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VOL. 155, ISSUE 6, APRIL 10-APRIL 23, 2013
Sports Medicine
Above: Jose Bonilla, ATC, treats an injured athlete on Rams field while student athletic trainer Malori E. Swanson observes on March 13, 2013. Photo by Shelly Scott/The Guardsman Below: Adelita C. Martin, ATC, and student athletic trainer Malori E. Swanson examines a chart in the City College sports medicine facility in the Wellness Center at Ocean campus on March 13, 2013. Photo by Shelly Scott/The Guardsman
Trainers save lives on the sideline By Dan Harrington
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When the body is ailing, it must have its needs met to rebuild, fortify, and create a conducive environment to transmit energy and health. While the college and student body have been in the spotlight due to the school’s accreditation issues as of late, the fine-tuning of the student-athlete is always on the minds of two City College mentors. Jose Bonilla and Adelita Martin are the head and assistant certified athletic trainers for all City College sport competitors. They respond to injuries with immediate treatment and long-term rehabilitation, with heavy doses of education and preventive medicine mixed in. The goal is to provide the knowledge and direction to engender maximal performance for competing athletes wearing the college uniform. They organize the training regimen in
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the athletic training room at the Wellness Center and survey the play at a bevy of contests at home, on the road and at neutral sites. “The care of the student-athletes means everything to Jose and Addie,” Dan Hayes,
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physical education, dance and athletics chair, said. “They don’t look at a clock - they stay until the job is done. They don’t leave until every one of our student-athletes has been treated.” Bonilla began his service at City College
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in 1991 on a part-time basis, which grew to a full-time role in 1996. Methods, as well as perception toward those who treat studentathletes, have both changed over time. “ATC stands for ‘athletic trainer, certified,’ or just call us certified athletic trainers. Within our profession, we say, ‘Where are the ATC’s?’” Bonilla said. “Before, the players just thought we gave the water or taped an ankle. Now we’re recognized by the AMA [American Medical Association]. The NATA [National Athletic Training Association] Board of Certification certifies us to perform our jobs.” Martin built Burlingame High School’s athletic training program from scratch ten years prior. The program grew to model status for San Mateo County. She has lent a helping hand at City College, particularly with football. She came to City College in 2005 as a part-time employee to join Bonilla, grasping the chance to match the health-related challenges of hundreds of City College athletes.
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