Samo introduces new sports medicine class and club
Samo has introduced a new sports medicine class and sports medicine club this year, which will give students an opportuni ty to advance in the field, either with a career in mind or just for fun. In case a student doesn’t have room in their schedule to take the class during the school day, they can still get involved by joining the club, which meets every Tuesday during lunch. Sports medicine focuses on physical fitness as well as the treatment and prevention of in juries related to sports. There are loads of jobs in the field, such as a physical therapist, orthopedic nurse, kinesiotherapist, sports psychologist and an athletic trainer. Daniel Tran, Samo’s athletic trainer and the new advisor of both the class and club, discusses their benefit.
“I think it is important because students can explore the field of athletic training and medicine and see if this is a career that they would like to pursue in the future,” Tran said.
The sports medicine class in troduces students to the field of athletic training and medicine. So far this year, the class has dis cussed various emergency procedures such as first aid, CPR and AED. A large portion of the class is hands-on wrist, thumb and ankle taping. This class was created to provide an on-the-job athletic training experience for students and give them opportunities to apply everything learned in the class into real life situations. The sports medicine club is very similar to the class. Students learn all about various sports or activity-related injuries and how to treat them, especially focusing on taping. During the club meet ings, students get to practice taping on each other. Sports Medicine Club President Brandon Valdovinos (’24) goes further into detail.
“By joining the class or the club you can learn how to tape and how athletic trainers work,” Val dovinos said. “It is a really fun club to be a part of.”
The introduction of the sports medicine class and the sports medicine club provide opportu nities for Samo students to try something new in the athletic world. Samo students who are thinking about a career in sports medicine, or even if they’re just to learn more, can benefit from these new additions.
“You should join the club if you want to go into the medical field as a career,” Valdovinos said. “It is a really good way to start up. It’s [also] a really fun club if you want to be connected more to sports and working more with sports.”
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Marcus Tambago (’24) [right] wraps Isaiah Fernandez’s (‘26) wrist [left]. The club focuses a lot on taping and hands-on practice.
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Piper Forsyth (‘25) [right] wraps Bella Santiago’s (‘25) wrist [left]. Students can join the sports medicine class or join the club if their schedule doesn’t allow it, which meets Tuesdays at lunch.