I sat there in the gym sauna after an intense practice, attempting to capture grey drops of sweat dripping from my face into a test tube while stomaching concerned looks from the other women. I was collecting the sweat for a Nanoscience research project. The class was rigorous as it entailed a semester long research project which deterred most from this fascinating course, but attracted me because I knew it would be my only opportunity to try any sort of research before college.
At the time I took Nanoscience, I was also newly involved in the Sports Medicine program at my school. Before I joined the program, I had always known I wanted to pursue something that would allow me to help people, but I was not sure how I would be able to; being part of this program helped me realize what an incredible difference I could make by working in the medical field. While in the program, I loved working with the athletes and being able to see them make a quick recovery because of the help that I gave them. However, as a student trainer and avid volleyball player, I was often troubled by how ineffective athletic tape became once the athlete or I started sweating. The purpose of taping an injury is to keep
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For example, we began collecting our own sweat to use for testing, but found that we needed a more reliable sweat source. With some research, we discovered that because Gatorade is made to made to replenish the electrolytes lost through sweat, it contains many similar ingredients. But, instead of having to make our own flavorless Gatorade, we found that Pedialyte, a drink specifically designed to keep babies from getting dehydrated, is an extremely close model of sweat. So, we purchased a large bottle and used it as our model sweat. Despite every barrier, my group was still successful in creating sweat resistant
A survey was sent to 7,888, and 19.1% of the responses were used for this study. It concluded that almost all ATs either require or recommend their athletes wear ankle tape or braces. Most AT’s currently use tape because the up front cost of a brace is to much, and athletes usually prefer the tape over a brace. An overwhelming amount of ATs believe that ankle braces and taping significantly reduce the athletes risk for injury. Some main take-aways from this survey were that a majority of ATs either encourage or require ankle taping, and the majority of ATs favored bracing over taping to prevent injury, and that most ATs believe that ankle bracing and taping does not impact the athletes’ performance. In conclusion, a majority of ATs encourage some kind of ankle support, and this survey as well as other external evidence should be used when making healthcare
Amandi Hiyare: Before forming my research question, I had a discussion with my research project coordinator “Lisa Pope” who told me that the Flinders nanotechnology research team has been developing microbial catheters. Then on Monday I had an interview with Professor Joe Shapter who told me that your team was leading this project. So I was wondering whether you would be able to provide me with some detailed information about this innovation?
tremendous amount of sweat that would run down my face while I stood out in
Athletic Trainers play a crucial part in today’s professional sports. They also help on lower levels of sports in high school, and college level teams. The job of an athletic trainer is simple yet very important, they are charged with treating, and preventing injuries. A trainer does this by developing therapies to reduce pain, and improve mobility (“Athletic Trainer Salaries”). They have to stand for long periods of time, work well with athletes of different sizes, move or carry equipment around, good mobility and communication skills to give instructions (“Athletic Trainer, Healthcare Program”). These trainers serve as a crucial part of an athlete getting back into their sport. Athletic trainers usually work under the direction of a physician, so they are like the Doctor’s healing hands in action.
that can be used by scientists to design and optimize new designed drug. Using the exact same
We can observe this on sports event players throughout games, the NFL draft players all through the combine, NBA sportsperson in the US, to describe a few highly noticeable examples. The Sports Tape is also considered as Kinesio Tape along with the art of application is termed as Kinesio Taping. It gives the rehabilitative method that is created to help the body's therapeutic process although providing support and solidity to muscles also joints, without limiting the body’s smoothness and locomotion as well as giving complete soft tissue treatment to extend the advantages of manual therapy monitored inside the clinical
Athletic Training plays a big role in the world today. Many people are on the go whether it is for sports or every day activities. Athletic Trainers can help with athletes of any age or industrial workers performing physical tasks or even an average citizen in recreational athletics. They help prevent injuries and help recognize injuries and treat them. They also help rehabilitate injuries that result from physical activity (Athletic Training Association). They are usually first on the scene of an injury (Campus Explorer). Athletic Trainers are health care professionals that work along the side of certified physicians. They also work for other health care professionals, coaches, or parents (Athletic Training Association). While working full time for a sports team, they are faced with tough decisions that could affect the players’ health or career. They must also be able to make fast decisions under pressure. A trainer working for a team can advance their job by switching teams or even becoming an Athletic Training director (Campus Explorer). Athletic Trainers are certified in prevention, clinical evaluation and diagnosis, immediate care, treatment, rehab and reconditioning, organization and administration and professional responsibility (Athletic Training Association). They help athletes prepare for practices, competit...
