athletic trainer

noun

plural athletic trainers

: a health care professional who is typically licensed or certified to assess, treat, and prevent musculoskeletal injuries and other medical conditions usually resulting from participation in sports

An athletic trainer or physical therapist can help you modify your plan and educate you about stretching and interventions so you can finish your training and race.

—Amanda Dyslin

Athletic trainers work in collaboration with a physician to provide excellent clinical care on and off the field. … Athletes need athletic trainers on their side not only for their health and well-being to aid in return to play, but also to be ready to respond to emergencies …

—Molly Figgins

Some athletic trainers work in the typical practice settings like colleges and professional sports but there are also athletic trainers who practice … in the military, in the performing arts, in occupational health, in public safety, in the physician practice setting, and in health care administration.

—Leslee Taylor

—abbreviation AT

Examples of athletic trainer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Rodríguez was removed after speaking with an athletic trainer in the dugout following a strikeout to end the sixth. — ABC News, 18 June 2026

Amid a wave of pitching injuries, Cabrera walked off the Wrigley Field mound with an athletic trainer Tuesday night, exiting his start against the Colorado Rockies in the fifth inning of a 5-2 loss to the worst team in the majors. — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 17 June 2026

What changed is that a sports medicine physician, an athletic trainer, or perhaps even a military medic can now use it in the field, in 90 seconds, without interrupting care. — Robert Glatter, Forbes.com, 16 June 2026

An athletic trainer followed him, circling back to the mound. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for athletic trainer

• abstainer
• campaigner
• complainer
• container
• coplanar
• detainer
• maintainer
• nonplanar
• retainer
• sustainer
• entertainer
• gainer

Medical Definition

athletic trainer

noun

: a health care professional who is typically licensed or certified to assess, treat, and prevent musculoskeletal injuries and other medical conditions usually resulting from participation in sports

—abbreviation AT