Trainers recommend specific exercises for each athlete. They usually show athletes how to exercise correctly. Thus they demonstrate how to use equipment properly. When injuries occur, athletic trainers examine them. They set up treatment programs and help athletes return to the sport.
Trainers confer with coaches and team doctors.
Trainers give massages and basic first aid. They also tape or wrap limbs or muscles. To allow athletes to continue competing, trainers prescribe equipment, such as braces. Trainers and team doctors decide when players can compete again. In high schools, colleges, and universities, trainers may also be teachers.