NATA Offers CEU Bucks Extension for Those Renewing Memberships
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Your 10 free CEU bucks for renewing your membership in 2009 will expire as of Dec. 31, 2009. However, if you renew and pay your 2010 membership dues in full by Dec. 31, 2009, at 11:59 p.m. CST you will get an extra 31 days (as in all of January) to use your 2009 free CEU bucks! The expiration date of your 2009 free CEU bucks will be changed to 11:59 p.m. CST, Jan. 31, 2010. Remember, this chance to extend your CEU bucks only applies to those who pay their 2010 membership dues in full by Dec. 31, 2009. During February 2010, free CEU bucks will be posted to your account as a thank-you for renewing your 2010 membership.More

NATA Reaches 500 Followers On Twitter
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Get up-to-the-minute news related to NATA and the athletic training profession by following us on Twitter. Last Monday, athletic trainers following NATA1950 were the first to know about the latest co-sponsor of H.R. 1137, finding out through a video bubble tweet. Sign up today!More

Members Collect Postcards to Support H.R. 1137
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A newly formed group at San Jose State University, the Spartan Athletic Training Organization, recently collected 168 postcards in support of H.R. 1137 and mailed them to Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA). Stephen F. Austin State University collected 37 postcards and sent them to Rep. Louie Gomert (R-TX). The Young Professionals' Committee has created the postcards, making it easy for you to get involved. Just print, mail and be a part of this grassroots effort.More

Theme Set for National Athletic Training Month
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March is National Athletic Training Month. This year's theme is, "Sports Safety is a Team Effort." Last year's celebration was a huge success, thanks to cooperation from members. Help us make 2010 even better. Look for details about how you can help in the January NATA News and in upcoming editions of Range of Motion.More

Deadline Close for Young Professionals' Award
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Less than a month remains to nominate a deserving Young Professional for the first National Distinction Award. This award will be given to an athletic trainer 35 and younger who excels in the workplace and represents the profession with the utmost character and professionalism. Nomination deadline is Jan. 4. The winner will be recognized at the 2010 NATA Annual Meeting & Clinical Symposia.More

Sign Up For Hill Day!
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Register for the 2010 Capitol Hill Day event scheduled Tuesday, Feb. 23, in Washington, D.C. There's nothing like a one-on-one, in-person meeting to help advance NATA's legislative agenda. Come with your friends and colleagues to our nation's capital and show lawmakers the strength of athletic trainers.More

Housing Open for the 61st Annual Meeting
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NATA has announced housing options for the 2010 NATA Annual Meeting & Clinical Symposia, June 22-25 in Philadelphia. Go to the new Annual Meeting Web site to find housing rates, registration rates, preliminary schedule at-a-glance and more. Watch the January NATA News for a Philadelphia sightseeing summary, and get the Preliminary Program in the February NATA News.More

NFL Grant To Strengthen Knee Research
Medical News Today
NFL Charities, the charitable foundation of the National Football League, has awarded a grant of $125,000 to UC Davis for research on new ways to repair injured knees. The aim of the work is to engineer new materials to repair the knee meniscus, said Professor Kyriacos Athanasiou, chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering.More

Coaches Can Shape Young Athletes' Definition of Success
Science Daily
Young athletes' achievement goals can change in a healthy way over the course of a season when their coaches create a mastery motivational climate rather than an ego orientation, University of Washington sport psychologists have found. A mastery climate stresses positive communication between coaches and athletes, teamwork and doing one's best. An ego climate, typified by many professional sports coaches, focuses on winning at all costs and being better than others.More

Careful Diagnosis Helps Fracture Patients Put Best Foot Forward
Science Daily
Located in areas of the foot that can be hard to visualize with X-rays and other imaging techniques, injuries to the ankle area of the foot are the most frequently misdiagnosed of all foot fractures. Delayed diagnosis can have serious consequences, sometimes leading to permanent disability. A new review article published in the December 2009 issue of The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons shows that a detailed description of the injury, recognition of subtle diagnostic imaging clues, and targeted physical exam can help avoid long-term injuries and disabilities that may occur as a result of these uncommon fractures.More

Contracted Athletic Trainer Keeps Athletes Going
The Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter
When Two Rivers, Wis., student athletes are injured, the spectrum of services available to help them can come from one company now. The school district had been contracting with Physiotherapy Associates for the services of an athletic trainer. Fall semester was under way when athletic director Matt La Tour received a letter informing him the local office was closing. With that door closed, the district began a partnership with Aurora BayCare Sports Medicine in Green Bay, Wis. Through that contract, Melissa Pearson has come on board to work with Two Rivers students.More