Certified Athletic Trainers Embracing New Technology

BlackBerry meets Band-Aid, as today's certified athletic trainers embrace technology.

Trainers1 508 Ab In one corner of the athletic training rooms at the 25 public high schools in Fairfax County, Va., hot- and cold-water hookups and drains sit unused - relics from another era that represent an arguably outdated approach to caring for student-athletes. "Most athletic directors over 45 years old think part of athletic training is having a whirlpool," says Jon Almquist, athletic training administrator for Fairfax County Public Schools and a certified athletic trainer who has racked up 25 years in the business. "It's amazing how, when we do renovations in our schools, the design always includes two whirlpool spots. They take too much time to clean, create a lot of humidity and are noisy. There are some folks who still use them, and they can be effective. But you're better off using that 10 square feet of space for other things, like rehab."

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