We are a service. Peterson has been a memeber of the Cobber sports staff for three years. She served as a part-time trainer her first two years and this year she takes over as the head trainer. Peterson also teaches advanced athletic training here at Concordia as part of the sports medicine program. The training room is a plaece to prevent injuries, avoid the emergency room and stay in for another game.
Athletic training consists mainly of preventing injuries.
For Peterson, that means anything from checking a field for holes before a game to teaching class on injury prevention to coaches. Despite her devotion to prevention, injuries do occur, and recognizing, evaluating, and rehabilitating those injuries is also a major part of Peterson's day. Wrapping ankles, icing legs anad recommending exercisies all factor into the rehabilitation process - a process which Peterson says in intended to get the player back in the game quickly and safely. For Peterson, the biggest reward comes from the interaction with athletes. Peterson has been a college trainer for nine years and says working with college athletes is unique because of their desire to play.