Love Fitness Training and Athletic Therapy

Happy International Women’s Day to these incredible women I work with!

Day one of The Professional Experience was a hit! Can’t wait to see everyone again tomorrow!

🔥 Female AT's 🔥
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About 60% of Athletic Therapists/Athletic Trainers are females which sounds amazing for a profession that has been considered "A male-dominated profession" 👏
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However, only 13% of all professional sport Athletic Therapy positions are held by females obviously, there is still a glass ceiling occurring for females in the profession. 🙄
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How can we expect young females to aspire to hold positions in professional sports when they can barely even see themselves in those positions? 🤔

🤔 What is Athletic Therapy? ⁠
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A question I get asked a lot by people wondering what is Athletic Therapy?
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✅ ATs are health care professionals that specialize in treating and preventing musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries/conditions. MSK involves bones, muscles, or joints. ATs can also provide emergency care, sideline assessments, taping and concussion management during athletic events.

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✅ An AT can help you achieve your goals whether is to be an elite-level athlete or just be able to play with your grandkids. If your body moves, then AT is for YOU!⁠
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If you have any questions about Athletic Therapy, exercise, pain management, or injury prevention, please send me a message. 🤗

We are all Athletes of life!
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⛹️‍♀️ While we often think of sports when it comes to athletes almost all of us engage in some form of physical activity every day which reminds us that we are all athletes in life!

Keep your eyes peeled all month long to learn all about Athletic Therapy!!! 👀

🔥HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY🔥
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I am grateful to be a woman! It takes a certain grace, strength, intelligence, and fearlessness to be a woman in today's society. With a lot of nerve to never take no for an answer to continue to shatter glass ceilings.
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Here is to every male out there who is rising or supporting a strong female on their journey. Most importantly here is to every strong woman out there battling to break down barriers, every female trying to find their light in this world.
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You're a strong confident force to be reckoned with! Go get them, girl!!!

🔥 She's a runner, She's a track star. 🚨

🔥 Female Friday 🔥

🛑We are living in a very crazy, scary and exciting time in the world where females are being celebrated and given more opportunities than ever before! Let's NOT diminish these opportunities with WOMEN on WOMEN bashing that has become more and more common in today's society.
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FEMALES are criticizing and bashing other females over their physical appearance, their outfits, their intelligence, their sexuality, their professional achievements, the photos they post on IG because shame on them for feeling themselves and wanting to share a photo with them too much skin showing, and so much more! 🤦‍♀️
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I am so sick and tired of seeing it over and over again happen! We as females cannot expect change and for others to treat us with more respect if we as females are constantly trying to tear one another down.🤷‍♀️
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🤗When we support and empower one another, we help break more barriers and give the space for the deeper issues that are far more important than what she is or isn't wearing in her latest IG photo,
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Please I encourage females to embrace and support one another and help empower the next generation of females to come.
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Tag a woman below who inspires and empowers YOU! 👇

Let's change the YOU HAVE TO mindset to YOU GET TO mindset. While this world has been especially crazy over the last years we still have many great things that we GET to do every day!
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✅ You GET TO go to work!
✅ You GET TO workout!
✅ You GET TO study!
✅ You GET TO love
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❓ What do you GET TO do today?

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💥FEMALE FRIDAY Joy Chiekwel💥

I am a Clinical Exercise Physiologist (CEP), a High Performance Coach (HPC) and am currently doing my masters in exercise oncology. As a CEP I prescribe exercise as a form of medicine to clinical populations. Currently, I work mostly with cancer patients/survivors with Nova Scotia Health but also consult with health care practitioners on ways to add exercise into their patients lives. My work with NSH includes cancer exercise/research programs where we look at the effects of physical activity and exercise on different areas of quality of life and physiology.

During my undergrad at Acadia, I was lucky to be a strength and conditioning student coach with the football and basketball teams. During this time you really had to learn how to make your voice heard over men that towered over you. I believe this helped me find my way as a female in the sport/fitness industry. Since there are not many females in the strength and conditioning industry, especially in male dominated sports, you can easily be overlooked or devalued. I honestly have to give thanks to my head coaches and other male coaches who provided me with a safe space, made sure my thoughts were heard and knew I brought value to the team.

My advice to young females coming up in this industry it to come in prepared. Do the work before hand and maybe a little extra! Lead by example and always be open to trying new techniques. There is always so much to learn, so adopting a student mind-set will get you far!

My advice to young females coming up in this industry is to come in prepared. Do the work beforehand and maybe a little extra! Lead by example and always be open to trying new techniques. There is always so much to learn, so adopting a student mindset will get you far! a female in the sport/fitness industry. Since there are not many females in the strength and conditioning industry, especially in male-dominated sports, you can easily be overlooked or devalued. I honestly have to give thanks to my head coaches and other male coaches who provided me with a safe space made sure my thoughts were heard and knew I brought value to the team.

The journey of a thousand miles starts with the first step.

Merry Christmas and happy holidays everyone.
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Remember there is always something to be grateful for around us!