This video describes the role and career possibilities of dieticians.
This website may be useful to identify benefits and resources for fitness-related careers such as physical trainers, nutritionists, youth fitness professionals, functional aging specialists, etc.
Meet a prosthetic specialist who combines her love of art & science to create state-of-the-art prosthetic implants for the human skull.
Learn about working in sports therapy from Anita O’Brian, a therapeutic recreation specialist. She manages SportsNet at Rochester Rehabilitation in Rochester, New York. She explains how she enables people to participate in a wide variety of therapeutic recreation activities.
Learn about the field of therapeutic recreation and how it helps people. Rochester Rehabilitation's SportsNet program is featured which uses adaptive and inclusive recreation for people with disabilities or medical conditions to improve their quality of life and meet their goals.
In this short video, students will learn about the roles and responsibilities of sports officials and referees.
In this short video, students will learn about the roles and responsbilities of an athletic trainer.
In this short video, students will learn about the duties of exercise physiologists. An exercise physiologist's job is to assess, plan, or implement fitness programs that include exercise or physical activities such as those designed to improve cardiorespiratory function, body composition, muscular strength, muscular endurance, or flexibility.
In this short video, students will learn about a career as a recreation worker. Recreation workers conduct recreation activities with groups in public, private, or volunteer agencies or recreation facilities. They organize and promote activities, such as arts and crafts, sports, games, music, dramatics, social recreation, camping, and hobbies, taking into account the needs and interests of individual members.
This resource lists many frequently asked questions about the field of kinesiology. Listed in interview style, these questions could be used to ask a professional about their experiences or can be read as a way to better understand the field.
Kinesiology is the scientific study of human or non-human body movement. Kinesiology addresses physiological, biomechanical, and psychological mechanisms of movement. Applications of kinesiology to human health (i.e. human kinesiology) include biomechanics and orthopedics; strength and conditioning; sport psychology; methods of rehabilitation, such as physical and occupational therapy; and sport and exercise. Studies of human and animal motion include measures from motion tracking systems, electrophysiology of muscle and brain activity, various methods for monitoring physiological function, and other behavioral and cognitive research techniques.
This resource provides teachers and/or students with information about the career of sport management. Links for other reading, educational requirements, and career opportunities are included.
This resource can be used by both teaches and students to gain more knowledge in the field of health promotion. This resource includes educational requirements, career opportunities, and a link to a podcast devoted to the topic.
Doctors order lots of scans, but it takes a specially trained doctor to figure out what a scan means and diagnose exactly what's going on inside the body. David explains why he thinks the years of study to become a radiologist are worth it.
Let's take a closer look at this science career that studies the human body and teaches people exercise and other therapies to keep their bodies strong and healthy.
