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Found this very interesting. It is nice to see a breakdown of many areas of the body a therapist must know how to deal with and what procedures they go through to start the healing process.

This website/ blog addresses the issue in repair of the rotator cuff. Different doctors and therapist will all have their own personal opinions on how they believe certain things should be treated to the best interest of the patient. It is interesting that there are so many different ways you could go about rehabilitation and still arrive with similar results depending on the process.

This site is from the association that over sees all college sports. It provides various information on different sports and the national rules and regulations for each one. I choose this so I could stay informed on up to date changes of NCAA rules and regulations

I referenced the NCAA website after talking to Kasey Richardson about athletes and creatine use. This website led me to the NCAA banned substances list

This is a great journal from athletic training that goes in to great detail as to how a diagnosis proceeds and what treatment follows. It is interesting to see the professional level and seriousness of each technique that is used in any injury to gather some glimpse of the steps I will need to go through hopefully one day.

This website is informing current practitioners in what is going on at the research and clinical level in their fields. It tells about the studies currently going on as well as information from past ones that pertains to rehabilitation process and the best methods out there. This is very cool for me because things in the medical and health community change very often and it is nice to know where to go to get the best updates.

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 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 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.

This website offers insight on how to reduce your carbon footprint. It explains that making small changes in everyday activity can add up to a large sum in the long run. Not only will you reduce your carbon footprint but also feel good about living your life efficiently.

This website offers a wide variety of fitness and health information, from learning about diabetes to learning about new exercise plans. It offers easy access to many articles discussing how to lose weight and how to snack wisely. It is a great website for quick new ways to improve your lifestyle.

This website promotes individual wellness. This is a very important and useful website that you can get involved with my joining as a member. I personally like this website because I am interested in becoming a member.

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 is a site all about the Athletic Training education. Tells you what you must do to keep up to date with all the athletic training requirements.

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 website isn't as comprehensive or as credible as some of the other PT websites such as APTA but it still has some good information. It has basic information as far as muscle groups. There are also some sample evaluation forms for download and some general PT information.

This link is for medical news concerning rehabiliation and PT. The website has all kinds of different information and news stories on a wide variety of topics from cholesterol to psychology.

This blog is all about sleep and sleep disorders. This is from WebMD which actually has quite a few blogs about different topics. They are all very credible because they are published by an expert with a lot of experience in the field the blog is about. This particular for example blog is published by Michael Brues who has a PhD and is a member of the American Board of Sleep Medicine.

BPA is a toxic chemical released from plastic water bottles, and even baby bottles. There has been some controversy over if BPA is actually harmful to our body in the amounts we are recieving from using the plastic. One of the best ways to reduce our exposure is to never put hot water in a bottle or leave a bottle in the car and reuse it.

This website provides results of recent track meets and other important news that occurs in the track and field world. I like this website because I can keep up with the lastest and greatest athletes in the sport.

This website offers blogs, events, and even videos on top of providing information on what is available at Tidal Creek Co-op (grocery store more or less). If you are looking for a great and healthy place to shop for food, medicine, and personal hygiene products Tidal Creek Co-op is a fantastic local place to go.