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Article: Athletic trainers' workplace remedies: giving employees access to an athletic trainer could help trim your workplace injury costs.(Benefits)
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- HRMagazine
- Article date:
- December 1, 2008
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When paramdic Wendy Hedman of the Gainesville, Fla., Fire Rescue Agency tore cartilage in both of her knees and injured her back on the job, she had conventional medical care, including surgery. She also sought out a specialist--her employer's on-site certified athletic trainer.
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"I started seeing him for strength and flexibility therapy in June 2007," Hedman says, "My recovery from the surgery has been faster and with less pain due to the therapy treatments before and after."
Athletic trainers know the types of "muscles and endurance we need for the different jobs we do," Hedman continues. "They can prepare a schedule of ...