What does it matter?
Your doctor wouldn’t ask you what field you work in before taking you on as a patient.
“Sorry, I prefer to treat only plumbers with hernias. You work in finance.”
I’m still amazed that we continue to advertise jobs that emphasize what team you’ll be working with, i.e. job descriptions that read “primary job responsibility is working with women’s soccer and tennis.” When did treating low back pain of a volleyball athlete become so different than treating that of the soccer or tennis athlete? Shouldn’t our job descriptions read something more like, “primary job responsibility is to practice patient centered care and evidence based medicine”?
If all your work environment has to offer is working with one or two sports in particular, then maybe you haven’t created an environment worthy of the best professionals. You know, the ones that like to solve interesting problems, continue to develop their skills and pursue best practice. Maybe you just want someone to come in, put their head down and work with that sport.
The trouble is, you’ll get exactly that.
Art Horne is the Coordinator of Care and Strength & Conditioning Coach for the Men’s Basketball Team at Northeastern University, Boston MA. He can be reached at a.horne@neu.edu.
