News, insights and ideas from the Go4 team

Updated Jan 2025. Working as a PRN athletic trainer requires enough juggling with your full-time schedule, keeping athletes healthy, and communicating with parents or coaches.And then tax season hits.Don’t let it get you sidelined. Here are 7 things you need to know to get more deductions and keep more…

By Elizabeth Neil PhD, LAT, ATC You might be thinking, “Oh great, a blog on medical documentation.” Let me start by acknowledging that medical documentation isn’t the most exciting topic for many. Athletic trainers are busy, and medical documentation is often the last thing on their minds. When I ask…

by Susan Taah, MEng, GSP, LAT, ATC After almost a decade in the health and wellness space, I have seen a variety of programs implemented in all sorts of ways with different levels of success. In fact, I often see programs with no rhyme or reason, clear goal, or performance…

When hiring an Athletic Trainer, you are hiring their entire skillset. Parents, players, coaches and even grandma should feel encouraged to speak with athletic trainers when they have questions–simply put, athletic trainers are not just there to tape ankles and save lives. Thats why we assembled this list of…

Class Outside covers lessons, projects and topics that go outside the normal AT classroom and textbook fare. Going deep on Food Insecurity in Class Food insecurity matters to educators and athletic trainers alike. Nationally 23% of undergraduates, and 12% of graduate students face food insecurity, so it is likely that…

These are the scariest sounds you’ve heard a human body make! The sounds that you’ll never un-hear. Read them if you dare! C-L-U-N-K!Meniscal tear Pop!Was doing anterior drawer test on knee and tore the ACL the rest of the way doing it. Snap!Tib fib fracture you could hear from…

by Susan Taah, MEng, GSP, LAT, ATC While there are many benefits to having having an athletic trainer on staff—injury management, illness prevention, emotional support, administrative insight, etc—, the key motivator is the reasonable risk of significant injury, illness, or fatality to occur.  So, then why do ATs often face…

ACLs tearing! Bones breaking! Craniums crashing! What a treat! Spell out the scariest sound you’ve heard the human body make and get a useful Halloween multi-tool treat to help you handle those scary sounds!…

October might be the scariest month, but scary scenarios happen every day of the year. Having an Emergency Action Plan that is never practiced is equivalent to not having one. That’s why, whether you’re at a school, office or facility, you must rehearse your Emergency Action Plan. Implementing an…

Go4’s mission is to have an Athletic Trainer on Every Sideline, Everywhere. And with that, make sure Athletic Trainers are paid for their time, knowledge, and life-saving skills. That mission is taken seriously, and athletic trainers have multiple avenues for getting paid to help complete it. Check…

Go4 Affiliate Program: Empowering ATs and Raising Rates Nationwide At Go4, our mission—#everysidelineeverywhere—is more than a tagline. It’s a commitment to making sure that every youth sporting event has an Athletic Trainer (AT) on the sideline. With the launch of the Go4 Affiliate Program, we are putting that into action…

Effective recovery techniques for young athletes to help your child bounce back after intense games.