March is National Athletic Training Month

March 05, 2004 | General

March 5, 2004

LUBBOCK, Texas - March is National Athletic Training Month and the Texas Tech Athletic Training staff has tips posted on the athletic website pertaining to this year's theme - Injury Treatment: Early Care Speeds Recovery.

The purpose of the fourth annual observation is to assist in increasing awareness about the athletic training profession's important role not only in sports settings, but also in corporations, the military, schools, hospitals and other health care facilities.

For more information on National Athletic Training Month, log-on to the National Athletic Trainers' Association's website at www.nata.org.