment of an athlete's injury or illness to provide emergency or continued care and to determine whether they should be referred to physicians for definitive diagnosis and treatment.
  • Instruct coaches, athletes, parents, medical personnel, or community members in the care and prevention of athletic injuries.
  • Plan or implement comprehensive athletic injury or illness prevention programs.

  • Prepare reports summarizing patient diagnostic or care activities.
  • Treat patients using physical therapy techniques.