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Certified Athletic Trainers
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Certified Athletic Trainers are highly educated and skilled professionals specializing in athletic health care. In cooperation with physicians and other allied health personnel, the athletic trainer functions as an integral member of the athletic health care team in secondary schools, colleges and universities, sports medicine clinics, professional sports programs and other athletic health care settings.

Certified athletic trainers have, at minimum, a bachelor's degree, usually in athletic training, health, physical education or exercise science. In addition, athletic trainers study human anatomy, human psychology/counseling. Certified athletic trainers also participate in extensive clinical affiliations with athletic teams under appropriate supervision.

All Certified Athletic Trainers who practice in Missouri are licensed by the Missouri State Board of Healing Arts. Certified athletic trainers have fulfilled the requirements for certification established by the National Athletic Trainer’s Association Board of Certification, Inc. (NATABOC). Once athletic trainers pass the certification examination proving skills and knowledge within five areas, they are able to use the title “ATC.”

Bart Anderson, M.S., ATC (St. John’s Sports Medicine)

¢ Undergraduate Degree: Sports Medicine/athletic training, Missouri State University.
¢ Graduate Degree: Sports health care, Arizona School of Health Sciences.

Bert Boyd, M.S., ATC (Kickapoo High School)

¢ Undergraduate Degree: Sports medicine/athletic training, Missouri State University.
¢ Graduate Degree: Masters of human relations, University of Oklahoma.
¢ Professional Interests: Functional movement screen and Dartfish video analysis.

Erin Boydstun, M.S., ATC (Parkview High School)

¢ Undergraduate Degree: Sports medicine/athletic training, Missouri State University.
¢ Graduate Degree: College teaching - health and human performance, Northeastern State University.
¢ Professional Interests: Stress management strategies in youth, Missouri State University Sports Medicine Clinical Education.

Jeff Brinkman, M.S., ATC (St. John’s Surgery Center, Patient Educator)

¢ Undergraduate Degree: Education major with an emphasis in athletic training, University of Nevada.
¢ Graduate Degree: Athletic training, Indiana State University.
¢ Professional Interests: Strength and conditioning, acute post-surgical orthopedic care.

Katherine Brinkman, M.S., ATC (Central High School)

¢ Undergraduate Degree: Sports medicine/athletic training, Missouri State University.
¢ Graduate Degree: Health promotion and wellness management, Missouri State University.
¢ Professional Interests: Sports nutrition and gait analysis.

Justin Ebert, M.S., ATC (St. John’s Sports Medicine, Manager)

Alan Liggett, M.S., ATC (St. John’s Sports Medicine)

¢ Undergraduate Degree: Physical education with emphasis in athletic training, Fort Hays State University.
¢ Graduate Degree: Exercise science, University of Nebraska at Kearney.
¢ Professional Interests: Injuries to the youth athlete, exertional heat illness, sports related head injury, education.

Karen Rakowski, ATC, PT (St. John’s Sports Medicine)

¢ Undergraduate Degree: Education with emphasis in athletic training, Missouri State University; physical therapy, University of Missouri.
¢ Professional Interests: Functional movement assessment, application of neurodevelopmental principles to functional rehabilitation, manual therapy including soft tissue and joint mobilization, positional release and neural glide techniques.

Laura Ross, M.S., ATC (St. John’s Sports Medicine)

¢ Undergraduate Degree: Sports Medicine/athletic training, Missouri State University.
¢ Graduate Degree: Health promotion and wellness management, Missouri State University.
¢ Areas of specialty: Gait analysis and foot orthotic intervention, functional movement analysis.

Mike Salat, M.S., ATC (Logan-Rogersville High School)

¢ Undergraduate Degree: Athletic training, University of Tulsa.
¢ Graduate Degree: College teaching, Northeastern State University.
¢ Special Training: Functional movement analysis, Dartfish motion analysis software.
¢ Professional Interests: Rehabilitation, functional movement screen, athletic counseling.

Brenda Sneed, M.S., ATC (Hillcrest High School)

¢ Undergraduate Degree: Physical education, Missouri Southern State College.
¢ Graduate Degree: Athletic training and elementary physical education, University of Northern Iowa.
¢ Professional Interests: Flexibility programs and sport-specific strength training.

Timaree Sorlie, M.S., ATC (Ozark High School)

¢ Undergraduate Degree: Sports medicine/athletic training, Missouri State University.
¢ Graduate Degree: Master's of science in education, Missouri State University.
¢ Professional Interests: Sports nutrition, counseling.

Natasha Tibbetts, ATC (Nixa High School)

Jennifer Vaughan, M.S., ATC (Glendale High School)

¢ Undergraduate Degree: Sports medicine/athletic training, Missouri State University.
¢ Graduate Degree: Health studies, University of Alabama.
¢ Professional Interests: Fitness, nutrition and sport psychology.

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