Sports Medicine Careers: Info & Salaries
Careers in Sports Medicine and more.
Athletic Trainer
Alternate Career Titles: AT, Certified Athletic Trainer, Athletic Trainer Certified
Career Overview: Athletic Trainers prevent, diagnose and treat injuries, illnesses and conditions relating to the muscles and bones.
Career Salary Range: $30,300 to $69,140
Required Minimum Degree/License: Bachelor’s Degree
Massage Therapist
Alternate Career Titles: Registered Massage Therapist, RMT, Licensed Massage Therapist, LMT, Masseur, Masseuse
Career Overview: These professionals touch and manipulate patient muscles and tissues to relieve stress or pain.
Career Salary Range: $19,720 to $74,879
Required Minimum Degree/License: Postsecondary Nondegree Award
Recreational Therapist
Alternate Career Titles: Therapeutic Recreation Specialist, Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist, CTRS
Career Overview: Massage Recreational Therapists establish and execute recreation-based treatment programs
Career Salary Range: $29,570 to $74,210
Required Minimum Degree/License: Bachelor’s Degree in Recreational Therapy