FIRSTAR Let's chAT: an Athletic Therapy podcast | Official Podcast of WFATT

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! Session 159 (World Congress - Dublin): Expanding Credentialling Excellence Globally Mike Carroll is the Chair of the Board of Certification (BOC) International Committee. He sat down to discuss the growth of the profession and how the BOC is supporting the credentialling process globally. An International Event is an opportunity to make new conn...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! Session 158 (World Congress - Dublin): Human Performance and Manual Therapy: A Continuum Michael Higgins sits down to discuss the continuum of human performance and what the World Congress event is all about: learning, sharing and connecting. Michael is the Athletic Training Program Director at the University of Virginia. His two interactive wor...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! Session 157 (World Congress - Dublin): Breadth & Depth in Education, Impact and Growth Pete Dewar , Chair of World Congress, takes a breath to join us in providing the layout of this amazing international event. From Pre-Conference Workshops to Global Speakers, World Summit meeting to Pints in the Pub...it's all here! 

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! Session 156 (World Congress - Dublin): It's More Than The 9-to-5 WFATT President, Brian Zeller offers his approach to the 13th World Congress. A learning environment, a networking opportunity, growth potential for a profession, across the entirety of the globe.  Brian is currently the Dean of the College Nursing and Health Sciences at Winon...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! Session 155 A Nomadic Profession with Adaptable and Ample Skillsets Our final pre-Ireland chAT. Sitting down to discuss the multitiered approach to emergency care and on-field injury with expert Meghan McKay . She will be presenting at this year's World Congress in Dublin-Maynooth, Ireland.  Meghan McKay is a board-certified and licensed at...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! Session 154 Care Coordination Makes Our Profession Highly Valued We sit down and chat on the value of the Athletic Training and Therapy profession; how and where it fits and can be valued based on what we actually do! Anthony Breitbach has used over 20 years of clinical and sideline experience to inform his empowering and powerful current work i...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! Session 153 Empowering Minds and Uniting Hearts In a continued build-up to World Congress Dublin, 2025, we sit down with two leaders in the fields of mental and behavioural therapy. Alyssa Anderson and Jessica Huett will present their expertise and an organizational approach to delivering meaningful material in mental health avenues in Dublin. W...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! Session 152 From Carlow and Dublin - Perspective Always Counts Student Zak Farrell and recent grad, Fabiano Portelas sit down (from Ireland) to discuss the profession of Athletic Therapy and Training through their lenses.  With World Congress, Dublin just over three weeks away, we dive into the excitement and opportunities at hand with this Inte...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! Session 151 Countdown to World Congress I sit down with Lynn Allen , the President of Athletic Rehabilitation Therapy Ireland (ARTI) and discuss the planning, prep and excitement leading up to this international event. World Congress 2025 lands 16-18 October in Dublin, Ireland.  Ms Lynn Allen is the Programme Director, Lecturer and Placement Co-...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! Master(s)ing Athletic Therapy in Canada   Sitting down to discuss the launch of the Masters of Athletic Therapy at Brock University. This program is the first of its kind offered in Canada, in English. Dr. Chimera provides a rundown on its creation, development and overview.  Dr. Nicole Chimera the Graduate Program Director for the Master of Ath...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! Red Light = Go?  John Graham Harper , CEO of Lumaflex. He is the founder of the company and is known for his work in health and fitness technology, specifically red light therapy devices.  With a background in sales, marketing and fitness, John has gone down the path of finding meaningful ways to help with pain.  He  developed the company's...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! Make it Sticky - Backing Athletes In A Collaborative Approach From different physical locations and through different lenses, we aim to provide best outcomes through best practices, caring counts! We sit down and discuss the value in experience, networks, resources and communicating in a collaborative approach to athlete support.   Dr Scott Howi...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! A quick ramble while commuting from up North back to the facility, car signals and all! I unscramble my thoughts (sort of), discerning the value of our eyes as the greatest tool of progression/regression/programming.

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! A FASCIAnating story: Healing through connection  Simone Fortier is a pioneer in brain-based healing and the founder of the Fascia Training Institute, where she has been training health professionals for over 30 years. Her groundbreaking work has helped elite athletes from the NFL, NHL, MLB, and Olympic teams — but it's not just her client...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! WHAT IS THE INTERNATIONAL ARRANGEMENT? Join this chAT to learn what it means to be an Athletic Trainer/Therapist around the globe and how this can lead to international work, collaboration and growth of our profession.   Our distinguished panel discusses how to navigate the agreement, which countries are currently connected through the agreement...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! Modalities: Myth, Magic or Meritorious?  Cindy Trowbridge, PhD, ATC, LAT, CSCS In this episode, we reconnect with Cindy Trowbridge to discuss the validity and application of therapeutic modalities in rehab and performance.   Cindy was recently inducted into the Southwest Athletic Trainers' Association Hall of Fame. She is also the recipient...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! As the host of this podcast, I have the opportunity to deep dive and explore the journeys of others, growing with each conversation. I don't often speak to what I'm up to; so, in the interest of the move up from pro to amateur sport, give this a listen, reach out to connect, and stay tuned...there's some pretty cool things percola...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! Protect Ya' Neck (and brain) Dr Theo Versteegh In this episode, we reconnect with Theo and catch up on the successes and direction of TopSpin Technologies Ltd. With an innovative approach and a training and therapy tool that is under-utilized in the applicative space, we discuss real world value of TopSpin 360, where and how it's being...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! Thinking Globally: Recruiting Internationally and Identifying Partners for Clinical Experiences In this episode, our panel discusses the international opportunities within our profession through the lens of collaborative partnerships and international experiences within academic institutions. We discuss common challenges, themes that resonate ac...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! WFATT Impact Award Winners Series, Part 5 of 5: Award Winner: Gal Zmora Gal is a certified sports therapist and athletic trainer, pursuing a rigorous academic path, completing a B.Sc. in Athletic Training/Sports Therapy with honors through a collaboration with the University of Texas at Arlington. He specializes in personal training, medical spo...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! WFATT Impact Award Winners Series, Part 4 of 5: Award Winner: Kerri Downer Kerri has been the Head Athletic Therapist at Mount Royal University since 2018.  She has worked with football, hockey, rugby, basketball, volleyball, soccer, and field hockey teams at various universities in Ontario and Alberta since 2001 Kerri also works part time as a...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! WFATT Impact Award Winners Series, Part 3 of 5: Award Winner: Kaori Tamura, PhD, ATC Kaori is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Master of Science in Athletic Training at University of Hawai'i at Manoa. She is a BOC Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC) and has completed a Doctor of Philosophy Master of Science while impacting the In...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! WFATT Impact Award Winners Series, Part 2 of 5: Award Winner: Jim Mensch, PhD, ATC Dr Mensch is Director of the Professional Athletic Training Program and teaches classes in the AT program and EXSC Department at the University of South Carolina. Mensch's research interests are in pediatric sports medicine and socialization of athletic train...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! WFATT Impact Award Winners Series, Part 1 of 5: Award Winner: Rick Griffin Rick was named the Mariners Head Athletic Trainer in 1983, and served in that capacity for 35 years until 2016. He was then given the Title of Mariners Athletic Trainer Emeritus for the next three years, overseeing the medical aspects of the MLB draft for the Mariners unt...

Send us a text with your feedback from this session! Where You AT? See. Go. Learn. Grow: Short Term International Opportunities (Part 3) The Athletic Training experience, internationally. Join the conversation with Meghan McKay and Rick Griffin .  We discuss the international opportunities of the AT profession through the experiences of these two highly-qualified and well-respected guests.  Meghan...