November CMS Featured Athletic Training Professor
Community members, Texas Tech University students, as well as Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) faculty, staff and students ventured out into the cold winter weather for a presentation titled, “Backbones and Brains: How Athletic Training Tunes the Body and Mind for Victory” by Toby Brooks, Ph.D., associate professor of athletic training at TTUHSC School of Allied Health Sciences.
Brooks’ presentation explained the significance, history and potential of athletic training in school athletics, recreational competition and college and professional sports. Recent advancements have made athletic training a preventive superpower for managing sports injuries and Brooks took the audience through the entire scope of the sports medicine team, as well as the education offered in the Master of Athletic Training program at TTUHSC.
The event opened with a brief presentation over the current Enterovirus outbreak in the U.S., including the presence of the virus in Lubbock by Richard Lampe, M.D., professor and chairman of the Department of Pediatrics and expert in infectious disease. Brooks ended the course with questions from the audience regarding athletic training and notable sports injuries.
For more information about past and upcoming Community Medical School events, call (806) 743-2008 or email cms@ttuhsc.edu.
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