Mike DiStefano
MA, ATC, PES, CES
Director of Return to Play & Sport Performance
Professional Certifications
-Certified Athletic TrainerΒ
-Corrective Exercise SpecialistΒ
-Performance Enhancement SpecialistΒ
-First Aid/CPR/AED CertifiedΒ
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Responsibilities Β
-Director of the Return to Play and Performance TrainingΒ
-Instructor and assistant clinical education coordinator for the Masters of Athletic Training Program within the department of KinesiologyΒ
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TrainingΒ
-Treated/trained athletes of all ages and abilities: elementary school to adult athletesΒ
-Over 200 Athletes recovering from ACL surgeryΒ
-Over 150 division 1 athletesΒ
-Multiple professional athletes- NFL, MLS, MLB, tri-athletesΒ
-Runners, golfers, cyclistsΒ
-Focus on safe and effective return to activity following surgery, physical therapy, chronic injuriesΒ
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PublicationsΒ
-Multiple peer-review articles inΒ Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The American Journal of Sports MedicineΒ
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-Recently honored as one of only 4 athletic trainers in the country to help author the National Athletic Trainers Associationβs Position Statement on Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome. Β
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Research ProjectsΒ
-Boston Red SoxΒ
-United State Military AcademiesΒ
-Division 1 athletesΒ
-Elite adolescent soccer players Β
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EducationΒ
-MS University of North Carolina, Exercise and Sports Science with concentration in Athletic TrainingΒ
-BA Lenior Rhyne University, Athletic TrainingΒ
