Athletes First Performance Podcast

By Athletes First Physio

The Athletes First Performance Podcast is focused on improving the knowledge of athletes and service members, sports medicine practitioners, and human performance professionals, in the topics of milit... more

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How many episodes does Athletes First Performance Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 29 episodes available.

Athletes First Performance Podcast episodes:

February 02, 2025 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!
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9min
January 22, 2025 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
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5min
December 22, 2024 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
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11min
December 08, 2024 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

“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.”

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8min
December 01, 2024EP. 25: 5 Benefits of Working as a H2F PT
5 Benefits of Working as a PT for the Army H2F Program
Direct Access

Physical Therapists as Primary Care Practitioners

No Insurance Limitations

Working Within a Human Performance Team

Education, Teaching, Training

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.
Athletes First Performance Website
“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.”
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5min
April 07, 2024Ep. 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
Email: [email protected]

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
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37min
March 26, 2024Ep. 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!

More About Us: Instagram: ⁠@athletes_first_physio⁠
Run Time: 58:21 Released on 26March2024
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59min
September 10, 2023Ep. 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
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1h 2min
July 28, 2023Ep. 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
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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: 1:12:43 Released on July 28, 2023
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1h 13min
July 15, 2023Ep. 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!

More About Us:
Instagram: @athletes_first_physio
Run Time: 35:34 Released on July 15, 2023
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36min

FAQs about Athletes First Performance Podcast:

How many episodes does Athletes First Performance Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 29 episodes available.