2025 House Resolution 35

Whereas, Athletic trainers have a long history of providing quality health care for many types of patients including athletes and all persons engaged in regular physical activity; and

Whereas, Over 1,700 athletic trainers are licensed in the state of Michigan to provide health care services including risk management and injury prevention, clinical evaluation and assessment, immediate care and treatment, and the rehabilitation and reconditioning of an individual’s injury or illness, or both, and provide these services under the direction of, on the prescription of, or in collaboration with a physician; and

Whereas, The National Athletic Trainers Association was founded in 1950 and includes more than 35,000 members worldwide. The profession provides health care to a diversity of patient populations, and in various settings, including professional and Olympic sports, colleges and universities, high schools, rehabilitation clinics, rural and urban hospitals, urgent and ambulatory care centers, corporate and industrial settings, performing arts centers, every branch of the United States military, police and fire departments and physician practices; and

Whereas, Leading organizations concerned with athletic training and health care have joined together in a common desire to raise public awareness of the importance of the athletic training profession and to emphasize the importance of quality health care by athletic trainers who are considered champions in healthcare; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the House of Representative, That the members of this legislative body declare March 2025 as Athletic Trainer Month in the state of Michigan.