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Introduction by Ross Dale In the sports world, the unsung hero of battlefield is the athletic trainer. Much like a medic on the front lines, these health professionals often work out of the spotlight, but jump to the occasion to assist an injured athlete, on or off the field. However, this month is made out to give them that due respect, and acknowledge them for the impact they make. Sometimes that impact is even too great to be kept out of the spotlight. In North Carolina, a few athletic trainers took immediate action following an athlete breaking his neck that...

By Dan Seidenberg In the world of wrestling where aggression, blood, and bruises are of the the norm it is the athletic trainer’s job to keep the wrestlers safe and healthy. Therefore, when injury/blood time is called during a wrestling match the athletic trainer must remain calm, cool, and collected as they put their skills to work in the midst of all the chaos. Needless to say their job is not easy, in fact it can be very difficult at times, but in the words of the joker “What doesn’t kill you simply makes you…stranger”. With that being said here are five...

Introduction by Ross Dale Do you actually know what a staph infection is and what’s happening in it? On a regular basis, fighters run into obstacles that prevent them from getting the most from their training: injuries like a dislocated finger, or maybe even a personal event like a wedding or funeral. And no one likes to miss training. So when someone sees just a small skin rash, they think nothing of it, and keep on training. Days later, that person is in the hospital, FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE. A dislocated finger doesn’t do that to you. But somehow they get...

Introduction by Ross Dale For those of you informed in the UFC world, you may have heard about Demian Maia’s staph infection incident this past summer. The man went into a fight with a mark on his leg that passed through a health check, and grappled for 8 minutes with Neil Magny in Rio. Following that, Maia was out of commission due to the infection, and Magny was scheduled to fight Erick Silva 10 days later, unaware he could potentially have contracted staph. This is not the first time Maia has had a staph infection: in 2014, he suffered a...

Introduction by Ross Dale According to a study done at the University of Washington, firefighters and medics are at a higher risk for acquiring MRSA than the average person. In a profession that puts you in areas of high exposure to staph in both the community and hospital-acquired strains, the results aren’t too surprising. Marilyn Roberts, the person in charge of the study, “found MRSA in four percent of more than 1,000 samples collected from surfaces inside Snohomish County fire stations, medic and fire trucks, and outer protective gear. But in each of the nine areas sampled, at least one sample tested...