Combat sports don't fit neatly into a rehab template. The demands are different, the risk tolerance is different, and the athlete in front of you is wired differently than anyone else you'll treat. In this episode, John Allan, DPT sits down with Dr. Hector Wang to break down what it actually takes to rehab a combat athlete, from understanding the complexity of the sport to building a legitimate return to competition framework. What they cover:

• Why combat sports are commonly misunderstood by clinicians and what that costs the athlete
• Pain neuroscience and how it shapes risk tolerance in combat athletes
• Importance of fatigue resistance in all athletes, but specifically combat fighters
• How fight camp shifts the demands of rehab and whether current training is making things worse
• Using the StARRT framework to guide difficult conversations

If you work with combat athletes or want to understand the most demanding return-to-sport population in the room, this episode is required listening.

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