Maddox Reed, MS, ATC, GTS, LAT

Maddox is in his 8th year of practice as a certified athletic trainer. He  completed his undergraduate degree at Western Michigan University, and completed his Master's degree in athletic training at Illinois State University. During the program at ISU, Maddox served as a graduate assistant athletic trainer, providing athletic training services to two rural high schools in the greater Bloomington, IL area. With the completion of his terminal degree, he moved to Iowa serving Luther College, an NCAA Division III institution, as the athletic trainer for women's soccer, men's wrestling, and coed track. Following one year at Luther College, Maddox moved to Harry D. Jacobs High School in Algonquin, IL, where he worked for 3.5 years as the head athletic trainer serving over 1100 athletes each year. He also established an internship program and fostered the interests of future athletic trainers and other allied health professionals. Maddox’s most recent endeavor brought him to industrial athletic training, where he worked as an injury prevention specialist in a warehouse setting to reduce the number and severity of worksite related injuries. Maddox recently moved back to the traditional outreach athletic training setting, and will be joining Grayslake Central High School for the 22-23 school year. In addition to his full time position, Maddox serves as the head athletic trainer for the Chicago Cougars hockey team, Chicago Crush hockey team, Chicago Blues youth hockey teams, Fox Valley Predators Rugby Club, and Warren Blue Devils hockey programs. He has partnered with various local sports clubs and tournament administrators including Inter Chicago Soccer Club, Prep Hoops Basketball, and Paragon Sports Development. Maddox's professional interests include professional advocacy and development, manual therapy, functional movement development, sport performance training, and glenohumeral mechanics. Maddox's thesis on the impact of soft tissue mobilization for improving shoulder range of motion has been published in the International Journal of Sport Physical Therapy and he is credentialed as a Graston Technique Specialist (GTS).