Athletic Training
Athletic Training is the prevention, evaluation, treatment, management and rehabilitation of athletic related injuries and illnesses by an AMA (American Medical Association) certified health care professional. The Recreation and Wellness Center offers free athletic training to students.
An athletic trainer is directly responsible for all phases of healthcare in an athletic environment. It includes prevention of injuries, providing initial first aid, injury management and evaluation. It also provides designing and supervising a timely effective program of rehabilitation that can facilitate safe and expeditious return of an athlete to activity.
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Injuries and Referrals
If a Certified Athletic Trainer advises a RWC / IM / Sport Club participant to see a physician based on their injury, the participant will not be allowed to return to activity until they have provided written clearance from a physician.
Remember: Be sure to obtain written clearance to return to activity if you are cleared by physician.
Open Clinic
If a student is interested in meeting with an athletic trainer during open clinic hours, all they need to do is come to the RWC between 2:00 pm and 5:00 pm Mon. - Fri. They should go to the RWC Athletic Training room.
During open clinic hours, UCF students are welcome to meet one-on-one with an athletic trainer to have an injury evaluated. Should the injury require rehabilitation, the athletic trainer will prescribe a home exercise program for the student. These programs will be customized for each individual's needs, and may consist of range of motion exercises and or resistance band exercises. The athletic trainer will walk the student through the entire exercise program to make sure that exercises are performed correctly.
