Athletic trainer Steve Favia withCoastal Orthopedics was recently named the recipient of the 2018 Southeast Athletic Trainers’ Association (SEATA) Clinic/Industrial/Corporate Athletic Trainer of the Year award. The annual award is presented to an athletic trainer who best represents their profession in a clinic, industrial or corporate environment while educating the public to the benefits of having an athletic trainer in the workplace. This is the first time Favia has won the award. Favia has more than seven years of private practice experience in athletic training, including working with outpatient orthopedic patients and focusing his skills on occupational and industrial athletic training. He has been with Coastal Orthopedics since 2011. In addition to working for Coastal Orthopedics, Favia also is the head athletic trainer for Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School in Sarasota and owns his own practice providing ergonomic and onsite industrial athletic training services.

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