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.

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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.