Athletes First Performance Podcast

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!

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 [https://www.instagram.com/athletes_first_physio/] YouTube: AthletesFirstPhysio [https://youtu.be/x1LWOKPyTjM]

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 [https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Military-Review/English-Edition-Archives/SO-24/SO-24-Musculoskeletal-Imperative/] Enhancing Combat Capability through Effective Injury Management [https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Military-Review/English-Edition-Archives/SO-24/SO-24-Musculoskeletal-Imperative/] 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 [https://www.instagram.com/athletes_first_physio/]

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 [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020138324007733] 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 [https://www.instagram.com/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.”

5 Benefits of Working as a PT for the Army H2F Program 1. Direct Access 2. Physical Therapists as Primary Care Practitioners 3. No Insurance Limitations 4. Working Within a Human Performance Team 5. Education, Teaching, Training Thanks for listening! Message me @Athletes_First_Physio [https://www.instagram.com/athletes_first_physio/] if you have any further questions regarding being a PT with H2F, military PT, or anything else. Athletes First Performance Website [https://athletes1stphysio.weebly.com/] “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.”