Performing Arts Schools

Athletic Trainers are Your Best Choice for On-Site Medical Care

Athletic Trainers (ATs) are leaders and experts in active adolescent physical medicine who collaborate with community medical professionals to maximize the benefit to the students under the AT’s care. Trained in immediate injury response and assessment and experienced with advanced rehabilitation exercises and activities, ATs care for their patients from the instant of injury to the moment of return to full activity and specialize in creative problem solving to help individuals stay as active as possible while combatting an injury. ATs are accustomed to helping performers understand the risks of performing while injured, are highly adaptive in unpredictable situations, and are well-trained for responding to emergencies.

Attract and Advance Students with Your Commitment to Performer Health and Safety

Your performing arts athletic trainer is an expert licensed medical professional who:

Provides injury assessment and treatment for your students and staff
Reduces the number of time-loss injuries suffered by your students
Decreases the amount of recovery time needed following an injury
Identifies injury risks inherent in each performance track and creates exercise programs to lower these risks
Provides body maintenance treatments and conditioning programs that enhance performer aesthetics, ability, and movement mechanics
Enhances your incident response preparedness

Our on-site athletic trainers can help performing arts high schools and training academies boost their student recruitment and retention numbers while decreasing the number of students who must abandon their professional dreams due to significant pain or injury.

Your Students and Their Families will Love the Exceptional Value Provided by Your AT

Investing in an on-site performing arts medicine expert and facility shows prospective students and their families that you care deeply about your students’ health and safety. Beyond providing quality hands-on patient-centered care, your AT can foster a healthy and supportive learning environment and instill life-long occupational well-being habits in your students.

Along with your AT’s considerable knowledge and skills, your school also benefits from a substantial collection of therapeutic equipment and first aid supplies, including:

Treatment table (also called a “massage table”)
Manual therapy cupping set
Trigger point self-treatment tools
Myofascial self-treatment tools (like foam rollers)
Resistance bands
Athletic tape and supplies
Blister prevention and care
First aid supplies
Acute injury and emergency response supplies

Housing an experienced performing arts athletic trainer in your facility helps your program progress and graduate healthy students on time and saves your students from experiencing unnecessary pain, missing rehearsals or performances due to injury, and spending up to several thousand dollars on physical medicine appointments and care.

Ensure Your Students Receive Consistent Care from an Experienced and Knowledgeable Performing Arts Medicine Professional

Utilizing your own on-site AT substantially improves the efficiency, consistency, and effectiveness of the injury care your students receive. Your athletic trainer:

Helps your students continue to perform safely while recovering from minor musculoskeletal issues
Prevents minor musculoskeletal issues from developing into significant injuries that require time off from rehearsing or performing
Provides immediate, attentive, and consistent injury care for a faster return to full performance
Understands the demands each student faces, leading to better treatment and injury prevention plans

Your on-site AT can lower your liability risk and costs by providing emergency medical coverage and acute injury care for your students. Without an athletic medicine provider present in your school, your injured students must seek care from community medical professionals who frequently are not up-to-date on the latest advancements in performing arts healthcare and do not understand the physical and psychological nature of the performing arts.

With your own AT working within your department, you no longer risk having your performers receive inconsistent, non-specific care that is uninformed about the physical demands facing the performer.

Integrate Your Athletic Trainer into Your School with Ease

Your on-site athletic trainer and therapy equipment assimilate seamlessly into your school’s facilities, requiring only a private treatment and rehabilitation space with secure storage for your therapy supplies. Don’t have a dedicated medical care space? Don’t worry! Many Performing Arts Athletic Training Facilities are former dressing rooms, small studios, large storage rooms, offices, or costume/set-building workspaces.

For guidance while building a new performing arts athletic training program, assistance with expanding your existing program, or advice about renovating your facilities, talk to our friends at Behind the Scenes Medical Consulting.

Utilize an on-site athletic trainer to reduce the number and severity of student injuries, bolster your student recruitment, and help you produce graduates prepared for any occupational wellness issues they may face.

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