Meet the Athletic Trainer
Children’s Hospital Colorado and Real Colorado Soccer formed a partnership to promote the health and wellness of the entire Real community. As a result, Children’s Colorado Sports Medicine Center now staffs a certified athletic trainer (AT) to provide injury management for Real Colorado players.
ATs are specially trained in Injury/Illness prevention, clinical evaluation and diagnosis, immediate and emergency care, treatment, and rehabilitation of injuries and illnesses. ATs have a bachelors or masters degree from an accredited professional athletic training education program and must pass a comprehensive board certification test. ATs work under the direction of physicians, as prescribed by state licensure statutes, and to keep their certification they must meet ongoing continuing education requirements to keep this certification.
What does this mean for you as a member of Real?
* Free injury assessments and recommendations for follow-up care
* Injury management, education and prevention
* Functional rehabilitation
Sara Altman - AT
Certified Athletic Trainer @ Real Colorado Soccer Club - South Community Focus
Sara.Altman@childrenscolorado.org
Meet Sara: Sara is a Certified Athletic Trainer who graduated from Methodist University where she was a two sport athlete participating in both soccer and tennis. She has stayed active in the soccer world by coaching at her university as well as high schools here in Colorado. With over 10 years experience in various aspects of sports and health care Sara brings a variety of experience and knowledge to the skills she provides as an athletic trainer. In her free time she enjoys fitness, mountain biking, snowboarding, and finding good live music! Sara will work alongside Nicholas providing coverage and support to our Real Colorado Soccer athletes.
Nicholas Cole - AT
Certified Athletic Trainer @ Real Colorado Soccer Club - South Community Focus
Nicholas.Cole@childrenscolorado.org
Meet Nicholas Cole: Nick is a Certified Athletic Trainer providing coverage and care to REAL Colorado athletes through Children’s Hospital Colorado. An outdoor enthusiast with a passion for sports medicine, Nicholas prides himself on his ability to provide a high level of care with composure in critical situations.
As an Athletic Training graduate from James Madison University, Nicholas was fortunate enough to be a part of the JMU football program during the 2016 FCS National Championship. After graduation, Nicholas chose to ply his trade down the road at Virginia Union University, located in the cultural heart of downtown Richmond. Working with the Virginia Commonwealth University medical team, Nicholas specialized in concussion management and rehabilitation while providing coverage for all Virginia Union athletics. Nicholas spent two seasons with the Virginia Union Panthers before turning towards the hills of Colorado. Landing with Front Range Orthopedics, Nicholas split time between outreach care to nearby Longmont High School and time in the clinic with patients of all demographics. Having spent a great deal of time with his Athletic Trainer while in high school himself, Nicholas enjoys giving back to the community and teaching athletes about the machines that propel them down the field and to the net.
Originally hailing from the White Mountains of Conway New Hampshire, Nicholas spends every ounce of free time getting after it in the mountains; be it on alpine skis, his mountain bike, or with backcountry equipment. A former ski racer through college, Nicholas still loves to push the envelope with the same vigor our athletes display on the field.
Heather Nosky - AT
Certified Athletic Trainer @ Real Colorado Soccer Club - North Community Focus
Heather.Nosky@childrenscolorado.org
Meet Heather Nosky: Heather Nosky is a Certified Athletic Trainer with close to 10 years of experience working with high school, collegiate, and professional athletes. Her interest to continue in the athletic world combined with her interest in medicine led her to earn her Bachelors Degree in Pre-Physical Therapy from LSU-Shreveport and a Masters Degree in Athletic Training from Stephen F. Austin State University.
She grew up playing soccer, and played in college and it has remained a part of her life.