Sports Injuries What's the Biggest Issue Facing Your Industry? " Lack of full-time school/school " The proliferation of personal trainers that have minimal education, but are advising young athletes regarding athletic injury management. " " Inadequate nutrition leaves their bodies devoid of the vital nutrients to power and heal. " " Kids are too busy playing sports and do not take time to strength train so they are weak and have poor stabilization. " " Too much training with the sport training and the weight training and then lessons. There is not enough information about rest/ recovery time. " " The hiring and paying athletic trainers what they are worth. Also, work-life balance in the profession. " " Lack of initial fitness and terrible movement patterns. " " Poor wages for the amount of qualified medical needed from AT's. Too many S-A's per AT. " " Too many opinions/fake experts in social media. " seeing a rise in - and the results are varied. While ACL injuries did pop up frequently in the comment box another word - overuse - appeared the most. Whether paired with terms like core and stabilizer weakness, or shoulder injuries, it appears based on the survey response that student-athletes are playing more and recovering less. " I generally see one [ACL tear in female athletes] every three weeks, " one athletic trainer shared. One anonymous responder noted, " I've seen more strains at the beginning of the season due to not being in shape or muscle imbalances. " Another said that " fixing other people's mistakes " is something he or she has spent more time with recently. Nevertheless, a few respondents also noted that no specific injuries are on the rise, pointing to varying results depending on a number of factors including locale. " I haven't noticed any significant increase of any injury in particular, " another respondent shared. n training-conditioning.com | 7 district employed athletic trainers. " " Proper strength training programs. "http://www.training-conditioning.com