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Most people when they see cupping think it is just for fun/ for the looks of it. What many people do not know is that cupping is super beneficial as a rehabilitation treatment for athletes and even non athletes. Cupping is used to bring blood to the area of pain. This allows for a quicker recovery as well as to reduce pain / inflammation in the area. Cupping became a big "trend" / widely used in the 2016 Rio Olympics  https://www.mytpi.com/articles/health/cupping_therapy_on_the_pga_tour_considerations_and_concerns Cupping has a lot of health benefits and is a very easy process. There is dry cupping where the cups are places on the site with lotion, there is dynamic cupping where the cups are suctioned and then moved around the area to increase more blood flow to a larger area and then there is dry needle cupping where blood is removed and placed in the cups on the body. All are very effective in their own ways when needed. Overall cupping is not just for looks, it can help in...

When you hear 'Athletic Training' most people would think of the Sports Medicine field as well as an Athletic Trainer involved with sports. However, that is not the only option of setting as an Athletic Trainer. There is the Industrial Setting Athletic Training, Industrial Setting Athletic Training is Trainers working for big corporate companies, construction sites, as well as retail corporations.                                          https://www.ishn.com/articles/112999-a-trainer-for-the-industrial-athlete Most people did not know that this was a thing. To be honest with you, neither did I when I first started to pursue Athletic Training as a career. Come to learn they do so much for those workers. They look at the way their body is used when stocking shelves, as well as repeated movements when working on a job site. All of this then allows these workers to ha...

 Traditional Athletic Training                                                                       https://generalssports.com/sports/2019/9/10/information-Inside-Athletics-athletic-training-index.aspx     Many people when they think of Athletic Training they think of the traditional track which is your Athletic Trainers on the field/court for sports/athletics. Being an Athletic Trainer in the traditional setting is a lot of work. You attend treatments during the day, practices at night and sometimes workouts. On average an Athletic Trainer in the Traditional track works 60-90 hours a week depending on if the sport is in season or not! When the sport is not in season Athletic Trainers still work for treatments and off season lifts. The traditional track is not the ...

 What even is Athletic Training?      According to the National Athletic Trainers' Association, also known as the NATA, Athletic Training is defined as the prevention, examination, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of emergent, acute or chronic injuries and medical conditions. This industry falls under the health care profession and requires a Bachelors, a Masters and a Board of Certification pass on the Exam.    https://www.nata.org/about/athletic-training      There are a lot of other ways to describe an athletic trainer. Most of the places people would recognize an Athletic Trainer is on the field in sports. However, in a later blog post I am going to talk about how there is the traditional setting athletic training and the industrial setting of athletic training.  Athletic Trainers are used all over the world and can be useful to many more people than just athletes!