Sports Medicine

Sports medicine therapists are physical therapists who specialize in the treatment and rehabilitation of sport and athletic injuries. These therapists typically have completed graduate-level education in treating and rehabilitating injured athletes. Sports medicine therapists are state-licensed professionals and generally work in clinics, hospitals, or other health care institutions. Sports medicine therapy is a discipline within the health and rehabilitation sciences. Sports medicine therapists are trained in anatomy and physiology, nutrition, exercise science, and rehabilitative techniques as they relate to athletics. The average annual salary earned by all types of physical therapists totaled $82,180 in May 2013.

Athletic Trainer

An athletic trainer provides athletic training services to patients and athletes as required. They also provide patient and community education in the areas of sports injury prevention and care. They provide input as to the fitness and conditioning status of athletes. The annual salary for someone with the job title Athletic Trainer may vary depending on a number of factors including industry, company size, location, years of experience and level of education but the median is $41,091 per year. To be an athletic trainer you will have to have a bachelor’s degree.

I don’t think I would like to be an athletic trainer because it looks like a very hard and scary job to do. So there for I would not like to be an athletic trainer.