athletic training
Physical performance development
Athletic training is the healthcare profession focused on preventing, diagnosing, and treating muscle and bone injuries, particularly in sports settings.
An athletic trainer works with athletes to prevent injuries through conditioning and proper technique, provides immediate care when injuries occur, and guides rehabilitation.
The field requires certification and sits between sports medicine physicians and physical therapists: She studied athletic training in college and now works for a professional soccer team.
- agility drillsExercises improving quick movement
- ladder drillsGround-based footwork exercises
- mental resilienceCapacity to recover emotionally
- plyometricsExplosive power exercise regimen
- biomechanicsScience of organism movement
injury prevention · flexibility exercises · sports medicine · periodization · sports performance · game day · rehabilitation exercises · warm-up · cool down · bracing · first aid · taping · kinesiology · stretching · massage therapy · muscle recovery · risk assessment · drills
- fitnessfitness, exercise, gym, workout, running
- coachinghead coach, life coaching, mentorship, executive coaching, fitness coach
- physical educationPE, gym class, PE class, physical education, physical fitness
- sports careerssports agent, athletic trainer, sports journalist, sports broadcaster, scout
- ancient athleticsOlympics, pentathlon, marathon, boxing, wrestling
- sports medicinesports medicine, injury prevention, athletic tape, sports injuries, rehabilitation
athletic trainingsedentary lifestyle
Habitual physical inactivity
physical inactivity · sedentariness · idleness · lethargy · sloth
athletic trainingdetraining
Leaving a railway vehicle
deconditioning · physical neglect · physical therapy · rehabilitation · convalescence