Athletic Trainer Business Cards for ATC BOC Certified Sports Medicine Professionals

Athletic trainers (ATs) are the healthcare professionals educated and credentialed in athletic training — a health care profession that recognizes and prevents musculoskeletal injuries, diagnoses and treats those injuries in collaboration with physicians, rehabilitates athletes to safe return to sport, and manages emergency care and medical conditions in athletic settings.

What Athletic Trainer Cards Include

Your Credentials

BOC (Board of Certification) credential:

• ATC (Athletic Trainer Certified) — BOC; the primary credential; requires graduation from a CAATE-accredited Athletic Training Education Program + passing the BOC examination; the ATC credential is the national standard and is required in all states that regulate athletic training; maintained through 50 CEUs every 2 years
• BOC Approved Provider — BOC; for CEC sponsors

State licensure:

• LAT (Licensed Athletic Trainer) — state athletic training license; 49 states + D.C. license or regulate athletic trainers; title protection designations vary by state: Licensed Athletic Trainer (LAT), Certified Athletic Trainer (CAT), Registered Athletic Trainer (RAT); always include state designation on card

NATA (National Athletic Trainers' Association):

• NATA member (National Athletic Trainers' Association) — the primary professional organization; NATA provides advocacy, research, education, and community for athletic trainers across all settings; student, associate, and full membership
• NATA Foundation — research and education arm; scholarship recipients

Specialty certifications:

• CSCS (Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist) — NSCA; strength and conditioning specialty; widely held by ATs who also do performance training
• FMS (Functional Movement Screen) Certified — movement screening
• SFMA (Selective Functional Movement Assessment) Certified — clinical movement assessment
• DNS (Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization) — Czech-based movement rehabilitation approach
• PES (Performance Enhancement Specialist) — NASM; athletic performance training
• EIM (Exercise is Medicine) — ACSM; exercise prescription in clinical settings
• BLS (Basic Life Support) — AHA; CPR/AED certification required for all ATs; must be current
• CPR-AED certified — professional-level CPR; often listed specifically
• ACSM Certified Clinical Exercise Physiologist (CEP) — for ATs with advanced clinical exercise roles

Continuing education credentials:

• ATC-Dry Needling — dry needling certification (state authorization varies; legal in 46 states for AT); DN credentialing programs (KinetaCore, Myopain Seminars, NAIOMT)
• Graston Technique Certified — instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization
• SFMA Level I/II — selective functional movement assessment
• RockTape FMT (Functional Movement Taping) Certified — kinesiology taping specialty
• CADS (Certified Athletic Developer — Strength) — NSCA; athletic development

Your Athletic Training Setting

Traditional athletic training settings:

• High school athletics (secondary school AT — full-time or per diem)
• College/university athletics (Division I, II, III; athletic training staff)
• Professional sports (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS — team AT)
• Olympic sports and national team (USA Track & Field, USA Swimming, USOC)
• Performing arts (dance, theater — performing arts medicine AT)
• Military and tactical (Army, Navy, Air Force, Special Operations AT)

Clinical and medical settings:

• Sports medicine clinic (outpatient clinical AT; often physician-extender)
• Physical therapy clinic AT
• Orthopedic practice AT (sports medicine physician's office)
• Hospital-based sports medicine
• Urgent care sports medicine
• Physician assistant (PA) program — some ATs pursue PA school
• Emergency department AT (acute injury coverage)

Occupational and industrial athletic training:

• Corporate industrial setting (preventing and treating workplace musculoskeletal injuries)
• Construction and manufacturing workplace AT
• First responder AT (law enforcement, firefighter fitness and injury prevention)

Emerging settings:

• Secondary school (part-time and per diem AT for schools without full-time AT)
• Recreation and fitness centers
• Sports performance facilities (private training facilities)
• E-sports and gaming performance (emerging; repetitive strain prevention)

Services:

• Injury prevention and pre-participation physical assessment
• Sideline and event coverage (game coverage)
• Acute injury assessment and management
• Rehabilitation and return-to-sport progression
• Taping and bracing
• Emergency action plan (EAP) development
• Concussion management (SCAT3, PCSS protocol)
• Heat illness prevention (WBGT monitoring)
• Strength and conditioning support
• Nutrition consultation (sports dietitian referral)

Design for Athletic Trainers

Color palette:

• Navy + white: sports medicine professional authority
• Athletic colors (team-specific: school colors for high school/college ATs)
• Red + white: medical association, clinical
• Black + orange: athletic, sports-adjacent

Back of Card

1. "ATC | BOC Certified | [State] Licensed Athletic Trainer (LAT) | NATA Member | CSCS"
2. "High school | College | Professional sports | Clinical | Industrial | Military | Performing arts"
3. "Injury prevention | Rehabilitation | Return-to-sport | Concussion management | Sideline coverage"
4. "Dry needling | Graston Technique | FMS/SFMA | Taping | Emergency action plan development"
5. "[School / Team / Clinic] | [phone] | [email] | [LinkedIn for clinical/professional roles]"

Checklist

• [ ] ATC (BOC Certified)
• [ ] State LAT license (and state)
• [ ] NATA membership
• [ ] CSCS (if strength/performance)
• [ ] Dry Needling certification (if applicable and state-legal)
• [ ] Graston Technique / IASTM
• [ ] FMS/SFMA certification
• [ ] CPR/AED certification (current)
• [ ] BLS (current)
• [ ] Primary setting (high school, college, professional, clinical, industrial)
• [ ] Key services (injury prevention, rehab, concussion, sideline coverage)
• [ ] School/team/clinic name