New York State Athletic Trainers' Association
Our Mission
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The mission of the New York State Athletic Trainers' Association shall be to advance, encourage and improve the profession of athletic training by developing the common interests of its' membership for the purpose of enhancing the quality of health care for the physically active in New York State.
NYSATA Newsletter
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In this issue...
- President’s Report
- NYSATA Legislative Update
- Call for Poster Presentation
- Governmental Affairs
- NYSATA Hall of Fame
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Find out what you need before you start your practice and how to become a member of NYSATA.
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ABOUT THE NEW YORK STATE ATHLETIC TRAINERS’ ASSOCIATION
The mission of the New York State Athletic Trainers' Association shall be to advance, encourage and improve the profession of athletic training by developing the common interests of its' membership for the purpose of enhancing the quality of health care for the physically active in New York State.
For more information please visit: http://gonysata2.org/
ABOUT SPORT SAFETY INTERNATIONAL
The mission of Sport Safety International is to promote injury prevention and safe participation in physical activity and sports by providing the highest quality educational programming to athletes, parents, coaches, and sports medicine professionals.
For more information please visit: http://www.sportsafetyinternational.org/
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Athletic Trainers are licensed in New York to provide athletic training services under the supervision of a physician in New York. This specialized form of healthcare includes managing injuries sustained by athletes from the playing surface to the physician’s office when necessary through the safe return back to the playing surface. The injuries managed include sport related concussions suffered by youth amateur athletes through professional athletes. The first step in this process is baseline tests such as the Standard Assessment Concussion (SAC) test and the Balance Error Scoring System (BESS) test. These tests are recommended by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Position Statement: Management of Sport Related Concussion and the Alliance Partners of the Youth Sports Safety Alliance prior to injury as an important first step in managing sport concussion. They are mandatory in many youth amateur sports, including Secondary School Athletic Programs, as well as Collegiate and Professional sports. These tests are also used by certified athletic trainers as a part of the pre-participation physical examination screening process.
The New York State Athletic Trainers’ Association (NYSATA) is a leading resource in concussion education for health care professionals, athletes, coaches and parents. NYSATA continues to encourage all New York athletes, parents, coaches and sport administrators who participate or oversee the participation of athletes in contact sports (boxing, field hockey, football, ice hockey, lacrosse, martial arts, soccer, wrestling, baseball, basketball, diving, high jump, pole vault, gymnastics, softball, and volleyball) to investigate the use of services provided by a NY State Licensed Athletic Trainer. If you are interested in more information concerning athletic training coverage, please contact one of the NYSATA Region Representatives (http://gonysata2.org/Regional_Reps.html).
NYSATA is devoted to enhancing the quality of health care for the physically active in New York State, and encourages all secondary school districts to hire a NATA Certified Athletic Trainer. NYSATA is committed to advancing, encouraging, and improving the athletic training profession.
NYSATA Public Concussion Information
Upcoming Meetings
The next NYSATA Business meeting will be on January 7th, 2012 at 4pm at the EATA meeting in Boston. Room location: St George C&D
The next NYSATA Executive Council meeting will be on January 7th, 2012 at 2:15pm at the EATA meeting in Boston. Room location TBD.
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Greetings and Happy New Year!
The votes are in and NYSATA would like to announce that Aimee Brunelle, from Jamestown Community College, has been elected as President-Elect. Her term will begin at the June 2012 NYSATA meeting.
NYSATA would like to thank Tim Prohinsie, from Nassua Community College, for his desire to become our association's next President-Elect.
Congratulations to Aimee, and thank all those who participated in the election.
The Departments of Physical Therapy and Exercise & Sport Sciences at Ithaca College Present the 2012 Distinguished Speaker:
Tamara Valovich McCleod, PhD, ATC, FNATA, CSCS
Monday, March 5th 2012
Ithaca College Campus-Textor 101
7:00-8:30 pm
Keynote Lecture:
Pediatric Concussions: Where Are We Now, and What’s Next?
Dr. Tamara Valovich McLeod, the John P. Wood, D.O., Endowed Chair for Sports Medicine and an associate professor in the Athletic Training Program, is a NATABOC certified athletic trainer and NSCA certified strength and conditioning specialist. She received her bachelor's degree in sports medicine from Mercyhurst College and her Master of Science in kinesiology from the University of Colorado. Dr. McLeod completed her doctor of philosophy degree in education with an emphasis in sports medicine from the University of Virginia. She is the director of the ASHS Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory, and her research has focused on the pediatric athlete with respect to sport-related concussion. Dr. McLeod has a secondary interest in injury screening and prevention programs. She served as a certified athletic trainer at the high school, collegiate and professional levels and as an instructor in the kinesiology department at the University of Virginia prior to joining the faculty at ATSU. Currently, Dr. McLeod serves as the District 7 representative on the NATA Research and Education Foundation Board of Directors and is on the programming committee for the Rocky Mountain Athletic Trainers’ Association. Dr. McLeod was a contributing author for the NATA Position Statement on the Management of Sport-Related Concussion and a consultant and contributing author on the Appropriate Medical Coverage for Secondary School-Aged Athletes. She is currently chairing the writing group for the NATA’s Position Statement on the Management of Pediatric Overuse Injuries. She serves on the Editorial Board for The Journal of Athletic Training, The Journal of Sport Rehabilitation, and Athletic Training and Sports Health Care and is a reviewer for Perceptual and Motor Skills, Athletic Therapy Today, Journal of Neurotrauma, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and the Board of Certification.
