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Breathe out unwanted thoughts with your next exhale and re-
focus your attention instantly on what is important right now, at
this moment.”
Choosing the Path for You
As you’ve seen throughout this book, sports medicine
professionals help athletes of all sorts in a variety of ways. While
the educational requirements can be tough, the experts across the
various fields covered here all stress how great the rewards are.
Physical therapist Keith Steigbigel said PTs taking care of injured
people is an “invaluable skill.” Getting the job you want in the
field, said athletic trainer Bob Howard, means you have to “go full
steam. Do every little extra to make yourself good.” For Dr. Sean
Richardson, a career in his field means having a desire, getting the
right education, and making connections with people in the field.
Then satisfaction will come, as he told Careers in Psychology,
after you help an athlete make the mental changes that lead to a
“change on the field and [they] become even better in sports…”
Sports medicine is a profession for people who love the
thrill of competition and want to help others.
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