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  • A Day in the Life of an Athletic Trainer

    As an athletic trainer for the Orlando Health sports medicine team, I feel very fortunate to have one of the most exciting jobs in healthcare. It’s a fast-paced world because we work with teams and individual athletes, mostly youth players, who are focused on performance. In my role, I’m able to impact the performance of the players I work with in a couple of ways. First, I provide training and education that helps them avoid injuries that could keep them sidelined. And second, when someone is injured, my job is to assess the severity of the injury and determine what kind of medical care the athlete needs, including whether they need care as quickly as possible or if they can wait to see a specialist the next morning.

  • Follow Your Gut for Health

    Are you frequently tired or have trouble sleeping? Have a poor appetite or stomach issues including constipation or diarrhea? If you Google these symptoms, you’ll probably find a list of frightening possibilities, but search engines may overlook one reason for your myriad of symptoms: your gut.

  • How to Live With AFib

     This blog was written in conjunction with Mary Janette Sendin, Atrial Fibrillation Patient Care Coordinator.

  • How Can I Live With A-Fib

  • Tips to Avoid Distracted Driving Once and for All

    Imagine driving on the highway, closing your eyes and traveling the length of a football field at 55 mph. Sounds dangerous, right? But that’s what it’s like when you glance down at your phone for five seconds to read or send a text. And the consequences can be fatal.

  • Stay Aware and Get Screened: Learn About Head and Neck Cancer

    Have you been examined for head and neck cancer lately? If you’re like 71 percent of Americans, this exam may have never made it on your to-do list. But since it’s Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week, now is the ideal time to learn how to detect these types of cancers. To raise awareness, Orlando Health Cancer Institute will provide free screenings for head and neck cancers on Friday, April 12. These screenings will be offered at our main campus in downtown Orlando and at our new location in West Orange County so that you can get screened closer to where you live or work.

  • Know the Signs of Testicular Cancer

    Testicular cancer is the most common cancer in men 15 to 34 years old, but most testicular cancers can be cured. Because symptoms of testicular cancer are usually detected first by the individual, it’s important to understand the signs of this type of cancer.

  • Kidney Stones Are a Pain, But Minimally Invasive Treatments Can Help

    Kidney stones. Even the name sounds painful, and the idea of a hard, rock-like substance passing through the body isn’t pleasant. Climate and diet put Southerners more at risk of developing kidney stones . Fortunately, kidney stones rarely cause permanent damage when treated by a medical professional, and there are several minimally invasive treatments available to speed up resolution and recovery.

  • Understanding Multiple Sclerosis

    If you talk with people who have multiple sclerosis (MS), you will likely find a common theme —their symptoms aren’t the same. For many people, it’s only after several puzzling and sometimes distressing symptoms appear that they are diagnosed with this serious but nonfatal disease. MS affects more than 400,000 people in the United States and 2.5 million people around the world.

  • 5 Reasons You Should See an Athletic Trainer

    One of the first athletic trainers was hired by Harvard University to care for its football team — back in the 1880s. Fast forward more than a century to 1991, when athletic training was recognized as an allied health care profession by the American Medical Association. Since then, the science behind athletic training has advanced substantially.