San Antonio Sports Medicine Podcast

A native to San Antonio, TX, Dr. Stephens completed her undergraduate education in Denton, TX at the University of North Texas.  Her medical education was fulfilled in Erie, PA at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. 

Upon returning to San Antonio, she completed both her family-medicine residency, serving as Chief Resident, and her sports-medicine fellowship at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa. She then practiced with a local urgent-care company that concentrates on concussions for several years. During that time, Dr. Stephens also served as Medical Director for St. Mary’s University prior to joining Sports Medicine Associates of San Antonio on a full-time basis. 

Dr. Stephens is Board Certified in Family Medicine and holds a CAQ in Sports Medicine. 

Dr. Stephens currently serves on the medical staff for several San Antonio athletic affiliates including Texas A&M San Antonio, St. Mary’s University, the Rock –N– Roll Marathon, and several local high schools. Dr. Stephens has had the great pleasure to serve AHL Rampage, WNBA Stars, the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) in past. 


This week we get to sit down with one of our favorite manual therapists. We get to talk about Dr. Stephen’s background, and how DO's can add a whole new dynamic to the sports medicine team. Having an alternative medicine professional can drastically change the game not only with the evaluation but also treatment and handoffs back and forth between the ATC and MD/DO. We talk about adding manipulative medicine to the overall treatment of all athletes’ levels. We hope you enjoy episode 9. 

David Stickelbault ATC . Graduated from Thomas Jefferson HS in 1975. Grad from Southwest Texas State U. With a Kinesiology degree with a specialization in Athletic training. attained my BOC cert in in 1980.  I’ve worked with college  lifelong coaching friends. Worked at Theodore Roosevelt in San Antonio 
From 1983-92. In ‘92 started working at Judson HS  Until 2005. Started work at Karen Wagner HS after my wife’s demise since they had daycare for my 3 yr old. Remained there for 9 yrs until 2014. In 2014 returned to Judson HS from 2014-2018 when I retired.   For two years  I worked with Methodist sports Medicine Institute ( Bethpage) I then worked for Memphis Express of the defunct AAF. I worked for AAF league. In 2020 I returned to Wagner HS and in the following year I was back at Judson HS to present.  My purpose was to always have a positive impact on student athletes and try to challenge them to better themselves and become successful, good people.

Bonnie Huerta AT from Judson High School. My wife and I have a daughter named Karsyn with our son named Tatum on the way. I grew up in Beeville, Tx. and attended Coastal Bend Community College and graduated with an Associates in Science. I then transferred to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Athletic Training. After working for 2 years I decided to return to school. I obtained my Masters Degree in Health and Human Performance from Sul Ross State University. Ive had the pleasure of working at Orange Grove HS, Del Rio Middle School, Sommerset HS and I am currently at Judson HS. My mission in life is to positively impact as many young adults as I can while educating about injuries and life choices. 

This week we sit down with Bonnie and Stick from Judson ISD, Judson High School. With changes in the world of athletic training, Judson ISD seems to be in the front of adapting to the new world. They have alotted funds for improving the athletic training room and making it more rehab conducive, hired full time strength and conditioning coaches for every high school in the district and hired an additional athletic trainer for the middle schools. We wanted to sit down and see where this had come from,  and how with leadership blessing, Bonnie and Stick have used the changes to their advantages for improving athlete health and performance. 

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Coach Elton Crochran or Coach Croc is the Head S&C Coach at Veterans Memorial HS in San Antonio, TX. Prior to coaching at Veterans, Coach Croc has spent the past 2 years teaching and coaching at various high schools. Before transitioning to high school S&C, Coach Croc spent over 7 years as a collegiate S&C coach with stops at Marshall University, Incarnate Word and Texas A&M University-Kingsville where he spent over a year as the Head S&C coach. Coach Croc currently holds his NSCA CSCS, and master's degree in Kinesiology from Hardin-Simmons University.

Today we sit Down with Coach Croc and talk shop about how Judson ISD is leading the path in the San Antonio area by hiring full time strength and conditioning coaches at each high school. We talk through coach Crocs background and how the transition from college athletics has showed him how every high school needs a strength and conditioning coach. We talk about his day in the weight room and then cover the transition of care from the athletic training room to the weight room. This one is full of some great content. Hope you enjoy episode 7!!

This week’s episode is a special one. July 26, 2023, we will host our 3rd annual Athletic Training/Emergency Medical Services dual specialization training. As previous years we plan to cover many of the typical fall emergencies that athletic trainers and EMS may respond to as we prepare for the 23/24 school year. We will be covering spinal immobilizations and the updates on current data of spinal injuries, diagnosing, and treating heat illness, current update on San Antonio Fire Department care of heat illness and building and using the Individual First Aid Kit in preparation of mass casualty event. 

