Inside Athletic Training

This week on Inside Athletic Training, we sit down with John Ursone, Stanford University's Associate Director of Baseball Athletic Training. John shares details about athletic training at the college level, working with a big-time college baseball program, his day-to-day routine as an athletic trainer at a prestigious university, how new conference realignment has impacted the job of a colleg...

On this week's episode of Inside Athletic Training, we welcome in Jamie Reed, Senior Director of Medical Operations and World Series Champion for the Texas Rangers, to discuss the recently released MLB report on pitcher injuries. Jamie provides insight from the athletic trainer's perspective about the key findings in the report, his feelings about youth arm health, chasing velocity, and...

On this week's episode, we welcome Corey Tremble back to the show to talk about his new role with the Miami Marlins as Director of Athletic Training and Rehab. We talk to Corey about his year with the Texas Rangers, his efforts to build his new staff in Miami, his philosophies on leadership and professional growth, taking on a huge role with a new club, and much more. To learn more about Core...

On this week's episode of Inside Athletic Training, we welcome in Dave Yeager, Chairman of the PBATS internship program and veteran of the Milwaukee Brewers athletic training staff, to talk through the details of the PBATS internship program and what students might expect during MLB and MiLB athletic training internships. A special reminder for students — the internship application process cl...

On this week's episode of Inside Athletic Training, we welcome in Justin Kemp of the Kansas City Royals. Justin, the Royals' Minor League Medical Coordinator, shares his insight and expertise on the application and interview process within professional baseball athletic training, including tips and tricks for the interview process, how to prepare, and best practices for landing an athlet...

On this episode of Inside Athletic Training, Milwaukee Brewers head strength and conditioning specialist Jason Meredith joins the show to talk about the relationship between strength and conditioning staffs and athletic trainers, how the two groups work together throughout a 162 game season, his road to the big leagues, and much more.  For more information about PBATS and athletic training, visit...

On this episode of Inside Athletic Training, legendary athletic trainer Ken Crenshaw — Arizona Diamondbacks Director of Sports Medicine and Performance — joins the show to share his recent presentation from the PBATS Athletic Training Student Symposium, titled "Building the Ultimate Sports Medicine & Performance Team."  For more information about PBATS and athletic training, visit pb...

On this episode of Inside Athletic Training, Scott Stansbury — Baltimore Orioles' Minor League Medical Coordinator — joins the show to share his recent presentation from the PBATS Athletic Training Student Symposium, titled "Upper Extremity Evaluation – Linking the Findings to the Condition."  For more information about PBATS and athletic training, visit pbats.com . 

This week on Inside Athletic Training, we welcome in Kevin Orloski, an assistant athletic trainer with the Seattle Mariners. Kevin shares stories about his early college days as an athletic training student, working his way through the minor leagues, his welcome to the big leagues moments, learning from mentors along the way, and much more.  For more information about PBATS and athletic training,...

On this week's episode of Inside Athletic Training, we continue our Tales of the Tape series hosted by Corey Tremble, Texas Rangers' Director of Minor League Medical Operations. On this episode, Corey sits down with Phillies' Head Athletic Trainer Paul Buchheit and Phillies' Assistant Athletic Trainer Joe Rauch to talk about their recently published research paper titled: Is Th...

On this week's episode of Inside Athletic Training, we welcome in Mike Sole and Jon Becker. Mike and Jon are former Yankees athletic trainers who formed an incredibly special bond outside of the game after meeting as young athletic trainers in the Yankees organization.  In May 2022, after both had left the organization for other career paths, Sole grew ill and began suffering from constant fa...

On this week's episode of Inside Athletic Training, we sit down with Milwaukee Brewers' Director of Player Health Nick Jensen. Nick talks about his new role with the Brewers, shares insights into the duties and responsibilities of someone in the Director of Player Health position, his role in the MLB combine and draft, and much more.  For more information about PBATS and athletic trainin...

