Careers
- Coaches and Scouts – Coaches teach amateur or professional athletes the skills they need to succeed at their sport.
- Fitness Trainers and Instructors -Fitness trainers and instructors lead, instruct, and motivate individuals or groups in exercise activities.
- Massage Therapists -Massage therapists really get into their work, using their hands, fingers, forearms, elbows, and sometimes even feet to manually manipulate soft-tissue muscles to help people relax, relieve pain, rehabilitate injuries, and reduce stress.
- Athletic Trainers- Athletic trainers work to prevent, diagnose, and treat muscle and bone injuries and illnesses; they strive to keep active people healthy and functioning at their best.
- Recreational Therapists – Recreational therapists plan, direct, and coordinate recreation-based treatment programs for people with disabilities, injuries, or illnesses.
- Physical Therapists – Physical therapists work with individuals suffering from injuries, illnesses, or birth conditions to help them regain more mobility and reduce or manage pain.
- Exercise Physiologists -Exercise physiologists develop fitness and exercise programs that help injured or sick patients recover.
- Occupational Therapists – Occupational therapists treat patients who have injuries, illnesses, or disabilities through the therapeutic use of everyday activities.
- Chiropractors – Chiropractors treat patients with health problems of the neuromusculoskeletal system, which includes nerves, bones, muscles, ligaments, and tendons.