As I was helping oversee the young students competing in various science-based events, I was enthralled
An Athletic Trainer working at the high school level gets to enjoy a variety of sports and with different sports comes different injuries. With football, the injuries an Athletic Trainer has to tend to are often more on the severe end of the scale. It is not uncommon to see a concussion (see Figure 2) or a torn ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament in the knee) in a football game compared to a softball game where a concussion or an ACL tear (see Figure 1) is less likely to occur. But in a softball game in comparison to a volleyball game, it is more likely to see a black eye or even just a very painful bruise. The more contact in the sport, the more injuries the Athletic Trainer gets to see and try to
To achieve a degree in Athletic Training, there are many tasks and skills to be learned. The Education Council under the National Athletic Training Association put together an education program filled with a set of guidelines of what has to be taught to graduate with a degree in Athletic Training. Before you can learn and understand Athletic Training, you must know the Anatomy and Physiology of the human body. This includes bones, muscles, levels of organization, tissue levels, systems of the body, skeletal structure, articulations, integrative functions, sensory function, blood, and embryology (Martini, 2001). Besides Anatomy and Physiology, the methods of taping is also extremely critical to this career. Before you can understand what each taping techniques are used for, you must also know about sports injuries. Athletic Training is all about the prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and evaluation of athletic injuries. Another skill that must be learned in the Athletic Training Education Program is how to provide immediate emergency care. That includes everything from background information to actually being able to save an athlete’s or any one else’s life. You must be aware of legal considerations, how and when to approach a victim, the human body systems, examining the victim, basic life support, bleeding and shock, identifying wounds, sudden illnesses, injuries, and how to care for them; also you must be aware of cold and heat related injuries, and how to rescue and move victims (Thygerson, 2001). Other information to be learned includes nutrition, health, and professional development. There are several other topics of Athletic Training; however, there are just to many to s...
PE class. Fourth grade. The sun shone brightly over the asphalt court and beads of sweat began drip down my back. My hair hung down above my shoulders and created a blanket of heat around my neck. We were instructed to run warm up laps around the playground then come back to play some basketball.
Why is Sport Medicine Important? Sports medicine is important to schools, trainers, coaches and most of all it should be important to anyone who is an athlete. That includes any athlete no matter their skill level; it could be a beginner or a professional. Sports injuries can happen to anyone, but getting injured is not fun and some of these injuries can affect your life for a short or long term period. Sports injuries need to be treated appropriately because they cause a great deal of damage to your body. This can ruin your sports chances later on in life, not to mention that it can also lower your quality of life. If an athlete gets injured, they should get help from someone who is specialized in sports injuries so t...
The main purpose of green nanotechnology has been to develop clean technologies that would minimize potential human and environmental health risk. Also, to encourage replacement of existing products with the clean technologies that is more environmentally friendly. There are many benefits of using green nanotechnologies as the new solution for energy in both their current availability and their current development. Over the new few decades, the highest growth opportunities will come from application of nanomaterials for making better use of existing resources. Nanotechnologies will help reduce weight of carbon emission in transportation utilizing nanocomposite materials that quickly diffuses across the automotive and aerospace industries. Applications of nanotechnologies will result in a global annual savings of 8000 tons of carbon dioxide, which will rise even further to over millions tons by 2020. But, let’s focus on the positive effects of Green Nanotechnology in Solar.
Some alternatives are EPISKIN or EpiDerm, which are reconstructed models of the human epidermis that can be used in skin testing and experimentation (NIEHS). Another alternative product is artificial fake human eyes. Human tissues and cells can be developed and studied. Also, they have made the chicken eye test, in which eyes are taken from slaughterhouses and used to identify chemical damage. Fortunately, the eyes are not useful and trashed at the slaughterhouses, so scientists would only be helping the corporations out.
Now that you know what my situation was like going into the experiment, I will tell you what I did and what occurred as a result.