TABLE 2.

Discussion panel

Question	Response
What common injuries do you treat with SAM?	“We use SAM for a lot of different conditions including reinjuries, soft-tissue injuries and for home use recovery. We had a few distal MCL’. 3 in a row, actually. They all had excellent results from using SAM.” “We use SAM for high-ankle sprains and post-tib tendons injuries. With these issues, we send players home after practice with SAM on them for home treatment. We practice on turf, so we get a lot of overuse issue. We used SAM for a contusion this year, 4 hr per day.”
SAM use for acute injuries versus recovery	“We use SAM for phono every week to help with recovery.” “We don’t use SAM in the acute therapy stage (first 48 hr). We utilize SAM after this period.”
How do you handle high-ankle sprains?	“We are a hybrid. If an acute injury doesn’t swell that much, then we will use SAM immediately.” “We use SAM for ankles and diffuse pain. We use SAM for muscle strain and sprains. (local injuries) Ankles sprains can be ‘global’ and hard to target the exact point of injury because the entire ankle ‘hurts.’”
What is the deciding factor on sonophoresis?	“We are aggressive with sonophoresis and treatment. We want player to feel better …. ” “We pick guys who are wearing SAM at home or all night. Guys who have chronic injuries.”
Compliance	“Some of our players will wear SAM the entire day. We always get multi-hour treatment in.” “Some guys wear SAM for an hour. Some guys wear SAM for 3 wk straight.”
“go-to” treatment for injury	“That’s the beauty of SAM, it’s not contraindicated. We try it with everything!” “100%, there is great ease of access.”
Any cases where SAM didn’t work?	“Only SAM accelerates the healing process.” “There are plenty of choices but SAM is the only one that promotes healing.”

Question and answer session with athletic trainers describing the application of sustained acoustic medicine (SAM).