How Athletic Trainers Can Support Athletes’ Mental Health
4 min readNov 2, 2022
It’s becoming more and more common to talk about mental health in sports. The world is slowly realizing that depression and anxiety can affect anybody, including our top athletes, whether it’s Simone Biles withdrawing from the Olympics or Michael Phelps talking about his depression. What role do athletic trainers play in mental health? When an athletic trainer has a concern about a patient…