On this week's episode of Inside Athletic Training, we sat down with Tony Leo of the Pittsburgh Pirates to discuss his role as an assistant athletic trainer with the club. Tony shares information and insights about his early days with the Minnesota Twins, a stint with the Oakland Athletics, details about the day-to-day life as an athletic trainer, and much more.  For more information about PB...

On this episode of Inside Athletic Training, we welcome in Eli Hallak, the Director of Health Services & Sports Medicine at St. Francis High School located in La Canada, California, and the host of the Wrap It Up Sports Medicine podcast. Eli shares details about his decades of experience in sports medicine, talks about the growth of the athletic training profession, shares what it's like...

Welcome to the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society's "Tales of the Tape: The Youth Arm Health Epidemic," series hosted by Texas Rangers' Medical Consultant Corey Tremble. In this new series, we'll dive deep into major issues with youth arm health and sports specialization across America with some of the top minds in baseball sports medicine. On episode #3, we s...

Welcome to the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society's "Tales of the Tape: The Youth Arm Health Epidemic," series hosted by Texas Rangers' Medical Consultant Corey Tremble. In this new series, we'll dive deep into major issues with youth arm health and sports specialization across America with some of the top minds in baseball sports medicine. On episode #2, we s...

Welcome to the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society's "Tales of the Tape: The Youth Arm Health Epidemic," series hosted by Texas Rangers' Medical Consultant Corey Tremble. In this new series, we'll dive deep into major issues with youth arm health and sports specialization across America with some of the top minds in baseball sports medicine. On episode #1, we s...

Welcome to the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society's fourth installment of "Tales of the Tape: The Tommy John Series," hosted by Texas Rangers Medical Consultant Corey Tremble. In the final episode of the Tommy John series, we'll dive into the details of the return-to-play process with Tampa Bay Rays Head Athletic Trainer Joe Benge. For more information about PBATS...

Welcome to the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society's third installment of "Tales of the Tape," hosted by Texas Rangers Medical Consultant Corey Tremble. This educational program will provide listeners with an inside look into the world of athletic training as it relates to injury diagnosis, surgical procedures, rehab, recovery, and return-to-play planning. Within this pr...

Welcome to the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society's second installment of "Tales of the Tape," hosted by Texas Rangers' Medical Consultant Corey Tremble. This educational program will provide listeners with an inside look into the world of athletic training as it relates to injury diagnosis, surgical procedures, rehab, recovery, and return-to-play planning. Within...

Welcome to the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society's first installment of "Tales of the Tape," hosted by Texas Rangers' Medical Consultant Corey Tremble. This educational program will provide listeners with an inside look into the world of athletic training as it relates to injury diagnosis, surgical procedures, rehab, recovery, and return-to-play planning. Within t...

This week on Inside Athletic Training we sat down with Ed Ternan, President of Song for Charlie, to discuss PBATS' new partnership with Song for Charlie in which we'll join forces to help educate athletes and athletic trainers about the dangers associated with Fentanyl abuse and the importance of proper mental health care in sports and in life. On National Fentanyl Awareness Day, Ed expl...

Nate Brooks, Oakland Athletics' minor league medical coordinator, joins the Inside Athletic Training podcast to talk about his career in athletic training, working at the lower levels of minor league baseball, winning the minor league athletic trainer of the year award in 2023, advice for younger athletic trainers, day-to-day duties of a medical coordinator, and much more.  For more informati...

Sean McQueeney, Reds' head athletic trainer joins the Inside Athletic Training podcast to talk about his baseball career, working as the Reds' head athletic trainer, breaking into the game of baseball, the importance of being dual-credentialed as an athletic trainer and physical therapist, his favorite cities on the road, best training rooms, and much more.  For more information about PB...

Chris McDonald, Tigers' assistant athletic trainer, joins the Inside Athletic Training podcast to talk about his 20+ years in the Tigers' organization, working in the Tigers' clubhouse as a kid growing up in Detroit, breaking into the big leagues during the 2020 COVID-19 year, handling new staff changes in Detroit this year, and much more.  For more information about PBATS and athle...