The Sun Shines Bright on the Athletic Trainers of Florida

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The Sun Shines Bright on the Athletic Trainers
of Florida
Athletic Trainers Association of Florida Keynote
Address April 14, 2007
Bobby Barton, ATC Athletic Trainer/Professor
Emeritus Eastern Kentucky University College of
Health Sciences Department of Exercise and Sport
Science
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I. Background Statements of Significance

• A. Joe Kusco - Washington Redskins
• B. President Bobby Gunn - Robert E. Lee High
  School
• C. William Newell - Purdue University
• D. Otho Davis - Duke University/Eagles
• E. President Frank George - Brown University
• F. President Jerry Rhea - Texas A M/Falcons
• G. Larry Starr - Ohio University/Reds/Marlins/Nova
  

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Mr. Joe Kusco - Early NFL Trainer

• "Trainers (athletic) do not actually train
  athletes in our country. Trainers (athletic) in
  our league protect their overall health and
  injury status to enable others (coaches) to train
  them to play their game."

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Bobby Gunn, A.T., C. and C.C.T., 1

• "We are the only group that is really greatly
  concerned with the players overall health. It is
  a lot more than joints. Whatever healthcare this
  group doesn't get from me, they are not going to
  get."

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William Newell, A.T., C. and R.P.T.

• "We have to worry about the team members overall
  fitness and playing status, not just the ankles.
  Our charge is to help athletes return from
  accidents and illness, as well as athletic
  injuries."

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Otho Davis, A.T., C. (in consort with Bobby Gunn)

• "This document (D.B.) will greatly improve the
  health care of all of American athletes,
  particularly those in scholastic sport
  activities. Outside of District 6 (Arkansas and
  Texas) there is no one assigned to monitor the
  overall care of school aged athletes."

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Frank George, A.T., C. and R.P.T. (2)

• "Most of you and probably every one of you are
  practicing general medicine without a license
  whether you want to admit it or not. You aren't
  only in violation of your therapy acts, you are
  breaking the laws regulating- family practice,
  emergency medicine, nursing, and general
  practice."

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Jerry Rhea, A.T., C. (5)

• "These people don't talk like Texans. If they
  can't speak English well enough to tell me what
  hurts, I am sending them to one of you internal
  medicine education specialists."

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Larry Starr, A.T., C., V.P.

• "If a professional baseball player is looking for
  me at 900 a.m. in the morning, he is one sick
  _________ of a _______. It is not a sore elbow."

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II. Sunshine State Pioneers

• Sherry Bickel (Sutton) UF
• Marty Broussard UF
• Bill Buhler BD

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II. Sunshine State Pioneers

• Don Fauls FSU

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II. Sunshine State Pioneers

• Jim Gallaspy HH
• Larry Gardner MD
• Al/Sue Green FSC
• Paul Grace DDCC
• Smokey Harper UF
• Fred Hoover FSU

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II. Sunshine State Pioneers

• Tony Jonaitis USF
• Mary Kirkland NASA

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II. Sunshine State Pioneers

• Sam Langford UF
• Bob Lundy MD
• John Lopez UT

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II. Sunshine State Pioneers

• Doug May FSU
• Dick Milder FSU

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II. Sunshine State Pioneers

• Mike O'Shea UM

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II. Sunshine State Pioneers

• Chris Patrick UF

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II. Sunshine State Pioneers

• Sue Shapiro BC

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II. Sunshine State Pioneers

• Jay Shoop TBB
• Larry Starr/Richie Bancells Nova/Biscayne

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II. Sunshine State Pioneers

• Benny Vaughn UF

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II. Sunshine State Pioneers

• Roy D. Wilson FSU

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III. Location, Location, Location A. Eventful
Places

• Original South Beach
• Dodgertown (Havana-Gainesville)
• Miami Beach Annual Meeting Clinical Symposium
• Jacksonville-Sawgrass Summer
• Innsbrook

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III. Location, Location, Location B. Unique
Implications for General Medicine

• Environmental Health
• Fish and Foul
• Food Problems
• Initiation to Heat Illness
• Snowbirds
• Sunburn
• Storm Strategy

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IV. Hydro - Revolutions A. Underwater Therapy

• Suwanee River Therapy
• Cryotherapy
• Turf Adaptations

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IV. Hydro - Revolutions B. Pre and Re Hydration
Procedures

• Gatorade
• Quick Kick
• Sideline Cider
• Salt Water Influence
• Weight Documentation

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V. Major Contributions A. Half Full Outcomes

• Artificial Turf
• Friday-Night College Lights
• Helmet Experiments
• Joint Credentials
• Junior College Employment
• Massage Therapy
• Nautilus

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V. Major Contributions A. Half Full Outcomes

• Osteopaths
• Trainer Relocation Triangle
• Upper Division Universities
• Unique Education Programs
• Rent A Trainer
• Space Information
• State Reciprocity

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V. Major Contributions B. Debatable Outcomes

• Chicken Wire Drill
• Florida Flop
• Perry's Pit

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V. Major Contributions C. Outcomes with Long
Term Influences

• Head/Helmet Cases
• Heat Illness Cases
• Medicine Cases
• Storm Cases
• NFL Cases
• Supplement Cases

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Thank you for the invitationHope to see you in
Anaheim!