The Tommy John epidemic has become one of the most pressing issues in baseball and in this episode of The Research Rundown, we bring together five of the game's leading sports medicine minds to tackle it head on.

Dr. Michael T. Freehill, Head Team Physician, and Brian Schulman, Director of Sports Medicine and Performance of the Athletics, join Dr. Steven B. Cohen, Head Team Physician, Paul Buchheit, Head Athletic Trainer, and Joe Rauch, Assistant Athletic Trainer of the Philadelphia Phillies for a wide-ranging roundtable on the data, the causes, and what baseball needs to do next.

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He made history as the first assistant athletic trainer in MLB, rehabbed Bo Jackson's hip, got Michael Jordan ready for the diamond, and was on the field when the White Sox won the 2005 World Series. In this episode, Herm Schneider — one of the longest-tenured and most pioneering athletic trainers in MLB history — reflects on 40+ years with the White Sox, the evolution of sports medicine, his brotherhood with PBATS, and life after the game.

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On this episode of the Inside Athletic Training Podcast, we’re joined by Bryan Housand, Minor League Medical Coordinator for the Minnesota Twins organization.

Bryan discusses his path through professional baseball, what the role of a Minor League Medical Coordinator looks like behind the scenes, and the challenges of overseeing player health and communication across an entire farm system.

We also dive into the evolving relationship between medical and performance staffs, the growing importance of collaboration in professional sports, where the athletic training profession is heading, and the skills younger athletic trainers need to succeed in today’s game.

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In Episode 125 of the Inside Athletic Training Podcast, NATA President AJ Duffy joins us for a wide-ranging conversation on the future of athletic training, leadership within the profession, collaboration across sports medicine organizations, the upcoming NATA Clinical Symposia & AT Expo in Philadelphia, and the key challenges and opportunities shaping athletic training today.

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Cannabis is one of the most debated topics in sports medicine — and one of the least understood. Dr. Jeff Konin, a leading sports medicine and cannabis expert, joins us to cut through the noise on what cannabis actually does to the athlete's body, whether it belongs in performance and recovery protocols, and what athletic trainers need to know to counsel their athletes with confidence.

Learn more about Dr. Konin here.

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In Episode 4 of The Research Rundown, hosts Paul Buchheit (Head Athletic Trainer, Phillies) and Joe Rauch (Assistant Athletic Trainer, Phillies) are joined by Brad Pearson (VP of Sports Medicine, Red Sox) to break down the relationship between training load and injury risk. Using the paper “Training Load and Injury: Causal Pathways and Future Directions,” the group explores what the research actually says about causality, common misconceptions, and how athletic trainers can apply these insights in real-world settings.

View the full paper here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33400216/

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In this episode of Inside Athletic Training, we’re joined by Dr. Cameron Roth and Andrew Rizza, co-hosts of the Behind the Sports Medicine Podcast, for a conversation on how they broke into podcasting, the standout guests and moments from their show, the evolution of athletic training, and where the sports medicine profession is headed next.

Check out the Behind the Sports Medicine podcast here

More about Dr. Roth: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameron-roth-4160b91b0/

More about Andrew Rizza: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-rizza/

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In this episode, we sit down with Erick Flores, International Medical Coordinator for the Detroit Tigers, to discuss the unique world of international academy baseball and what it takes to manage player health at that level. