Sports Medicine Broadcast

Contact Us: Jeremy Jackson Shawn Ready – shawnreadyatc@gmail.com Dr. Mark Knoblauch – maknobla@Central. UH.EDU Dr. Layci Harrison – lharris5@Central. UH.EDU Bob Marley – Bob. Marley@uth.tmc.edu ATCornerPodcast – ATCornerds@gmail.com Joseph Eberhardt – eberhardtj@pearlandisd.org Christina Fry – fryc@pearlandisd.org These people LOVE Athletic Trainers and he...

RankOne data makes it easy to tell your story as an Athletic Trainer. If you collect it then you can pull everything you need with a few clicks. If you need help just call and they can guide you through. What are some of the common things you RankOne sees from ATs? End-of-year audits Newspapers seeking info Easily filter through the data that has been entered We take data security seriously Data t...

Kim Lowry and Nutrition Myths are so close, so easy, so trendy…Kim Lowry discusses some of the Sports Nutrition myths with Ryan Collins at the Memorial Hermann Sports Medicine Update. Protein 2-2.2 grams of protein if they are trying to bulk up Total calories are a common misconception You can not bulk up Muscle but not add any fat…almost universally Spread it out throughout the day Nutrient Timin...

Sean Hwang discusses his first SWATA experience with Dr. DJ Gilliland. Tell us your story, Sean Korean American Went to UT Austin. US Army field artillery officer for 3 years Went to chiropractor undergrad for a semester I had been doing something similar to AT with my amateur Korean soccer teams I shadowed John Houston at the University of Houston Women’s Basketball SWATA Student Track? I was not...

Foster Care is not easy. Neither is Athletic Training. Travis Turner is trying to grow his family through foster care/adoption. Contact Us Jeremy Jackson These people LOVE Athletic Trainers and help support the podcast: Frio Hydration – Superior Hydration products. Xothrm – Best heating pad available – Use “SMB” or email info@xothrm.com and mention the Sports Medicine...

Storytime with buzz is just that, fun stories from an old school Athletic Trainer still practicing. Thanks, Bethpage Consulting for helping to get the SMB out to SWATA 2023 in Arlington. I have been attending SWATA for about 38 years I broke my collarbone playing football and then became the team manager.  Sam Aguilara came to teach the coaches about Athletic Training products.  I knew I could do...

Preparedness to throw is a whole new process of injury prevention. Chris Gallina joins Ryan Collins live at the Sports Medicine Update 2023 What are we looking for as parents Volume Radar guns BAD in Youth Athletes Rest for throwing Athletes We usually suggest no athlete should be pitching for more than 7 months Maybe pitch for 2 seasons then focus on fielding and hitting Pitchers should not play...

Career Advancement brought Bre’Layshia Alexander from working intermediate athletics to her current role with Baylor Scott and White. She discussed this all with Joseph Eberhardt live at SWATA 2023. Sponsored by San Antonio Sports Medicine What are the goals of the Career Advancement Committee? Chaired by Bre’Layshia Split from the young professional committee 7-12 years in the profession Ev...

Concussion technology has come a long way in helping us understand and manage concussions. Dr. Summer Ott discusses some of the options available and who they best fit. What is a digital assessment? Started in the ’90s, Professional teams Not meant to replace traditional assessments A combination of tests is still being used Pros: Efficient Easy access and use of mobile devices Allow tracking Remo...

Hot Springs Arkansas is the place to be in July 2024. Keith Shireman and the Arkansas Athletic Trainers Association will host SWATA outside of Texas for the first time in years. SWATA is the largest attended district meeting. Next year Keith and the team in Arkansas hope to make SWATA 2024 the newest record holder for SWATA attendance. Why come to Hot Springs? It is a family-friendly place. Three...

Eddie Smith shares how the state powerhouse Katy Tigers are reducing the fear of hamstring injuries during rehab for their athletes. There have been 6000 papers published about hamstring injuries The research is all over the place. The only real consensus is Nordic hamstring curls We start with NSAIDs The next day we start with movement COMPEX Ankle movement Heel slides As soon as they can walk pa...

QCollar seems like just another gimmick…but this could really be a life-changing tool. Dr. David Smith, inventor of the Q-Collar joins me to discuss the story, how it works, and his book When Heads Come Together. Where did the idea for the Q-Collar start? Dr. Dave was presenting at the Army Research Lab in 2008 where they threw down the gauntlet complaining that clever people should “f...

