#10 Ciara Dargahi: Just Because Something Is Different Doesn't Mean It's Wrong

This week on the World of Sports Performance Podcast we are speaking with Ciara Dargahi. Ciara is currently the Assistant Athletic Trainer for the Colorado Rapids. Before working with the Rapids, Ciara had various roles in China, including working the X-Games, Chinese Olympic Sports, as well as the NBA. Ciara shares with us how the pandemic forced her to change her plans, but she was able to turn that change into a positive situation. This was a fun episode for me because we touched on some topics that haven’t been covered yet on the podcast. In this episode we discuss:

• Working various roles in China
• How the pandemic forced Ciara to find a new role
• Being an athletic trainer in a country with a strong history of traditional medicine and the differences in standard care
• What it was like as a female in a very male dominant society 
• Training female athletes during their menstrual cycle  
• Current role with the Colorado Rapids 
• The benefits of working abroad 

Ciara can be found on Instagram @cdargahi and her email is ciara.dargahi@coloradorapids.com. The Mayo Sports Medicine Symposium that Ciara will be a part of can be found at 30th Annual Mayo Clinic Symposium on Sports Medicine 

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