Medical Experts in Football

**Sit-down interview in Spain**

This episode features Shori Sasaki, a strength and conditioning coach for La Liga’s Rayo Vallecano 2 in Madrid. He shares his bold journey from Japan to Madrid, strategic process to learn Spanish and immerse himself in the soccer world to earn an opportunity with a La Liga club. 

He earned his Bachelor's degree at Oregon State, and then went on to complete studies at the Escuela Univ Real Madrid. 

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Dr. Eric Giza is a surgeon, professor, and Chief of Foot and Ankle at UC Davis in Sacramento, California. He earned his medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine and completed extensive residency and fellowship training in foot and ankle around the world. 

A former collegiate soccer player, Dr. Giza has served as team physician for various professional soccer organizations, including U.S. soccer, and both the men's and women's top professional soccer league in the United States. He is currently the team physician for the Sacramento Republic FC men's soccer team.

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Maria Stergiou is the lead physical therapist for Al-Ittihad, a women’s professional soccer club in Saudi Arabia. With a master's degree in Football Tactical Analysis and a PhD in Sports Medicine in progress, she shares her journey—from growing up in Greece and discovering her passion for biomechanics to building a new program in Saudi Arabia and developing a holistic approach to sports medicine.

Resources: 

Effectiveness of Neuromuscular Training in Preventing Lower Limb Soccer Injuries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/14/5/1714

Stay in the Game: Comprehensive Approach 

https://www.cureus.com/articles/326803-stay-in-the-game-comprehensive-approaches-to-decrease-the-risk-of-sports-injuries?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1A6J_NGeHgEST4ooEqg7cxFgFiOM5kijZd3RHbdnoaiMZniYtAR5PjSx0_aem_kZjjT4ZWZe80_hmiZ0WZBA#!/

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Dr. Oliver Materne is the head physical therapist with Standard de liège, a football club in the Belgian Professional league with Standard de liège. His previous roles include being the Academy and Women's medical Manager with Ranger F.C. in Scottish Premier League, and working 20 years years in Qatar with Qatar football association, Aspetar and Aspire Academy with youth sport. 

Intro: Welcome, update of what all happened in 2024! 

3:55 Belgium & what's the story of the origin of french fries? 

8:04 - Interest in PhD Youth involvement & special considerations 

16: 28 - The leap of the unknown adventure to work in Qatar for 20 years 

18:02 - Time in Scotland with youth & women's soccer 

20:31 - Role of the Women's Medical Manager 

28:03 - ACL injuries increasing among female soccer player? 

35:05 - Factors to consider with rehab in a professional setting 

40:26 - Creation of individualize program based on a player's position 

44:34 - Role of perturbation training 

47:15 - Importance of incorporation of scanning with treatment 

52:00 Communication & attention to details

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 Dr. Allison Davis is a sports PT and business owner, who spent over10 years working  in a sports clinic setting. Afterwards, she transitioned to also working as a PT for NWSL Kansas City Current from their inaugural season to 2023. Today, she is the business owner for Game Changer Physical Therapy in Kansas City, Kansas. 

Game Changer Physical Therapy: If you're in the Kansas City, Missouri or Kansas area, this is the place to be!
https://www.gamechangerptkc.com/

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Matt Midkiff is a sports PT/ director and owner of Foothills Sports Medicine (Gilbert-Mesa) in Arizona. Aside from his clinical work with athletes (from youth soccer player to the professional men's team in the valley, Phoenix Rising FC), he's also a long-time youth soccer coach. Today's episode is about the incredible cardiac arrest recovery involving one of his twin daughters, Pyper. He shares the event from her collapse on the soccer pitch, hospitalization, defibrillator/pacemaker (also for her twin) to his twins return to playing on the soccer pitch. Story reiterates the importance of CPR/AED and hopes to shed more light on cardiac screening in our youth athletes. 

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Dr. Patrick Carton is a surgeon and director of orthopaedic sports medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)-Ireland. He specializes in the surgical management of the athletic hip joint; He treats conditions from hip impingement/labral tears, hip instability, hip dysplasia, to hip arthroscopy and primary and revision hip replacement.

We discussed the truth behind the start of St. Patrick's Day (sorry for my Irish folks!), his journey from becoming a surgeon, creating the hip and groin clinic to his role as the Director at UPMC- Ireland.  And *truly*, essential surgical hip topics: male and female hip differences, hip impingement vs instability, adolescent hip considerations, and joint preservation surgery for athletes with arthritic hips.

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Dr. Oluseun Olufade is a board certified orthopedic and sports medicine physician in Atlanta, Georgia. Of his many roles, he works as an Assistant Professor of Orthopedics at Emory School of Medicine and serves various athletic organizations such as, U.S. Soccer, Atlanta Hawks, Emory University and Northview High School. We discussed Atlanta, realities of a sports medicine doctor in America, and avulsion injuries/fractures in adolescent athletes. And we reviewed a unique case study presented at the Isokinetic Football Conference (2022): "How displaced is too displaced? An Avulsion fracture in an adolescent footballer? "

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Dr. Mariah Bullock is a sports psychologist for the Canadian WNT and OL Reign in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She shares her transition from professional soccer to psychology, World Cup experience with the Canadian WNT, becoming the first sports psychologist in the NWSL, mental health/mental performance, and how to better understand and relate to injured athletes.

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Dr. Nick van de Horst is a PT and rehab coordinator for PSV Eindhoven in the Eredivise league -- the top football league in the Netherlands. After his playing days, he continued his sports medicine work, completing a PhD in hamstring injuries. We talked Netherlands, PT schooling process, work experiences (working for various football clubs and at the KNVB Sports Medical Centre), rehab coordinator role for PSV Eindhoven, and hamstring considerations for amateur and professional athletes.


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