Tomoo Yamada
MA, ATC
Affiliation/Title:
Stanford University, Stanford Sports Medicine, Associate Director of Athletic Training
Title:
Lecture 4-B
Future Vision of Athletic Training Multidisciplinary Approach
Abstract:
This lecture will focus on recovery, which is a critical aspect of athletes’ total health, by presenting examples from Stanford’s athlete monitoring system and provide future suggestions for Japanese athletic training. Recovery is one of the most important aspects of training, and recent studies have revealed that sleep deprivation negatively affects psychological well-being and brain functions. Therefore, it is important for athletic trainers and therapists to assess athletes’ mental and physical health baselines, and have a referral mechanism when they warrant further evaluations to establish an ideal system for optimized recovery. Examples from Stanford University will be shared to demonstrate how injury prevention, rehabilitation, treatment, and other metrics about athletes are utilized on clinical and research fields. Athletic trainers play a vital role in sports medicine team by addressing the need from athletes and guiding proper recovery strategy. This lecture will introduce knowledge and skills that are critical to athletic trainers and present ideas for future development of Japanese athletic training.
Background：
In the fall of 2002, Tomoo Yamada joined Stanford University as an athletic trainer/graduate assistant coordinator. With more than a decade of clinical experience on “The Farm,” he remains one of the longest-tenured athletic trainers on staff. He currently provides direct medical care to the Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving teams and ensures all aspects of health care are provided at the highest level.
As an Associate Director of Athletic Trainer, he continues to provide leadership, critical contributions, and clinical development of the athletic training staff. In addition, he assists with the overall direction of the Athletic Training and Sports Medicine program at Stanford University. He is also deeply involved in the development of international affiliations in Japan and Ireland.