Youth Sports Safety is Jim Mackies passion project. With over 50 years working as an AT, he can sit back and turn the profession over to the younger crowd, but instead, he continues to give time and effort to help improve healthcare for all athletes Mr. Mackie have you ever had to perform CPR? Had a coach drop dead on the goal line after a game. As I am headed that way I see the firetruck pulling...

Tyler Knight shares some Soccer Specific Return To Play or RTP tips and tricks. With nearly a decade of soccer experience, he has seen a lot of growth in sport-specific rehab plans. What is the least soccer specific rehab exercise you have seen? Almost everything we do…discuss the importance of understanding the ‘why’ of what we do, as well as never forgetting components of movement. Isometrics be...

MOBO is a single myofascial release tool designed and created by Dr. Christie Powell. Her inventor story is different than the ones we have heard previously. MOBO is only offered in blue…why blue? I have scaled back the company and product offering We got a huge verbal order before COVID that wanted blue. Happy accident since we had to order 10,000 units How did you get started? As a smaller perso...

Alex Bray is a young professional that grew up with social media and smartphones. She uses it to make an impact in her sports medicine practice. Why do you use social media for sports medicine? Started in grad school as a way to network, turned into a way to advocate for our profession & athletes, share things I struggle with as an AT to help others, and learn from other ATs in areas that I’m...

Andrea Kovalsky uses Twitter a lot as an Athletic Trainer. Why do you use social media for sports medicine? I was professionally socialized by Boomer ATs, so I’m a bit old school. But working on a relatively nontraditional DAT, I’ve learned that we have to embrace change and make it work for us before we get left behind. If social media is how future generations consume information and interact wi...

TikTok always ended up showing me stuff I did not want to see, so I deleted the app. Meanwhile, KP, AKA Kyle Parkison, is amassing quite a following and positively impacting the world using TikTok. Why do you use social media for sports medicine? Started it for fun and advocacy A lot of students and people did not know All of the things we do as Athletic Trainers. TikTok has a lot more random foll...

Growth Plate Injuries are hard to identify unless you know what to look for. Dr. Lindsay Crawford specializes in Pediatric Orthopedics and shares some of her wisdom with the Sports Medicine Broadcast. The location of the pain is an indicator Is it at the joint itself or on the bone adjacent? Dr. Crawford likes to have xrays before doing a lot of special tests on athletes with swelling How can they...

Mental Health Coordination is preparation for when a mental health crisis occurs. Amanda Groller and Bubba Wilson discuss things available to Athletic Trainers when they need help. ATsCare – Professionals responding to professionals 2016 is when it became official How did it start –  A perfect storm of events. Jim Thornton had been trained in CISM as an EMT and reached out to him...

Driving Healthy helps us lead by example, and take advantage of time off. Shawn gave me lots of tips before we took our 3800-mile 4-week road trip across the country. Longest road trip: well over 1000 miles Average Road trip: some days working outreach I might drive 350 in a day Eating Healthy – nutrition is huge Know your body’s needs and what causes problems. I stay with simple things that...

Collagen is everywhere right now. It is in coffee and everything, but we need to be more strategic in our implementation. Meredith Sorenson Joins Dr. Yellen to discuss how we can should and should not be using it. Where is the evidence? It can help increase the collagen in structures and joints in the body. A lot of athletes are using it as a preventative measure which is where the most evidence i...

Dr. John Gallucci discusses Five Things that Athletic Trainers can do as clinicians to help prevent injury. John, what is your Athletic Trainer story?  Wrestler and baseball player in high school A local PT company had an outreach AT His family owned a supply company that connected him with PTs. Through high school and college, he had several great interactions with ATs that lead him down tha...

FooBag is Craig’s other child. He created the product to keep his AT gear dry after a coach accidentally soaked his whole med kit. Many hours have gone into creating the product that you see today. 5 words to describe FOObag: Innovative Necessity Driven Family Committed FOO – I have ten siblings and we were the jocks in the neighborhood We were nicknamed the egg rolls Where did the ide...

Connecting PTs and ATs to create a high-performance sports medicine team is part of the mission Dr. Eddis Smith is accomplishing with Ellie Roenig. As an AT I want people to know why we should collaborate. We need to move things forward in creating high-performance teams PT, AT, Team Doc, Mental Health, Sports Science. We send our residents 4 days a week to the AT Facility And available after scho...