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

The team’s athletic trainers suspected a muscle strain, but the pain sharpened even after ice and a massage. —Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024

Plus: Shelby Dale, an assistant athletic trainer for the UTSA women's soccer team, will be on the medical staff for Team USA Paralympic Track & Field. —Megan Stringer, Axios, 1 Aug. 2024

He was examined at the plate by head athletic trainer Brian Ebel. —Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 30 July 2024

The project provides a wealth of experience to kinesiology students, who are likely to become educators, physical therapists, occupational therapists, physicians’ assistants or athletic trainers. —Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 4 Apr. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined above

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