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29/08/2025

🚨 PHYSICALS TODAY! 🚨
All NEW Winter & Spring Sport Athletes must complete their physicals in the AT Room, Clements Rec Center.

✅ Required for clearance
📍 Come at your scheduled time
📑 Don’t forget—Healthy Roster documents must be completed first!

04/08/2025

⚠️ Final Reminder!
If you have any “missing” or “expired” documents in Healthy Roster, they must be completed by the end of the day today. No exceptions.

✅ Log in
✅ Check your Documents tab
✅ Get it done to stay on track for participation!

Need help? Reach out now — don’t wait until the last minute.

01/08/2025

⚠️ Final Reminder!
If you have any “missing” or “expired” documents in Healthy Roster, they must be completed by August 4. No exceptions.

✅ Log in
✅ Check your Documents tab
✅ Get it done to stay on track for participation!

Need help? Reach out now — don’t wait until the last minute.

17/07/2025

We’re hiring! Otterbein University is looking for a full-time Assistant Athletic Trainer to join our dynamic sports medicine team. You’ll work directly with 23 varsity teams, mentor athletic training students, and be part of a collaborative DIII program that prioritizes quality care and professional development.

Located just outside Columbus, Ohio, Otterbein offers a close-knit campus community with access to one of the fastest-growing cities in the Midwest. From great local coffee to major league sports, concerts, and parks, this is a place where you can build your career and enjoy where you live.

Not an athletic trainer but know someone who is? Please share this post with them, we’d love to connect.

Apply here: https://www.otterbein.edu/about/careers/

03/07/2025

📣 Reminder for All Student-Athletes!
Whether you compete in fall, winter, or spring—log into Healthy Roster and check your Documents tab.

📄 Complete anything marked “missing” or “expired” so you’re cleared and ready when your season starts.

✅ Handle it now = no delays later.

Follow for updates, reminders, and performance tips all year long!

30/06/2025

Back to sport? Don’t skip the most important part: MOVEMENT PREP.
You’ve been lifting, running, and working hard all summer. Now it’s time to train how you move in your sport. That means sprinting, cutting, jumping, landing, and reacting — all at game speed. 💥

These drills aren’t just about performance — they help prevent injuries when the season starts. Ask your athletic trainer or coach for help building a smart return-to-play ramp-up.

Start smart. Return strong.

🔬 Evidence-Based Resources
Gabbett, T.J. (2016). The training-injury prevention paradox: should athletes be training smarter and harder? British Journal of Sports Medicine.

Soligard, T., et al. (2016). How much is too much? (Part 1) International Olympic Committee consensus statement on load in sport and risk of injury. British Journal of Sports Medicine.

Myer, G.D., et al. (2011). The influence of age on the effectiveness of neuromuscular training to reduce ACL injury risk in female athletes. The American Journal of Sports Medicine.

18/06/2025

📣 Build Your Base = Fewer Injuries, Better Performance
Muscle strains—especially in your legs—are one of the most common reasons student-athletes miss practice or games at Otterbein. Every year, we see a spike in lower extremity injuries during the first 3-4 weeks of preseason. Why? Too much, too soon, without enough prep.

The good news: these injuries are preventable.

✅ Start strength training now
✅ Add intensity slowly
✅ Prioritize recovery and mobility
✅ Follow a smart ramp-up plan over 4–6 weeks

When you build your base early, you show up strong, stable, and ready to compete.

🏋️‍♂️ Stronger legs = less injury risk
⏱️ Smart prep = more time on the field
📈 Consistent training = better performance

Start now so you're not sidelined later.

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📆 all summer long with

🔬 Evidence-Based Sources
Gabbett TJ. The training-injury prevention paradox: should athletes be training smarter and harder? Br J Sports Med. 2016.
→ Rapid increases in workload increase injury risk by 2–4x, especially in preseason periods.

Bowen L, et al. The relationship between training load and injury in elite footballers. J Sci Med Sport. 2020.
→ Injury risk is highest when the acute:chronic workload ratio exceeds 1.5.

Opar DA, et al. Hamstring strain injuries: risk factors and re-injury. Sports Med. 2012.
→ Muscle weakness, fatigue, and poor neuromuscular control are key risk factors.

11/06/2025

Summer training starts with REST. 💤
Your body doesn’t get stronger during workouts—it gets stronger during recovery.
This week, focus on:
✔️ Getting 8+ hours of sleep
✔️ Drinking water all day
✔️ Doing active recovery like stretching or walking
✔️ Giving your brain a break too

Recovery isn’t being lazy. It’s smart training.
📲 Save this post and ask your AT how to build recovery into your summer plan!

📚 Want to know the science behind it?
National Athletic Trainers’ Association: "Sleep, Recovery and Athlete Readiness"
American College of Sports Medicine: Recovery Techniques for Athletes
Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research: The Effects of Sleep and Recovery on Athletic Performance
Gatorade Sports Science Institute: Hydration and Recovery in Sport

04/06/2025

What’s your training plan this summer?
Going all-out every day might feel intense… but it’s not smart training. It’s a fast track to burnout or injury.

This week’s focus: What is Periodization?
Periodization is a proven method that breaks training into phases so your body builds gradually and safely. It helps you:
✅ Get stronger
✅ Stay healthy
✅ Peak at the right time

🌀 Training Phases Include:
🔹 Rest: Recovery is where growth begins.
🔸 Build: Strength + endurance phase.
🔺 Prep: Speed, skills, and power.

📅 Use the summer wisely:
– June: Light workouts + recovery
– July: Strength + base conditioning
– August: Speed, power & sport-specific drills

📚 Want to know the science behind it?
This strategy is backed by leading sports science organizations and experts:
– NSCA – National Strength & Conditioning Association
– NATA – National Athletic Trainers’ Association
– ACSM – American College of Sports Medicine

02/06/2025

🚨 RETURNING CARDS: Don’t forget! 🚨
Log into your Healthy Roster profile and “add new versions” of all required documents listed in the checklist. These are due by August 1, 2025—but you can knock them out now ✅

📲 Healthy Roster → Documents → Add New Version
Let’s start the year off right! 💪

02/04/2025

Returner physicals are coming up on Friday, April 11th! Make sure you sign up and complete any expired forms on Healthy Roster ahead of time!
Check your to-do list for:
• Otterbein Medical History – Incoming/Returner
• Otterbein Mental Health History Questionnaire

25/03/2025

🏃‍♂️💪 Founders Day of Giving is HERE! 💪🏃‍♀️
From Monday, March 25 at 12pm through Thursday, March 27 at 12pm, we’re calling on Cardinal Nation to rally behind our Athletic Training Department — and help us build something BIG.

🎯 This year alone: ➡️ 300+ injuries treated
➡️ 935+ rehab hours completed
➡️ 40% of our caseload were soft tissue or overuse injuries
➡️ 50+ student-athletes walk through our doors every single day seeking care, recovery, and their way back to the sport they love.

Now imagine what we could do with a dedicated recovery space — a place designed for all Otterbein athletic teams to heal, recharge, and return stronger. 💥

🏥 Whether it’s massage guns, compression therapy, or just a quiet moment to reset — your gift can bring this space to life. 💡 Every dollar brings us closer.

💛 Be a part of this movement. Honor our past, fuel our future.
👉 Give now: https://www.givecampus.com/schools/OtterbeinUniversity/founders-day-of-giving-2025/pages/athletics/Athletictraining

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