top of page
According to an Article Released
by the NATA:
Common injuries include sprains and strains from physical training and job-related activities. Frequent cause of injuries includes vehicle rear or head-on collision, pursuing suspects on foot or “hands-on” contact with unwilling offenders.
“Utilizing an athletic trainer in the academy setting has proven to reduce overall medical costs by 49.5 percent and musculoskeletal medical costs by 86.3 percent,” says Nancy Burke, MS, ATC, VATL, athletic trainer, Fairfax County Police Department. “And, by having the athletic trainer treating sworn and civilian employees in a large county police force, we’ve tracked reduction of overall medical costs by 22.05 percent and musculoskeletal medical costs by 21.2 percent.”
bottom of page