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The Pennsylvania Athletic Trainers’ Society invites you to join Jason Kopec as he starts a conversation with members of the athletic training community and experts from around the country to engage and foster relationships in the state, talk about current topics that affect athletes and provide resources for all of us to be better athletic trainers.
Episodes

Tuesday Feb 07, 2023
Episode 34 Greg Janik
Tuesday Feb 07, 2023
Tuesday Feb 07, 2023
Greg sits down with the PATS Podcast to talk about his time as PATS president and his career has evolved as an athletic trainer.

Monday Jan 16, 2023
Episode 33 Rich Bertie
Monday Jan 16, 2023
Monday Jan 16, 2023
Rich makes his re-appearance on the PATS Podcast to talk about all the cool and interesting things happening with PATS

Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Episode 32 Cecilia Yost
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Cecilia sits down with the PATS Podcast to talk about her time as PATS president and how her career has evolved as an athletic trainer.

Tuesday Oct 11, 2022
Episode 31 Neil Curtis
Tuesday Oct 11, 2022
Tuesday Oct 11, 2022
On this episode of the PATS Podcast Hall of Fame inductee Neil Curtis Talks about his experiences as an Athletic Trainer.

Tuesday Sep 27, 2022
Episode 30 2022 PATS President Nikky Cattano
Tuesday Sep 27, 2022
Tuesday Sep 27, 2022
President Elect Nikki Cattano joins Philip to talk about the future of athletic training in the state of Pennsylvania

Monday Jun 27, 2022
Episode 29 Adam and Phil Farewell Episode
Monday Jun 27, 2022
Monday Jun 27, 2022
‼️New Podcast Alert‼️
The PATS Podcast is looking for new hosts to take the show to the next level! On today’s episode, Adam and Phil finally meet in person after 3 years and are hosting their last podcast together.
In this episode we discuss:
🔹New host search announcement.
🔹History of the podcast.
🔹What Adam and Phil love about hosting.
🔹Lightening round.
#athletictrainer #athletictraining #nata #gopats #sportsmed #sportsmedicine

Tuesday May 31, 2022
Episode 28 ACL Return-to-play with Stephan Bodkin
Tuesday May 31, 2022
Tuesday May 31, 2022
‼️New Podcast Alert‼️
On today’s episode, we are joined by Stephan Bodkin, PhD, ATC. Stephan comes on the show today to discuss ACL reconstruction return to sport testing. Join us to hear the good, the bad and the surprising outcomes of his recent JAT article.
In this episode we discuss:
🔹Background and education.
🔹Results of his research.
🔹How to interpret and integrate the results.
🔹Testing options.
🔹Big take home message.
#athletictrainer #athletictraining #nata #gopats #sportsmed #sportsmedicine

Tuesday Apr 12, 2022
Tuesday Apr 12, 2022
On today’s episode, we are joined by Dr. Erica Beidler, PhD, LAT, ATC, Assistant Professor in the Department of Athletic Training at Duquesne University. Dr. Beidler is an expert on concussion research and recently published an article in the JAT investigating high school concussion protocols.
In this episode we discuss:
🔹Background and education.
🔹Results of her research.
🔹Part time vs full time.
🔹What are we most often missing.
🔹Return to learn protocols.
🔹Big take home message.
Resources:
🔹JAT Article:
https://meridian.allenpress.com/jat/article/57/1/32/466508/Going-Beyond-the-State-Law-Investigating-High
🔹Twitter: @ebeidler12
#athletictrainer #athletictraining #nata #gopats #sportsmed #sportsmedicine

Tuesday Mar 08, 2022
Episode 26 EMS with Ted Fessides
Tuesday Mar 08, 2022
Tuesday Mar 08, 2022
‼️New Podcast Alert‼️
On today’s episode, we are joined by, Ted Fessides. Ted has worked in the field of emergency care for almost 23 years. Listen in as Phil and Ted deep dive into the protocols and necessary relationships between athletic trainers and EMS.
In this episode we discuss:
🔹Background and education.
🔹Progression of ATs and EMTs.
🔹Setting up EMT services.
🔹Essentials to a positive outcome.
🔹When to spine board.
🔹Medical Timeouts and communication.
#athletictrainer #athletictraining #nata #gopats #sportsmed #sportsmedicine

Tuesday Jan 11, 2022
Episode 25 - Pain Science and the Biopsychosocial Lens with Megan Pomarensky
Tuesday Jan 11, 2022
Tuesday Jan 11, 2022
‼️New Podcast Alert‼️
On today’s episode, we are joined by Megan Pomarensky, MSc, CAT(C). Megan is an Athletic Therapist and author of the Journal of Athletic Training article titled, “Athletic Therapist’s Management of Persistent Musculoskeletal Pain: Time to Embrace a Biopsychosocial Lens”. Have a listen as we dive into the intricacies of persistent pain, mental health and how we can better help our patients by having a more empowering narrative.
In this episode we discuss:
🔹Background and education.
🔹What is pain?
🔹Acute vs. Persistent.
🔹Stress, Mental Health & Pain.
🔹Pain Catastrophizing & Fear Avoidance.
🔹Biomedical vs. Biopsychosocial.
Resources and contact info:
▶️ Twitter/Instagram: @meganpomarensky
▶️ Website: www.empowermentrehab.com
▶️ Article: https://meridian.allenpress.com/jat/article/doi/10.4085/1062-6050-0521.20/465813/Athletic-therapist-s-management-of-persistent?searchresult=1