Athletic Training and
 Sports Medicine Newsletter
February 2010
Dear (Contact First Name),
I  hope you enjoy this issue of the Walters Inc. Newsletter.  This is our attempt to provide news and issues germane to Athletic Trainers and Athletic Training in general.
 
In This Issue
PRP in Sports Medicine
Rokovitch Join ICON Medical
2010 ATEO Schedule


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Welcome Clorox�
We are always seeking new sponsors to assist with our ATEO Seminars.  Clorox� offers products to assist in the cleaning of facilities and the prevention of disease transmission.  Their formula provides confident, convenient disinfecting with every application when used as directed.

Clorox� Pro Quaternary All-Purpose Disinfectant Cleaner is a line of defense against both MRSA and CA-MRSA.  It combines powerful cleaning and hospital-grade disinfecting in a no-rinse formula.  Clorox� is safe for use on multiple surfaces such as stainless steel, sealed granite, shower stalls, glazed ceramic tiles, synthetic turf, etc.

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Look for more information on these and other fine products are one of our upcoming events!


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New Format For ATEO in 2010

Be sure to check out our new format for ATEO Events in 2010.  We will feature two-hours of hands-on lab work and include clinical skills.  We will have introduction to the principles of casting and splinting.  More information and details on this and other topics in the coming months.

Platelet-Rich Plasma Therapy in Sports Medicine

The Sports Medicine team has tremendous challenges in dealing with torn ligaments and shredded tendons.  Muscle tears provide significant obstacles to athletes in their attempts to return to pre-injury status. 

As long as I worked in Athletic Training and Sports Medicine, it has been a challenge to seek out the best standards of care - the safest methods of treatment with minimized risk and proven outcomes.  Thus is the challenge today in evaluation PRP therapy relative to evidence-based medicine.

The procedure involves a physician taking a small vial of a patient's blood, about 30 milliliters, and spin it in a centrifuge to separate the platelet-rich plasma from the other components. The concentrated platelets are then injected into the site of the patient's injury. In theory, the growth factors that platelets secrete (not including human growth hormone) spur tissue recovery.

Like so many treatments, PRP therapy has evolved from other areas of medicine and has been applied since the mid-1990s to aid bone healing after spinal injury and soft tissue recovery following plastic surgery. 



Rokovitz Joins ICON Medical

John Miller has recently launched ICON Medical, the only manufacturers' representative company focused solely on the sports medicine industry.  Miller's experience in the industry is as Owner/President of Econoline Products, Inc. and President of Sports Health, a division of School Health Corporation. 
 
Now Miller is joined by talented Tom Rokovitz who most recently worked as one of Sports Health's Territory Managers and prior to that worked for Henry Schein and Micro Bio-Medics.  Tom's 23 years of experience in the sports medicine industry are essential in matching Icon Medical's mission to insure that it brings the best products from the best manufacturers to the high school, college and professional sports athletic trainers.
 
Congratulations to John and Tom as you work to grow your business at ICON Medical.


ATEO Schedule
Details on the ATEO events can be found on our website at www.rodwalters.com.  Seminars are provided at NO COST and include 7 BOC CEUs!

City                              Date    
Cincinnati, OH               April 10, 2010
Nashville, TN (Tentative) May 18, 2010
Houston, TX                   May 25, 2010
Greenville, SC                June 12, 2010
Dallas, TX (Tentative)     TBD
Birmingham, AL              July 14, 2010
San Jose, CA                  July 24, 2010
East Lansing, MI             July 27, 2010
College Park, MD            July 28, 2010


Win an AED at ATEO Events!
Our good friends at Cardiac Science are again providing five of their state-of-the-art AEDs to be randomly distributed to attendees at our 2010 ATEO events!  This has been a popular attraction over the past three years; and we look forward to this feature again this year.

Be a Clorox Athletic Training Room!
Clorox, our newest sponsor, has offered to outfit an Athletic Training Room at EACH of our ATEO seminars in 2010 with a sampling of their products.  An attendee at each of our seminars will be drawn at random, and they will receive products for use.