Nov: Sports Medicine

So I play volleyball at my college and we have trainers that take care of us and I always wondered how they worked. I always wanted to become a doctor in an office that people come visit and a lot of people say they put you on rest too long. Well with our trainers they try to get us back on the court/field as soon as our bodies allow so I decide to sit in there one day and observe.

WOW! a lot of players come in for many different things. Some come in everyday for therapy, some come just to get taped up, some are just getting checked out and some are first time injuries. But no matter the reason the trainers were there to help in anyway possible. Every team has a specific trainer assigned to their team so that trainer knows the injury so the player doesn't have to explain it to every trainer. but just as back up they put it in the computer too of what they were doing in the trainer room and what therapy they need or need to do.

I just changed my whole view of it. I mean I was one who use to think that the longer you wait for an injury the better. But in sports medicine it is kind of the opposite. I like seeing the new sides of medicine and that not all of it is the same and this is helping me decide what kind of doctor or what kind of medicine I want to study in. Got to study and shadow more types of medicines so I can make sure I'm picking the right one =]