ATHLETIC TRAINING OUTREACH PROGRAM AT MISSOULA BONE & JOINT
Missoula Bone & Joint continues to expand our athletic training outreach program to fulfill a need in our community for trained sports medicine personnel at school sporting events. We currently cover 19 high schools, the most of any such program in the state. Our team is made up of Montana-licensed and national board-certified Athletic Trainers.
Athletic Trainers provide:
- Practice, game, and tournament coverage
- Initial injury evaluation, prevention, rehabilitation
- Emergency care
- Free sports screening at Missoula Bone & Joint Physical Therapy with a Physical Therapist or an Athletic Trainer
- Concussion recognition and referral
- Appropriate referral and continuity of care through the entire injury/recovery process
Certified athletic trainers (ATCs) are highly qualified, multi-skilled health care professionals who collaborate with physicians. They must earn a degree from an accredited athletic training curriculum and they must be board certified and licensed in the state in which they practice. ATCs may provide services such as injury prevention, emergency care, clinical diagnosis, therapeutic intervention, and rehabilitation of injuries and medical conditions.
Certified Athletic Trainers (ATC) are recognized by the American Medical Association (AMA), as well as the National Federation of State High School Association (NFHS) as allied health care professionals. AMA recommends an ATC to be at all schools and sports events.
Missoula Bone & Joint Athletic Training program is managed by Bob Botkin, Sports Medicine Director, PT, LAT and Dustin Burton, Sports Medicine Assistant Manager, LAT. The overseeing physician is Dr. Rob Amrine, MBJ’s primary care sports medicine physician. He is very involved with our athletes and can often be seen on working on the sideline with our athletic trainers around the community.
When an athlete is injured, the athletic trainer is there to assess the injury and expedite the athlete’s referral to the appropriate healthcare professional. Our athletic trainers also work as physician extenders in the clinic. They assist the physicians with home exercise program education and instruction, pre- and post-op education, and crutch/gait training.
Listed below are the schools we contract with to provide sports medicine coverage along with the MBJ Athletic Trainer that works with that school:
- Alberton High School
- Arlee High School - Casey Meidinger, LAT
- Big Sky High School -Taylor Purchio, LAT
- Charlo High School
- Drummond High School - Jessica Smith, LAT
- Florence-Carlton High School
- Frenchtown High School
- Hellgate High School - Paul Capp, LAT
- Hot Springs High School - Casey Meidinger, LAT
- Loyola Sacred Heart High School - Lexie Davis, LAT
- Mission High School - Casey Meidinger, LAT
- Philipsburg High School - Jessica Smith, LAT
- Ronan High School
- Seeley-Swan High School - Lexie Davis, LAT
- Sentinel High School - Dustin Burton, LAT
- Stevensville High School
- St. Regis High School
- Superior High School
- Valley Christian High School
Sports Physician directly working with the schools Athletic Trainer
- Big Sky High School - Glenn Jarrett, MD
- Sentinel High School - Chris Price, MD
- Hellgate High School - Michael Wright, MD
- Loyola High School - Rob Amrine, MD
Sports Medicine Coverage
Missoula Bone & Joint is the official sports medicine team of the Missoula PaddleHeads
Missoula Bone & Joint works with various sporting organizations to provide sports medicine coverage at games or tournaments.
- Dig Missoula Volleyball Tournament
- Lady Griz Basketball summer camps
- Missoula Mavericks Baseball
- Missoula Marathon
- MYF - Missoula Youth Football
- Pickleball - Parks n Rec Zootown Pickleball Association
- University of Montana Football summer camps
For information about how our athletic trainers can provide medical coverage at your sporting events for kids, teens or adults, please contact us at: (406) 540 - 4436 ext. 4270
About Athletic Trainers
Certified athletic trainers (ATCs) are highly qualified, multi-skilled health care professionals who collaborate with physicians. They must earn a degree from an accredited athletic training curriculum and they must be board certified and licensed in the state in which they practice. ATCs may provide services such as injury prevention, emergency care, clinical diagnosis, therapeutic intervention, and rehabilitation of injuries and medical conditions.
- Recreational, amateur, and professional athletes
- Individuals who have suffered musculoskeletal injuries
- Those seeking strength, conditioning, fitness, and performance enhancement
- Others delegated by the physician
Outside of athletic settings, ATCs provide services to people of all ages. ATCs may work in:
- Physician offices as a physician extender, similar to nurses, physician assistants, physical therapists, and other professional clinical personnel
- Rural and urban hospitals, hospital emergency rooms, urgent and ambulatory care centers
- Clinics with specialties in sports medicine, cardiac rehab, medical fitness, wellness, and physical therapy
- Occupational health departments in commercial settings, which include manufacturing, distribution, and offices to assist with ergonomics
- Police and fire departments and academies, public safety and municipal departments, branches of the military
- Public and private secondary schools, colleges and universities
An athletic trainer must earn a degree from an accredited athletic training curriculum. More than 70 percent of certified athletic trainers hold at least a master’s degree. Classroom learning is enhanced through clinical education experiences. Accredited programs include formal instruction in areas such as:
- Risk management and injury prevention
- Human anatomy and physiology
- Pathology of injuries and illnesses
- Orthopedic clinical examination and diagnosis
- Assessment of injury/illness
- Medical conditions and disabilities
- Acute care of injuries and illnesses
- Therapeutic modalities
- Conditioning, rehabilitative exercise, and referral
- Pharmacology
- Psychosocial intervention and referral
- Nutritional aspects of injuries and illnesses
- First aid and emergency care
- Health care administration
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