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AUGSBURG HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER MISSY STRAUCH -- CLICK HERE
AUGSBURG ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINER MEGAN WRAGE -- CLICK HERE
AUGSBURG ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINER ERIC DRAKE -- CLICK HERE

AUGSBURG VISITING TEAM GUIDE ATHLETIC TRAINING INFORMATION -- CLICK HERE

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ATHLETIC TRAINING, CLICK HERE FOR NATA SLIDESHOW

Augsburg College student-athletes have access to a complete athletic training facility staffed by an experienced group of professional athletic trainers and student assistants. The training room is located in the lower level of Si Melby Hall.

Augsburg College 2006-07 training staff: front row (from left) -- student assistants Jessica Nordness, Andy Lissick, Calla Lundquist, Anne Thompson, Danelle Hubbard; back row (from left) -- assistant athletic trainer Eric Drake, assistant athletic trainer Megan Wrage, head athletic trainer Missy Strauch. Missing from photo: student assistant Nick Nelson.

What is Sports Medicine?

By Steve Ahlvers, former Augsburg assistant athletic trainer (2002-04)
Sports Medicine is a general term which includes all professions that work closely with the athletically active population. These professions include: athletic training, orthopaedic surgeons, cardiac rehabilitation, occupational therapy, physical therapy, exercise physiology and much more.

Augsburg's Sports Medicine program prepares its students for all of these professions, especially Athletic Training and Physical Therapy. Athletic Trainers deal more with the on-field/court prevention, evaluation, care and rehabilitation of an athlete's injury. Physical Therapists tend to work with the off-field evaluation, care and rehabilitation of the athlete's injury.

Athletic Trainers work falls into five domains:
1. Prevention of athletic injuries
2. Recognition, evaluation and immediate care of athletic injuries
3. Rehabilitation and reconditioning of athletic injuries
4. Health care administration
5. Professional development and responsibility

A typical day for an Athletic Trainer usually begins about an hour before a practice or a game starts. They are usually one of the first ones there. During this time, the Athletic Trainer takes care of pre-event items. These include: giving treatments to athletes (i.e. ice, heat, electrical stimulation, ultrasound, etc.); monitoring rehabilitation; taping ankles, wrists, etc.; preparing supplies needed during the event such as extra tape, bandages, splints, crutches, water, etc. and re-evaluating injuries to determine return to play.

During the contest is usually considered somewhat of a "down time." This is the Athletic Trainer's time to watch the event, but must always be ready in the event an athlete gets hurt. If an athlete were to go down, the Athletic Trainer would evaluate the injury as soon as possible and provide the proper treatment for that injury.

After the practice or game is another busy time. Here Athletic Trainers again provide treatment, evaluate injuries, monitor more rehabilitation, restock supplies that were used and put away items that were taken out. They also complete evaluation forms for injuries that occurred and update athlete charts to see their progress.

Athletic Trainers have many more responsibilities, including administrative responsibilities such as teaching classes, supervising students, taking care of insurance, budgeting, supplies and more.

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Guide for Visiting Teams -- Athletic Training

-- In accordance with NCAA and MIAC guidelines, a Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC) will be on the sidelines for all Augsburg varsity home events. Augsburg student assistants, functioning as First Aiders, will be assisting ATCs and visiting teams without medical staff. Ice, water and emergency equipment will be provided and available at all athletic events.

-- Please bring your own athletic training supplies and water bottles. No cups will be provided (MIAC rules)

-- There are electrical modalities available in the training room with proper documentation from a Certified Athletic Trainer (provided one is not traveling with the team).

-- Teams may use the Augsburg training room for taping and treatments as needed. Taping tables are also available in visiting team locker rooms.

-- The closest hospital to Augsburg is the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview-Riverside, located across Riverside Avenue from the Augsburg athletic facilities. Trauma centers for emergency transport are at the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview-University, located across the Mississippi River from Augsburg at the campus of the University of Minnesota; and the Hennepin County Medical Center, located in downtown Minneapolis.

-- Augsburg head athletic trainer is Missy Strauch -- 612-330-1310, strauch@augsburg.edu. Augsburg assistant athletic trainers are Megan Wrage -- 612-330-1108, wrage@augsburg.edu; and Eric Drake -- 612-330-1008, edrake2@fairview.org.

-- Medical services are provided through Minnesota Sports Medicine (formerly Minneapolis Sports Medicine Center). Orthopaedic physican is Chris Larson with the Orthopaedic Consultants group. Augsburg uses the services of two family practice physicans -- B.J. Anderson with Boynton Health Service and Peter Hanson with Sports and Orthopaedic Specialists.

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Augsburg College, a college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, is a member of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III.

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All comments or questions regarding this web site should be directed to Sports Information Director Don Stoner -- E-mail: stoner@augsburg.edu Phone: (612) 330-1677.