Sports & Rehabilitation Specialists perform various duties including: examining injuries and providing first-aid if necessary, applying strapping and taping techniques to provide support, providing massages to help muscles recuperate, instructing athletes about warm-up and stretching exercises, preparing athletes physically and mentally for competition, making critical decisions regarding whether injured athletes can get back to playing, evaluating injuries, providing referrals to medical practitioners if further treatment is necessary, implementing rehabilitation programs for injured athletes, providing information and advice to athletes about diet, lifestyle and nutrition issues, and working together with coaches and trainers to devise injury prevention programs.