Sports Injury Central Podcast featuring Pro Football Doc

Dr. Chao explains why doctors often can not tell their side of the story when something escalates when treating an injured player, expands upon why his format for an 18 game schedule would work, & chats with former defensive lineman Travis Johnson about his on-field traditions & other......private matters before looking at the big NFL news from the past week.

Dr. Chao gives his solution for expanding the NFL regular season without compromising player health & how to expand the playoffs without watering it down. Running back Darren Sproles talks about his career, which he hopes is not done, before Dr. Chao looks at the big injury news from the past week.

Dr. Chao looks at how an NFL player's life span compares to that of baseball players, looks at how IVs can make players feel sluggish if done wrong, and looks at beer chugging before chatting with ESPN's Josina Anderson about how she reports in a fair way while having solid working relationships with players. Dr. Chao catches up on the big news of the week before name the "Beast Of The Week!"

Dr. Chao gives three layers of bad news your team might get, describes the process of testing and what could lend credibility to a guy that test positive before talking to Akbar Gbaja-Biamila about being a "tweener" during his career and transitioning to the TV world. He also breaks down this week's big news before giving kudos to the "Beast Of The Week!"

Dr. Chao compares Kawhi Leonard and all he is doing for the Raptors with a future Hall of Fame tight end, looks at the latest with the new helmet rules and whether or not they will help limit concussions, and looks at the latest news of the week. Along the way, former NFL linebacker turned radio show host and all-around football analyst Kirk Morrison joins to chat about life after football, college athletes getting paid, and the ver changing linebacker position.

Dr. Chao talks about the latest with cleats and their specifics for players, how the Kentucky Derby situation compares to the Rams vs Saints NFC Championship Game, & his wife joins the fun as she was the one who made the ProFootballDoc network what it is today!

With all that happened this week with the NFL Draft, Dr. Chao did a special Sunday edition of the podcast breaking down the teams the took the most risk with regards to injured players and what guys might have feel due to medical question marks. Jenny Vrentas of Sports Illustrated & The MMQB joins Dr. Chao to talk about how rumors get generated during the draft and how much of that information actually gets reported.

Dr. Chao gives his experiences of being in the war room during many NFL Drafts and talks to a man that has covered many drafts for tons of different teams with tons of unique vantage points in Mike Silver of The NFL Network. Dr. Chao also looks at how the travel in the NFL schedule gives west coast teams both breaks and the short end of the stick before breaking down some of the players in this year's draft that have notable injuries.

Dr. Chao looks at the medical anomaly that Tiger Woods is after he got back on top this weekend at the Masters, talks about how helmets are evolving in the NFL & their origin, and talks to legendary quarterback Doug Flute about what it takes for older athletes to continue to succeed before looking at the latest injury stories in the NFL & sports in general.

Dr. Chao talks about players that are and are not saving up their NFL earning for retirement, the death of the AAF, the recovery of linebacker Ryan Shazier, and chats with his good friend and media star Marcellus Wiley!