June marks Athletic Therapy Month in Canada there's plenty of unsung heroes at the end of many benches or dugouts in sports that deserve some recognition.

Okotoks Dawgs & High River Flyers own athletic therapist Laura Redgate is always on the ball making sure safety and well being is high.

She says your time from the first pitch or the final whistle can vary drastically.

"You can go from just watching a game and being present or you can go from one injury or a couple injuries and they can be very severe to a minor bump," she says. "Anything from life threatening to just just doing rehab with them before the game or after and on off days we could doing rehab as well."

Redgate says athletic therapy can be like in the hospital's emergency room where there's little time or room for error.

"Everything situation makes you think and if it's a medical issue or an injury you're always on the spot, thinking on the spot thinking on your feet. There could be anything from a fracture to a suspected heart attack, they're all just different and you have to think quickly and help out the best way you can."

Redgate has been been training for years and says there's plenty of satisfying moments when working with athletes.

"Getting an athlete back in the game, you see them from the time they get injured all the way till they're able to return to the game so it's really rewarding to watch athletes progress and help them and watch them work really hard to get back into something they love and are very good at doing."

Redgate adds saying that athletic therapist aren't just on the job for their team  but also those around the organization from staff and even fans in attendance if called upon.

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