If you had time to volunteer where would you volenteer? What would you do? Why? If you do volunteer work describe what you do.

I am already a volunteer. I volunteer my time here at Butte College, in the athletic training room. I have donated nine hours a week for this semester to the training room. This internship is assisting me in learning effective ways to administer aid to athletes, that are or have become injured in their sport. I show up on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday working and learning for three hours each day. In the three hours I learn different ways to preform treatment to a variety of athletes, ranging from women's soccer to men's football.

I provide assistance to the professional athletic trainers with the rehabilitation methods that they implement for the injured athletes. In return I gain knowledge and acquire skills to help athletes with their personal recovery. By working in the athletic training room, I have learned more about how the human body works, and how the recovery time is different with each athlete's injury. The treatments that I have learned so far include hot and cold treatments, exercise rehabilitation, electronic muscle stimulation, friction massages, as well as a combination of all of the above. Figuring out what treatment depends on the injury, and the seriousness of the injury. Usually for all injuries cold or hot treatments are prescribed, followed by stretching, and then maybe some muscle stimulation.

I hope to absorb all the information I can, and use these methods in my future career of athletic training. I think that the volunteering that I have done this semester is an effective way to see if I want to go after a career in athletic training. I hope that one day I will be able to offer a service to athletes or people that are injured, and help them get rid of their injuries, which will lead them to a happier and healthier life.