Ben Weatherford DPT is the Clinical Education Coordinator for Owens Recovery Science. In the lecture at Trinity University about Blood Flow Restriction FACTS he covers a lot of ground.
This presentation may be best viewed on Facebook live as you will be bale to see the slides as he is discussing them.
According to the course objectives on ORS website:
Personalized Blood Flow Restriction Rehabilitation (PBFR) is a paradigm shifting intervention for the rehabilitation professional with over 160 peer-reviewed articles in the scientific literature. By applying a tourniquet briefly and intermittently to an exercising limb you can induce significant and substantial strength, hypertrophy and endurance changes while using a very light load.
Shandra Esparza discusses the Role of Residency in Athletic Training at the 2019 Trinity University Sports Medicine Workshop.
Are you adding depth?
What are residencies?
Same concept as a medical student… an opportunity to dig deeper and learn in a supervised environment.
Furthermore, residencies are a way to add depth to our skill set rather than just learning a little bit about more things.
Why do we need them?
To continue to keep ATs relevant we have to change with the population needs. If we want to get out of the Athletics Model we must be willing to change our educational paths
Where will they lead us?
Into new practice settings
New skill sets
New Job Opportunities
Have you been through a residency?
Share your experience with everyone.
I would certainly appreciate you to reaching out to me
We invite you to be a guest on the Sports Medicine Broadcast so that we old timers can know and understand the role of residency in helping shape your career.
Southwestern University-Assistant Athletic Training/Assistant Professor
Texas State University-Part-time Instructor
Awards and Accomplishments
Tenure at the University of the Incarnate Word
$980,000 grant award with the U.S. Air Force
Athletic Training Education Program Robert “Bobby” Patton Leadership & Guidance in Athletic Training Education Award, University of the Incarnate Word.
Southwest Athletic Trainers Association, James Dodson “New Horizon Award” for outstanding service to the profession in the first five years of practice.
Athletic Training Alumni of the Year Award, Texas State University at San Marcos
One of most ATs favorite parts is the relationships. Ivan is no different
Locker room talk and ribbing is part of the job. If I trip in front of everyone i expect the kids to tease me about it for the next few days.
If you do something really awesome they should know and give you a hard time about it…if that is the way you go about business.
His number one negative…
Time away from FAMILY
Sometimes he can bring family on the trips but as an AT for pro-soccer you do not have any real free time except bedtime.
So during those times where you are able to escape or steal away even a few hours to invest in your family do it.
How has PSATS grown?
PSATS was not even around when he started. he has seen it grow from ATs who would see each other only at games to a small group gathering to the huge growing success it is today
