KSI’s Chief Operating Officer’s Trip Out West

This past week, KSI’s Doug Casa spent the week on the west coast of the United States giving some talks to various companies and Universities. He began his trip in San Francisco, CA on Thursday 9/19/2013, speaking at Revolution Athletic Performance and Sport Science on Preventing Sudden Death in Sport. After his time at Revolution, he traveled to Camelbak where on Friday he spent the day at Camelbak’s headquarters in Petaluma, CA speaking about the role of hydration on performance and safety during intense exercise in the heat.

After his time in California, Doug took a long, scenic drive north stopping at Mount Shasta, Portland Oregon, and ending in Bend Oregon, where on Sunday he competed in the Flag-line Half Marathon, taking 9^th place overall! After his half marathon, he took the drive from Bend, OR to Corvallis, OR where he gave a talk at Oregon State University on Preventing Sudden Death in Sport. After his talk at Oregon State University he drove the Nike headquarters where he gave a talk to the scientists, coaches, and staff at Nike on maximizing athletic performance in the heat.

After a 3-hour drive, Doug ended up in Portland, OR where he met with the team physicians at the University of Washington for dinner. The following day (9/25/2013), he spoke to the University of Washington’s sports medicine staff on preventing sudden death in sport. After his talk at the University of Washington, Doug hopped on a plane back to Boston, MA and then took the 2 hour drive home ending his very busy, but very successful week on the west coast educating various groups of people on everything from preventing sudden death in sport to the importance of hydration on athletic performance in the heat.

KSI CATCH-ON Part 2!!

It’s that time of year again when school is back in session, which means the Korey Stringer Institute is calling athletic directors!  With the National Athletic Trainers’ Association, we are determining how many high schools in the United States have athletic trainers and their medical coverage if an athletic trainer is not employed.  So far we have contacted approximately 13,000 and have 19,000 to go!  We plan on completing public high schools by this December.

Our preliminary data suggests that over 60% of public high schools have some type of athletic training coverage.  This includes full time, part time, clinic outreach, and per diem coverage.  The map indicates the percentage of public high schools athletic trainers that work full time in their schools.  Come to the New England American College of Sports Medicine or Eastern Athletic Trainers’ Association meetings this November and January to see complete results.

Thank you to all the students who have dedicated many hours making phone calls for us.  It’s cooperation that makes the world go round!