40/29'S DANIEL ARMBRUSTER HAS
MORE IN THIS WEEK'S SUNDAY SIT
DOWN.
DANIEL: MARCH IS ATHLETIC
TRAINING MONTH AND THE OPIOID
EPIDEMIC WE HAVE SEEN SWEEPING
ACROSS THE NATION IS AFFECTING
PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE,
INCLUDING ATHLETES WHEN THEY ARE
INJURED AND IN NEED OF OPIOID
MEDICATIONS FOR THAT PAIN.
THAT TEMPORARY RELIEF CAN
TURN INTO SOMETHING MORE
COSTING.
JOINING US NOW IS THE PROGRAM
DIRECTOR OF THE GRADUATE
ATHLETIC TRAINING PROGRAM WITH
THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR
ABOUT 17 YEARS NOW, A CAREER
THAT HAS SPANNED QUITE A WHILE.
YOU ARE AN EXPERT IN THE FIELD
OF AFFLECK TRAINING AND YOU HAVE
SEEN WHAT TYPES OF ISSUES THAT
ATHLETES CAN FALL INTO WHEN IT
COMES TO OPIOID MEDICATION?
>> THEY KEY THING IS TO
UNDERSTAND IS WHEN WE ARE
DEALING WITH THESE TYPES OF
ISSUES, IT IS NOT A BAD PRACTICE
BY MEDICAL DOCTORS TO DO THIS.
I THINK MOST RECENTLY IN THE
NEWS WE SAW BRETT FAVRE FROM THE
GREEN BAY PACKERS ADMITTED THAT
HE TOOK MORE THAN HE SHOULD HAVE
OR THE EXPECTED DOSE IN DEALING
WITH HIS PAIN.
DANIEL: THESE ARE SOME OF THE
MOST SELF DISCIPLINED PEOPLE YOU
WOULD KNOW, ELITE ATHLETES.
SOME WOULD THINK THEY WOULD NOT
BE ABLE TO GET ADDICTED.
BUT THESE DRUGS ARE POWERFUL.
>> IT IS LIKE, IF YOU ARE
TAKING AWAY MY LIVELIHOOD, WHAT
AM I GOING TO DO TO KEEP THAT
GOING?
I THINK THEY PROBABLY SEE IT
MORE PREVALENT IN SENIOR
ATHLETES BECAUSE THEY ARE
REALIZING THAT THE YOUNGER ONE
BEHIND THEM IS COMING UP BEHIND
THEM AND THEY ARE BEING FORCED
TO MAINTAIN THEIR ABILITIES.
DANIEL: IS THAT THE PSYCHOLOGY
BEHIND IT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
OBVIOUSLY, A GOOD SPORTS
PSCHOLOGIST, AND I TAKE A
VILLAGE APPROACH, HAS TO
UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND I THINK THERE IS NO
STATISTIC RIGHT NOW THAT I AM
AWARE OF THAT STATES WHAT THE
CURRENT EPIDEMIC IS.
WE SEE PEOPLE LIKE BRETT FAVRE
COMING OUT.
DANIEL: AS A HEALTH CARE
PROVIDER AND ATHLETIC TRAINER,
WHEN YOU ARE DEALING WITH
SOMEONE WHO IS IN PAIN, HOW DO
YOU TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THIS IS REAL PAIN, OR THIS IS
SOMETHING THEY ARE NOW GETTING
ADDICTED TO AND ARE TREATING
THIS AS MORE OF A PSYCHOLOGICAL
PROBLEM?
>> THAT IS THE BIGGER QUESTION.
THE KEY THING THERE IS YOU SEE
WHAT THE DIFFICULTIES ARE AND
WHAT IS THEIR LONGEVITY?
IF ALL OF A SUDDEN THEIR RECORD
TIME STARTS TO DECREASE, THEN
YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN APPROACH
FROM A MEDICAL TEAM AND A PERSON
WAS PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAINING.
DANIEL: IN YOUR CAREER, THAT HAS
SPANNED OVER TWO DECADES NOW,
HOW OFTEN HAVE YOU SEEN
SITUATIONS LIKE THIS, WHERE IN A
FLEET HAS BECOME -- WHERE AN
ATHLETE HAS BECOME TOO
DEPENDENT?
>> OH, COUNTLESS.
AND THE ELITE ATHLETES WHO ARE
GOING TO THE NEXT LEVEL, IT IS
VERY PREVALENT.
ESPECIALLY, I HAVE DEALT WITH
CASES INDIVIDUALLY, PROBABLY AT
LEAST 20 WHERE WE HAVE HAD TO
REFER DOWN TO A HEALTH CARE
PROVIDER AND MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES.
DANIEL: OBVIOUSLY, YOU ARE
DEALING WITH COLLEGE AGE PEOPLE,
BUT THIS CAN TAKE PLACE FROM
TEENS TO ANY AGE.
>> AND WHEN YOU ARE DEALING WITH
MINORS, THE PARENT AND GUARDIAN
WILL BE THE FOCUS IN EVALUATING
THEIR CHILD'S DOING THIS.
KEEP THEIR MEDS LOCKED UP,
ESPECIALLY PAIN MEDICATION.
DANIEL: THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT TH
E OPIOID EPIDEMIC,
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