Today was out first weekly staff meeting at UCSD and I must say I have some mixed feelings about the entire thing. At first there were the usual nuts and bolts about changes that we're going to make, students to look out for, etc. After a while we got to a discussion on policies and procedures and boy oh boy that was something I didn't see coming. I think we might have spent about 20 minutes discussing whether female athletic trainers were allowed to wear their hair down and whether or not they had to have it up upon entering the athletic training room or simply before they started working with student-athletes. It got a little heated, which tickled me a little, but I guess it's to be expected when you work in a masculine setting and the women outnumber the men 5 to 4.
On the bright side they made all the GAs feel a little more important when they went around and asked us if there was anything to add and they actually took my suggestion about some improvements to be made.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Friday, August 20, 2010
Wild world of sports medicine
I had this thing set up almost a year ago thinking I was going to put interestings on the Internet.....yeah, now I've decided to follow through with that idea.
So in the last couple months I have made the move from a cozy little room in Upland, CA (inland for those not in the know) and ended up unpacking my stuff in Mira Mesa (San Diego area) to start working as a grad assistant athletic trainer at UCSD working mainly with mens and womens cross country and track.
Yeah, a big university with a lot of smart people. Sounds great! They paid for me to travel to Folsom, CA and get trained in the Graston technique and then gave me a bunch of Adidas polos and jackets.
New Athletics Complex
New mascot 
New Boss
I went in thinking I would be at a place with a whole bunch of cash and healthy athletes. Turns out we have a tight budget, small sports medicine facility and a slew of athletes with injury histories like you wouldn't believe. Needless to say this job is keeping me pretty busy. There isn't one moment when I'm not thinking of whether or not I missed something in my eval or if there is something different I could be doing with an athlete's rehab.
Now instead of going home and plopping down in front of the TV (we don't have one in the house I'm living in) I'm researching stuff to stay one step ahead.
One week down and I've gotten 9 cross country runners in. Wow, season hasn't started yet guys.
So in the last couple months I have made the move from a cozy little room in Upland, CA (inland for those not in the know) and ended up unpacking my stuff in Mira Mesa (San Diego area) to start working as a grad assistant athletic trainer at UCSD working mainly with mens and womens cross country and track.
Yeah, a big university with a lot of smart people. Sounds great! They paid for me to travel to Folsom, CA and get trained in the Graston technique and then gave me a bunch of Adidas polos and jackets.
New Athletics Complex
New mascot 
New BossI went in thinking I would be at a place with a whole bunch of cash and healthy athletes. Turns out we have a tight budget, small sports medicine facility and a slew of athletes with injury histories like you wouldn't believe. Needless to say this job is keeping me pretty busy. There isn't one moment when I'm not thinking of whether or not I missed something in my eval or if there is something different I could be doing with an athlete's rehab.
Now instead of going home and plopping down in front of the TV (we don't have one in the house I'm living in) I'm researching stuff to stay one step ahead.
One week down and I've gotten 9 cross country runners in. Wow, season hasn't started yet guys.
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