March 2025: Athletic Training Month

WHEREAS, athletic trainers from professional, collegiate, and high school teams, industries, physician offices, rehabilitation clinics, and every branch of the United States military work together to promote and practice the profession of athletic training within the state of Michigan; and,

WHEREAS, athletic trainers have a long history of providing quality health care for athletes and persons engaged in regular physical activity; and,

WHEREAS, athletic trainers are highly skilled health care professionals who specialize in immediate, acute, and emergency care; examination, assessment, and diagnosis; injury prevention; risk management; therapeutic intervention; and rehabilitation of injury and illness; and,

WHEREAS, the National Athletic Trainers’ Association represents and supports more than 45,000 members of the athletic training profession, including more than 2,000 athletic trainers in the state of Michigan; and,

WHEREAS, leading organizations concerned with athletic training and health care have united in a common commitment to raise public awareness of the importance of the profession of athletic training and the role of athletic trainers in the provision of quality health care services; and,

WHEREAS, the state of Michigan promotes improved health care for athletes and all of those who engage in physical activity;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, do hereby proclaim March 2025 as Athletic Training Month in Michigan, and call upon residents of Michigan to join me in recognizing athletic trainers for their honorable work in keeping the community healthy.