Exercise and Sport Science Careers

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Exercise and Sport Science Careers

• Mike Ramsey
• Department of Kinesiology, Leisure, and Sport
  Science
• ETSU

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Exercise and Sport Science

• Exercise Science
• Application of scientific principles to better
  understand and improve the outcomes of exercise
• Sport Science
• Application of scientific principles to better
  understand and improve sports performance

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Exercise and Sport Science

• Major Areas of Study
• Cardiorespiratory Physiology
• Aging/atherosclerosis
• Space flight/microgravity
• Diabetes
• Sports performance
• Neuromuscular Physiology
• Aging/sarcopenia
• Sports performance
• Bone Physiology
• Aging/osteoporosis
• Space flight/microgravity
• Biomechanics
• Ergonomics
• Sports performance

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Exercise and Sport Science

• Why is this important?
• Many of the leading causes of death are related
  to lifestyle (chronic diseases).
• Heart Disease
• Cancer
• Stroke
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (emphysema)
• All of the above related to smoking!
• Lifestyle changes include
• Physical Activity
• Diet
• Sleep
• Stress reduction
• Smoking cessation

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Exercise and Sport Science

• Major career paths
• Fitness/Wellness (40)
• Corporate
• Hospital
• University
• Cardiac Rehabilitation (5)
• Physical/Occupational Therapy (50)
• Strength/Conditioning Coach (5)
• of Exercise Science majors going into field
  from our program at ETSU

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Exercise and Sport Science

• Corporate Fitness/Wellness (University)
• The main goal save
• Jobs
• Administrators, exercise specialist, fitness
  instructors, nutritionist
• Duties
• Increase activity levels, educate, reduce
  time-off due to injury or illness
• Where
• Nation wide (Health and Fitness Corp)
• Eastman, 3M, ChevronTexaco, DaimlerChrysler,
  FedEx, Ford Motor Company, General Electric,
  General Motors, Hewlett-Packard, Johnson
  Johnson, Texas Instruments, and Verizon

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Exercise and Sport Science

• Hospital Wellness
• The main goal
• Improve health of patients, employees, and
  community, save
• Jobs
• Administrators, exercise specialists, fitness
  instructors, nutritionists
• Duties
• Increase activity levels, educate
• Where
• Nation wide
• Most major hospitals will have a wellness program

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Exercise and Sport Science

• Salaries
• Corporate Fitness/Wellness, University
  Fitness/Wellness and Hospital Wellness
• Wellness Program Administrator
• 32,491 67,836
• Exercise Specialist
• 27,669 43,183
• Fitness Instructor
• 26,461 75,596
• Personal Trainer
• 22,737 - 66,008
• Nuritionist
• 37,558 - 53,186

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Exercise and Sport Science

• Cardiac Rehabilitation
• The main goal
• Improve survival from cardiovascular diseases
• Jobs
• Administrators, exercise specialists
• Duties
• Administer exercise stress tests to patients
• Supervise inpatient and outpatient exercise
  programs
• Where
• Nation wide
• Most hospitals will have a cardiac rehab program
• Salary 24,583 - 46,810

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Exercise and Sport Science

• Physical/Occupational Therapy
• The main goal
• Improve mobility and quality of life of patients
• Jobs
• Physical Therapists (51,100 - 67,168)
• Physical Therapy Assistants (32,716 - 43,785)
• Duties
• Diagnosis and treatment
• Where
• Nation wide
• Most cities will have a multiple physical therapy
  clinics

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Exercise and Sport Science

• Strength/Conditioning Coach
• The main goal
• Improve athletic performance and reduce potential
  for injury
• Jobs
• Head Strength Coach (26,351 - 64,642)
• Assistant Strength Coach (22,485 - 43,973)
• Duties
• Create and administer conditioning programs
• Where
• Nation wide
• Most colleges and universities will have a
  strength and conditioning program

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Exercise and Sport Science

• At ETSU
• Only program in the country with a direct
  relationship with the intercollegiate athletics
  program
• Mike and Meg Stone
• SPEC
• Lab

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Exercise and Sport Science Lab
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Exercise and Sport Science

• Thanks to
• Dr. Mike Stone
• Coach Meg Stone
• Grad Students
• Ann Kinser
• Jon Keller
• Jenna Kraska
• Daniel Duckworth
• Regional salary info from salary.com

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Exercise and Sport Science

• Thank you very much for your time
• Any questions?
• Presentation and program info available at
• http//www.etsu.edu/coe/pexs/ExScience.htm
• http//faculty.etsu.edu/ramseym/