Ross: ATHLETES ARE ALWAYS
IN THE SPOTLIGHT.
AS MOST WOULD TELL YOU, THEY
TRAINER.
JOINING US THIS MORNING IS REID,
PRESIDENT.
HAWAI'I ATHLETIC TRAINERS
ASSOCIATION AND LYNN NAKAGAWA OF
THE FAR WEST ATHLETIC TRAINERS
ASSOCIATION.
ONE OF THE THINGS ATHLETIC
HOW MANY ANKLES HAVE YOU WRAPPED
IN YOUR LIFETIME DO YOU THINK?
TENS OF THOUSANDS.
COUPLE THOUSAND I'M GUESSING.
PROBABLY ABOUT THE SAME.
Ross: FOR PEOPLE DON'T KNOW
WHAT ATHLETIC TRAINERS DO.
THEY'RE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS.
WE WORK IN COOPERATION WITH
PHYSICIANS.
WE WORK WITH EMERGENCY CARE AND
ALL ASPECTS OF HEALTHCARE FOR
ATHLETES, PATIENTS AND KIND
OF -- THERE'S ATHLETIC TRAINERS
IN UNIVERSITY SETTINGS AND
EMERGENCE SETTING.
WORKING IN THE MILITARY WITH
PERFORMING START ARTS.
KIND OF A VARIETY OF SETTINGS.
TAPING AN ANKLE?
IT CAN BE PROVIDING
PREVENTIVE STABILITY.
THIS IS KIND OF THE BASIC
NANAKULI ANKLE
TAME.
THERE'S ALSO OTHER TAPES WE CAN
PROVIDE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
SUPPORT.
Ross: PREWRAP IS KEY.
IT'S OPTIONAL.
Ross: IT'S OPTIONAL?
THE LESS YOU HAVE BETWEEN THE
TAPE AND SKIN THE BETTER.
WE RECOMMEND IT.
Ross: ONE ARE SOME OF THE
COMMON INJURIES YOU'VE SEEN?
MOST COMMON, SPRAIN, STRAINS,
CONTUSIONS.
SOME THAT NEED MORE TIME TO
HEAL, ACL AND OUR CONCUSSIONS
WHICH ARE MORE OF OUR -- MORE
TIME CONSUMING.
INJURIES THAT WE TEND TO DEAL
WITH A LOT.
Ross: ATHLETICS TRAINERS
MONTH, WHAT IS THAT ABOUT?
PROMOTING AWARENESS OF THE
PROFESSION.
WE'RE TRYING TO SPREAD THE WORD
OF WHAT ATHLETIC TRAINERS DO AND
TAKING CARE OF OUR PATIENTS.
Ross: THERE'S SOME CRUCIAL
EVENTS COMING UP.
AS FAR AS ATHLETIC TRAINING
MONTH, OUR ASSOCIATION HAS SOME
EVENTS PLANNED.
NEXT WEEK WE'RE DOING A CLEANUP
IN HEY HEEIA.
IT'S CULTURAL.
GET OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE A TOY DRIVE FOR SHRINERS
HOSPITAL.
MAY 11TH WE HAVE ATHLETIC
STUDENT AID WORKSHOP.
GEARED TOWARDS HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS.
AND IT'S PUT ON BY THE
MEMBERSHIP.
OUR CERTIFIED ATHLETIC TRAINERS
PUT IT ON.
IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM.
A GOOD STEPPING STONE.
Ross: FOR YOU WEEKEND
WARRIORS DO YOU RECOMMEND ICY
HOT OR ARE THERE OTHER THINGS
DO?
THAT'S ALLING I ALL I USE.
MAKE SURE YOU GET A PROPER
WARMUP AND COOL DOWN.
GET BLOOD FLOW GOING.
STRETCHING.
GETTING WARM AND AFTERWARDS, NOT
JUST SITTING DOWN AFTER YOU'RE
DONE.
STRETCH AFTERWARDS.
Ross: A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE
BACK ISSUES.
A LOT OF TIMES, MOST IMPORTANT
THING IS STRETCH.
FLEXIBILITY.
Ross: FOR MORE INFORMATION
ON NATIONAL ATHLETIC TRAINING
MONTH AND EVENTS PLANNED, HEAD
TO KHON2.COM.
THAT IS A NICE ANKLE JOB THERE.
IT TOOK LESS THAN A MINUTE.
HOW MANY HAVE YOU DONE?
THOUSANDS.
Ross: WE THANK YOU ALL FOR
YOUR HELP THAT YOU DO.
WITHOUT THE ATHLETIC TRAINERS,
STAR ATHLETES CAN'T DO WHAT THEY
DO.
I REMEMBER COVER STEVE NASH.
HE WOULD HOBBLE AND THEY WOULD