KINESIOLOGY New athletic training, sports medicine majors offered this year Medical attention is a need on every athletic field. Schools have always tried to provide medical attention to student athletes; there is always an ambulance at every football game ready to carry injured players to the hospital. In addition, many schools have a team doctor and nurse that provide special care to the schools athletes. To~ay, schools are investing in prevention techniquesthathelpstopathleticinjuries before they start. "Our society is more and more demanding that schools provide care for students, especially athletes," Coach Ronnie Huckeba, academic advisor to athletic training majors said. "Coaches are not trained to treat all ofthe athletic injuries that happen each day, that is where the athletic trainer's job comes into play." Harding's new athletic training major focuses on the prevention and treatment of athletic injuries. Athletic training is different from other majors in the kinesiology department because ofits emphasis in medical treatment which makes the requirements for this major more science oriented. Students must take eight hours of chemistry as a prerequisite to anatomy and physiology. This class goes in depth to teach students about the human body. Athletic training major Jared Hobby wraps a player's wrist after a hard practice. The new major consists of kinesiology classes plus science courses. Photo by Daniel Dubois. Allison Orton,sports medicine major, gives a massage. Many football players received these massages after injuries because they accelerate the healing of strained muscles and can also reduce risk of re-injury. Photo by Daniel Dubois. ~~ ____________ ~K=i =n ~e s=i ~o =l o~g~ y ~ Academics Did You Know•.• Brian Phillips, assistant kinesiology professor and the track coach, leads a group of Harding students to Hondurasevery spring break. The groups work on building churches, houses and JaL..__..-__ .J trines. Dr. Wilt Martin, head of the kinesiology department, began the program three years ago along with another new major, exercise science. The athletic training program was designed to better meet theneeds ofthe students in the kinesiology department that wanted to emphasize athletic training. The students in the athletic training program must also complete 1,500 hours of supervised clinical work in the form of an internship program for Harding's athletic department. Ronnie Harlow is the head athletic trainer and clinic director for the athletic training program. He supervises much of the clinical work that the students do for their internship hours. At the present time Harding has 18 students participating in this major. - Mac Bell Freshman Paxton Edwards and sophomore Brady Bunch work out in the Ganus Athletic Center. Edwards and Bunch were just two of more than 18 students declaring exercise science as a major last fall. Photo by Ashlee Johnson.
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