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Dr. Bobby Barton Athletic Training Room
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Eastern Kentucky's student-athletes benefit from one of the finest athletic training facilities anywhere in the country.
The Dr. Bobby Barton Athletic Training Room is located in the Moberly Building adjacent to the athletic weight room and is open for use by all EKU student-athletes.
The large space is occupied by the most modern training and rehabilitation equipment available. The training room features several
tables used during treatment and rehabilitation, taping tables, a wet room that features whirlpools and a four-foot-deep rehab pool that includes a submerged treadmill for aquatic rehab exercises. The area also features all of the latest modalities, helping get injured athletes back into the game as quickly as possible.
The athletic training room also houses an examination room used by team doctors. The physicians are regularly on site and perform evaluations, while assisting the training staff in ensuring the health of every student-athlete.
On October 16, 2009 the facility was renamed in honor of former EKU Head Athletic Trainer Dr. Bobby Barton. Dr. Barton is a pre-eminent leader in the field of intercollegiate sports medicine. He came to Eastern Kentucky in 1976 and was instrumental in beginning the athletics training major while serving as the Colonels' head athletics trainer. He served two four-year terms as President of the National Athletics Trainers Association and was named National Trainer of the Year in 1983-84 by NATA. Barton is a member of the Eastern Kentucky University Athletics Hall of Fame, the Ohio Valley Conference Hall of Fame and the National Athletic Trainers Association Hall of Fame.
For those sports that are primarily located in Alumni Coliseum, there is a satellite training room area that features a treatment and taping area as well as rehabilitation equipment.
Sports Medicine Staff
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Assistant Athletics Director for Football Sports Medicine and Wellness
Tim Miesmer |
Associate Athletics Director Sports Medicine
Kyle Whonsetler |
Assistant Director of Sports Medicine
Izzy Forde
(Soccer, XC, T&F) |
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Asst. Director of Sports Medicine
Tana Pearson
(Football & WGolf) |
Team Physicians
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Katie Roberts, MD
Head Primary Care/Team Physician |
Dr. Austin Stone
Team Physician/Orothopedic Surgeon |
