The month of March is National Athletic Training Month. It is a good time to recognize athletic trainers for all their hard work. My undergraduate degree is an athletic training and being a graduate assistant athletic trainer helped pay for my Master's and PhD at Auburn University. Athletic trainers work many long hours and do a lot of work behind the scenes that most people are not aware of. It is a difficult but very rewarding profession. Although I do not practice athletic training as my primary job, I've still maintained my athletic training certification by the NATA Board of Certification and license by the state of Mississippi. If you get a chance this month, thank an athletic trainer for all his or her hard work.
