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Great organization with information on how to become certified in different ACSM jobs, like personal trainer, CSCS and health and fitness experts. It is very useful for a college student, or a health and fitness professional.

This website is used by professionals and the general public to gain insight into sports medicine. It provides physical activity guidelines, current comments, position stands, and articles referencing exercise, health and fitness, and physiology.

Provides information for several different health and fitness certifications as well as guidelines for exercise prescription for general and special populations, this is also the governing body for Exercise Science

Excellent information about athletic training. It has information about how to become a member of NATA and different tabs for students, trainers and their employers.

This is a site devoted to Athletic Training. It has many helpful and interesting links for anyone thinking about athletic training as a major. You need to create an account to have full access to this site.

This website is a great learning tool for the human anatomy. Its a great way to review or quiz yourself on the different parts of the human body. Since there are games involved its a fun way to study!

This website offers information on what is going on in NC's Athletic Training Association. Memebers of this association can see were athletic training symposiums are held each year and offers students in the program a chance to go to a symposium. I chose this website because it also provided me with the guidelines and laws of being an athletic trainer in NC.

This website illustrates different workouts that can be done if a college dorm room. The website was founded by Clinton Walker who is a fitness professional whose goal is to teach about fitness and wellness while saving money and time. He encourages comments and questions in order to receive the best possible workout plan. The website has categories such as fitness articles, blogs, forums, recipes, and exercise routines. Great website for college students who want to lose the freshman 15.

This website describes Under Armours new technology for athletes. They have created a shirt that tell you your heart and breathing rate, as well as your body positioning and it has a G-force gauge. Under Armour have teamed up with Zephyr to create this one of kind shirt to bring athletics to a whole new level. This is an extremely credible site because it is the official site of Under Armour and the individuals who built this product gave testimonies within the webpage. Check it out. This is super cool.

This is a site telling about second impact syndrome. This is when a person has a second concussion before the first one is healed. It is often deadly and has only recently come into the spotlight in athletic injury news. It is just something I am interested in. Controversial because of the many varying views on how long it takes for a concussion to heal completely.

This site is about a brand new theory behind splinting a shoulder that had been dislocated and reduced. It explains the reasoning behind it and a study that has recently been done proving that this new method works.

This is something that I am interested in learning how to do. I have heard that it is very difficult but if done the right way can really help the athlete out. Many pro and collegiate athletes have started to wear these custom tapings to help performance and technique.

This site is one that I use almost everyday. I log the hours that I volunteer in the athletic training clinic on here. It also has links for admission requirements for the AT program on campus. It has pre-PT requirements as well for UNCW. Has contact info for all the trainers and staff related to this field.

The Oxford Journals are journal entries of health related controversies or new procedures and innovations in the health field. You can search related publications to those of the most recent volume published as well as through the archives for any other health related journal entry. These Journals are constantly updated to keep you up to date on the current health topics discussed.

This is a journal article that discusses several injury prevention techniques and their relative success rates. This is useful because it analyzes prevention techniques through studies and illustrates the outcomes clearly and concisely. It is also very useful because it can be applied to many different sports.

I like how this site has all diffferent types of information regarding injury prevention and performance enhancement. It is a great reference for these things along with other information concerning workouts and different sport performances

This site is very useful for people who are interested in applying to graduate school for physical therapy. It lists all the accredited programs in the United States and gives a link to the schools to further look at the program. It gives all the information you need and is very reliable since it was created by the American Physical Therapy Association.

This site breaks down the career of physical therapists with information like education, salary, work environments, and required skills. Very informative site if you are interested in becoming a physical therapist.

This website is full of information on all types of injuries an athlete can get. I chose this because it is a perfect reference site various injuries and different rehabilation pathways

Aside from providing the basic information on what athletic training is, it also provied alternative occupations and wages/salaries that ATR's can receive. This if why I chose it, for the wage references.

This is a great website that gives you information on the basis of what athletic training is, what fields you can use this major in, and also gives you options for internships.

This website has a lot of information on all types of sports injuries. They have a long list of stretches to do to prevent injuries and also descriptions of some injuries and rehab techniques. The people that run the site are all highly educated in physical health and injuries.

This is a site that is devoted to athletic injuries. It has a link for just about every common injury out there. It gives the symptoms and treatment. Has the option to sign up for an account. It also has rehabilitation programs for injuries.

This website is for the American Physical Therapy Association. It provides information on education programs, which may be applicable to some people in the class, but also information for physical therapists that are practicing such as ethical guidelines.

This site has information about physical therapy. It has recent research news and info on education. You must create an account for full access to this site. Also has ways to find a PT clinic near where you live.