Tiffany Hammond, head athletic trainer, has been working in the sports medicine scene at IU Southeast since 2002 and has worked at the Athletics Department for 10 years.
Hammond provides athletic training for all seven intercollegiate varsity sports at IU Southeast. She is also a full-time head athletic trainer contracted through Kourt.
“[My most memorable experience is] getting to work with the athletes and returning them to play after being hurt,” Hammond said.
Hammond received a Bachelor of Science in sports medicine with a concentration in exercise science from the University of Louisville.
Hammond also has a master’s degree in sports administration.
Hammond teaches several courses on campus including Intro to Athletic Training, Intro to Exercise Science, Personal Health and Intro to Sports Management.
Hammond only covers home games and does paperwork and documentation of student athletes’ injuries on medical records.
Hammond also has an assistant, Megan Graf, who helps with game and practice coverage.
The major injuries Hammond said she witnesses within the Athletics Department are ankle sprang and muscle sprang.
Another common injury is the Anterior Cruciate Ligamen, which is a tear in one of the knee ligaments.
It joins the upper leg bone with the lower leg bone.
The ACL is what keeps the knee stable.
Hammond said the issues she goes over with student athletes are preventive and educational strategies, flexibility and the custom management program. She also goes over information to keep students safe in their sport, such as diet and stretching.
One of the main goals of the Athletic Department is to rehabilitate athletes and to make sure that re-injury does not occur again.
The Athletics Department also has preventively injury training.
Joe Glover, athletic director, said Hammond is great to work with.
“She is very caring for student athletes and is organized,” Glover said. “She keeps everything on track. The Athletics Department tries to help others through training exercise.”
Hammond said she lives in Sellersburg, Ind., and enjoys spending time with her husband, Terry, and her children Conner, 6, and Kaylee, 2.
She said she also enjoys playing softball.
By LYNN BAILEY
Staff
lfbailey@ius.edu
