Recognizing Our Students

Congrats to the LSU Athletic Training Program for being awarded with the 2015 Bill Cramer Professional Development Award.  This award recognizes the dedicated work our students do on an annual basis.  A small recap of accomplishments in 2015: high first-time BOC pass rate, active volunteering and interning, student organization participating in food drives, teaching Tiger Hearts which is a hands only CPR course, and teaching high school students about the duties of an athletic trainer.  Each year our program strives to be better than the previous year by finding way to be more involved with the community and making our program more known and active.  Congratulations again to the LSU Athletic Training Program and thank you Cramer for awarding us and recognizing our hard work.

T-Shirts for Everyone

The LSU athletic training program is always looking for ways to show our appreciation for our alumni and keep them as involved and part of the family as possible after they leave LSU.  As a way to market the program and our student organization, Alpha Tau Sigma, we give student the opportunity to buy t-shirts that our t-shirt chairs create. The first shirt our chairs will be creating this year is a tribute to all of the athletic training students who have passed through LSU before us.  The shirt features a tree with purple and gold roots.  The tree is surrounded by the names of all fifty states to symbolize all of the places our alumni have traveled after leaving LSU.  We realize that our program would not be where it is today if it were not for all of those who have helped to shape our program along the way.  For those that are interested in purchasing a shirt, below you will find a survey and instructions as well as a picture of what the shirt will look like.  

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New Editions

As we begin another year here at LSU, we have some exciting additions to the resources we have available to us in the athletic training room.  We are excited to add an Alter G to our arsenal of equipment used to rehabilitate our athletes.  The Anti-Gravity Treadmill M/F320 is a rehabilitation treadmill that allows injured and recovering patients to walk, jog, or run at only a percentage of their body weight.  The Alter G has already been put to great use for all of the sports teams at LSU. This treadmill can be utilized for all different populations and injuries as well.  It can be used for overweight individuals that need to improve their cardiorespiratory fitness without putting a lot of force on their joints.  For LSU athletic training purposes, the Alter G has already been used to in the rehabilitation of injuries such as meniscectomies, lower leg fractures, labral repairs, and many more. This new piece of equipment now allows athletic trainers to incorporate more functional activities into a rehab without increasing the athlete’s risk of further injury. This equipment has been utilized in professional sports settings such as the NFL, and we are very excited to be able to utilize it for our student-athletes.  So far it has been a valuable addition to our resources, and the athletic trainers and athletes are excited to gain more experience working with the machine as the year progresses. 

Congratulations to Lance Champagne!

We would like to take the time to congratulate Lance Champagne, LAT, ATC in being awarded for the 2014-15 RRAC Athletic Trainer of the Year.  A former LSU Athletic Training Student, Lance is very passionate about the profession of Athletic Training and is always looking to improve.  He serves on the NAIA Athletic Trainers' Association and had created the RRAC’s Athletic Training Committee in order to improve communication between athletic trainers in the conference.  He also is on the Cramer Products Advisory Council and holds a workshop for high school students at LSU Shreveport annually.  Lance continues to look for ways to be more involved, share his knowledge and expertise as well as make improvements in the athletic training profession. Again, congratulations to Lance on all his accomplishments.  We are very proud to call him and alumnus of LSU Athletic Training. 


For more information regarding Champagne's award, please click HERE.