 Shawn, Lauren and Sam all sit down with Firefighter, Paramedic and Safety and Survivability Division Executive Officer for San Antonio Fire Department Jesse Davila. Jesse has spent 29 years in Emergency Services with 20 years with San Antonio Fire Department. He also has specialties with Incident Management, FEMA Incident Command Structure Instructor, Advance Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training, Rescue Task Force and has spent countless years working with Sam and Shawn as arena staff working the San Antonio Rodeo. 

 Jesse talks about the importance of interdisciplinary training and how SAFD is leading the charge in the heat illness realm treating heat illness with cold water submersion that is carried on all SAFD trucks. This is an exciting episode talking about a free CEU Event. Register at the link below. 

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PART 2 Kenny King

Kenny King, a native of San Antonio and graduate of St. Anthony Catholic High School.  He graduated from Texas State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree with Athletic Training. Upon graduation in 2007, Kenny worked for Northeast ISD for 11 years at Robert E. Lee High School.  Kenny took a short sabbatical from the secondary school setting and then started at Johnson High School in 2020.  Through his career Kenny has worked in a variety of professional sports venues as well as brings experience from many different settings. Kenny is married to a patient woman, and they have two children, a boy, and a girl.  

This is the second part of our talk with Kenny King. We get to talk training, rehab and developing a plan around how to make the weight room work with the athletic training room. We also get off on some stories and talk a lot about how Kenny’s love for the weight room and fitness has developed him as an athletic trainer.  Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram @sasportsmedpodcast and give us a like and a follow on your favorite podcast app. 

Kenny King, a native of San Antonio and graduate of St. Anthony Catholic High School.  He graduated from Texas State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree with Athletic Training. Upon graduation in 2007, Kenny worked for Northeast ISD for 11 years at Robert E. Lee High School.  Kenny took a short sabbatical from the secondary school setting and then started at Johnson High School in 2020.  Through his career Kenny has worked in a variety of professional sports venues as well as brings experience from many different settings. Kenny is married to a patient woman, and they have two children, a boy, and a girl.  

This week we get to talk training, rehab and developing a plan around how to make the weight room work with the athletic training room. We also get off on some stories and talk a lot about how Kenny’s love for the weight room and fitness has developed him as an athletic trainer. We went real deep this week, 2.5 hours deep. This will be 2 part, with part 2 coming out June 30th. Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram @sasportsmedpodcast and give us a like and a follow on your favorite podcast app. 

Kieran Loving ATC, LAT, CSCS -  Head Athletic Trainer SA Fire Department.  

Kieran Is a former athlete competing in Basketball, Swimming and Soccer and has always had a special interest in the Fitness and Medical side of athletics.  Born to a United States Navy Senior Chief, Kieran Spent his younger years overseas in Spain, Ireland, England until returning stateside for High School and College.  Kieran started as a rehab technician for Haymarket Chiropractic and Physical Therapy in 2003.  After graduating from George Mason University in 2008 he took the head athletic training job for Unity Reed High School in Prince William County, Virginia.  During the Summers Kieran was a Clinical Athletic Trainer for the Jackson Clinics working with Richard Jackson, one of the leading Physical Therapist in Spinal rehab.  In 2018 Kieran left Unity Reed High School and became the Director of Sports Performance for Fusion Physical Therapy and Sports Performance in Woodbridge, VA until moving to San Antonio and taking the position as Head Athletic Trainer at SAFD.  Kieran Continues to grow his knowledge in blending Manuel Therapy with Strength and Conditioning programs to help his patients return to Optimal Tactical Performance. 

This week we sit down with Kieran and talk growing up overseas, the difference in medical care vs US healthcare and how that experience has built him as a practitioner. We talk about his overall health approach to sports medicine and specifically his approach to spine injuries. It’s a long episode but full of a ton of content. 

Jesse Lowrance ATC, LAT - Husband, San Antonio FC Head Athletic Trainer & SA BEAST Pro Coach/ Trainer
Jesse has had a passion for this profession, especially the high-performance side, since he was kid. Relentless in dedicating numerous hours to his own personal performance development prior to transitioning those hours to educating himself on how to best help others. He continues to seek out great resources/ educators to learn and implement the latest evidence to help drive performance of his athletes at the professional and adolescent level. 

This week we sit down with Jesse and talk about his education, career, and service to our country. We talk soccer, changes in soccer training, injury prevention and get down some rabbit holes of Jesse and Shawn's love for using strength training in the athletic training / sports medicine realm. We also talk about some sport specialization and how changes with the club dynamic have exacerbated the chronic injury epidemic.

Welcome to the first episode of the San Antonio Sports Medicine Podcast. We want to take a short time to introduce us, who we are and what we do. Look out through the summer as we begin to push out a lot more content for Athletic Trainers, coaches, parents, athletes, and anyone interested in sports medicine in the San Antonio area. Check us out on Instagram @sasportsmedpodcast !!!! Give us a like and please share!