Athletes First Performance Podcast

Athletes First Performance Podcast

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Athletes First Performance Podcast episodes

  • Ep. 29: Injury Risk Profiling

    In this episode, we dive into injury risk profiling—a critical tool for assessing and mitigating injuries in athletes and tactical professionals. We break down how injury profiles, assessments, and biomechanics can identify potential risk factors for injury.

    You'll learn:

    ✅ Why human performance teams should screen for injury risk

    ✅ How to develop and implement a screening protocol
    ✅ Key indicators of injury risk based on sport and athlete profiles

    If you work in a high performance team as a sports medicine provider or strength and conditioning coach, this episode provides an actionable framework to develop injury risk profiling for your athletes and team.

    🎧 Tune in now and take control of your performance!

    9 min
  • Ep. 28: Rehab vs Reconditioning for Athletic Injury

    Ep. 28: Discussing the importance of taking a reconditioning approach to athletic injury to get athletes ready for return to competition


    What You'll Learn:

    ✅ The key differences between rehab and reconditioning
    ✅ Why traditional rehab falls short for athletes
    ✅ How to train around injuries and maintain performance
    ✅ The importance of reverse-engineering recovery plans
    ✅ Why recovery should be seen as a preparation period, not just downtime


    Thanks for listening and as always, please let us know if you have any questions, recommendations, or topics you would like us to cover!​

    More About Us: 

    Instagram: ⁠⁠@athletes_first_physio

    YouTube: AthletesFirstPhysio

    5 min
  • Ep. 27: Improving PT Outcomes in 2025

    Improving PT Outcomes in 2025

    1. Improving diagnostic ultrasound skills

    2. Becoming certified in Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT)

    3. Dialing in muscle force testing to become more objective during the rehab and reconditioning process


    The Musculoskeletal Imperative

    Enhancing Combat Capability through Effective Injury Management


    ​Thanks for listening and as always, please let us know if you have any questions, recommendations, or topics you would like us to cover! ​ 


    More About Us: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@athletes_first_physio⁠⁠⁠ ​

    11 min
  • Ep. 26: Implementing Human Performance Teams within the Military

    In this week's podcast we talked about the barriers and facilitators to implementing injury prevention and human performance programs within the military.


    The podcast is based off the paper: Perceived barriers and facilitators to implementation of injury prevention programs in the military: Feedback from inside the trenches


    Thanks for listening and as always, please let us know if you have any questions, recommendations, or topics you would like us to cover!​

    More About Us: Instagram: ⁠⁠@athletes_first_physio⁠


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    8 min
  • EP. 25: 5 Benefits of Working as a H2F PT

    5 Benefits of Working as a PT for the Army H2F Program

    1. Direct Access
    2. Physical Therapists as Primary Care Practitioners
    3. No Insurance Limitations
    4. Working Within a Human Performance Team
    5. Education, Teaching, Training


      6. Thanks for listening!

      Message me @Athletes_First_Physio if you have any further questions regarding being a PT with H2F, military PT, or anything else.

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      “The views and opinions presented herein are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of DoD or its Components. Appearance of, or reference to, any commercial products or services does not constitute DoD endorsement of those products or services. The appearance of external hyperlinks does not constitute DoD endorsement of the linked websites, or the information, products or services therein.”



      5 min
    6. Ep. 24: Psychological Readiness for ACL Return to Sport

      Griffin Zink, PT, DPT, CSCS  joined the podcast to discuss psychological readiness for athletes returning to sport following ACL reconstruction.


      We reviewed his residency research project as well as his recently published article in Sports Health: The Influence of Strength and Sport Exposure on Psychological Readiness After ACL Reconstruction
      Topics Include:

      • Why psychological readiness should be considered independently from strength and hop testing
      • Screening psychological readiness via the ACL-RSI 
      • The Inverted U Theory and the critical
        • timepoints and milestones during rehab that have fluctuations in emotions
      • When to administer the ACL-RSI during the return to sport continuum
      • How demographics such as age and gender impact
        • psychological readiness
      • Potential interventions to address
        • psychological readiness


        Contact:

        Instagram: ⁠@GriffinZink


        Zink GP, Zwolski CM, Thomas SM, Paterno MV, Schmitt LC. The Influence of Strength and Sport Exposure on Psychological Readiness After ACL Reconstruction. Sports Health. 2024;16(2):239-246. doi:10.1177/19417381231223522⁠
        ​Thanks for listening and as always, please let us know if you have any questions, recommendations, or topics you would like us to cover! ​ 


        More About Us: Instagram: ⁠⁠@athletes_first_physio⁠⁠ ​

        Run Time: 36:33  Released on 7April2024

        37 min
      • Ep. 23: Navy Submariner to Human Performance Professional

        Javy Ramirez, CSCS  joined the podcast to discuss his journey from enlisting as a Navy Submariner, to making the rounds as a D1 football strength and conditioning coach, and ultimately finding his way back into the military setting to become a tactical strength and conditioning coach


        Topics Include:

        • Experiences in the Navy and lessons learned 
        • Gaining meaningful coaching experience while getting his degree
        • The importance of networking and building relationships to get the jobs and experience that you want in life
        • Leveraging his prior experience in the Navy to help connect, teach, and lead soldiers to higher levels of physical performance


          • Instagram: @Javy_RPerform

          The Awakening Training Program on Train Heroic
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          Thanks for listening and as always, please let us know if you have any questions, recommendations, or topics you would like us to cover!
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          More About Us: Instagram: ⁠@athletes_first_physio⁠
          ​Run Time: 58:21  Released on 26March2024

          59 min
        • Ep. 22: ACL Reconstruction from a Surgeon's Perspective

          Orthopedic Surgeon Paul Inclan, MD  joined the podcast to discuss ACL reconstruction, rehab, return to sport, and prevention programs. 


          Topics Include:

          • Initial evaluation for athletes with an acute knee injury 
          • ACL graft type selection
          • ACL rehab considerations for meniscus pathology 
          • Best ways that surgeons, PT's, and ATC's can come together for designing rehab protocols and return to sport testing
          • How to maximize return to play and injury prevention programs for athletes recovering from ACL reconstruction


            • Paul Inclan, MD 
            Email: [email protected]
            Twitter: Inclanpm
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            Thanks for listening and as always, please let us know if you have any questions, recommendations, or topics you would like us to cover!
            ​
            More About Us: Instagram: ⁠@athletes_first_physio⁠
            ​Run Time: 1:01:46  Released on September 10, 2023

            1 hr 2 min
          • Ep. 21: Performance Nutrition for Injury Recovery

            Trevor Lomax joined the podcast to discuss performance nutrition for the injured athlete and soldier.


            Topics Include:

            • Key concepts that every athlete or soldier should know about nutrition and injury recovery
            • The nutrition pyramid by Eric Helms 
            • Supplementation to enhance performance and recovery 
            • Nutrition protocols for common injury patterns seen in soldiers
            • How to maximize nutrition during long term rehab post surgery 


              • Trevor Lomax, MS, RD CSSD, CSCS
              Instagram: ⁠@trevorlomax
              ⁠
              Thanks for listening and as always, please let us know if you have any questions, recommendations, or topics you would like us to cover!
              ​
              More About Us: Instagram: ⁠@athletes_first_physio⁠
              ​Run Time: 1:12:43  Released on July 28, 2023

              1 hr 13 min
            • Ep. 20: Tactical Strength and Conditioning

              Matt Matau, CSCS joined the podcast to discuss his career as a strength and conditioning coach, moving from the university setting to working with the Army as part of a H2F team.


              Topics Include:

              • How to handle working with multiple teams as a college strength and conditioning coach
              • The path to becoming a tactical strength and conditioning coach
              • Building relationships with the soldiers that he works with
              • Key considerations when working with the tactical population
              • Advice for coaches who want to move into the tactical setting

                • Matt Matau
                Instagram: @mathew_f_matau
                Thanks for listening and as always, please let us know if you have any questions, recommendations, or topics you would like us to cover!
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                More About Us:
                Instagram: @athletes_first_physio
                Run Time: 35:34  Released on July 15, 2023

                36 min

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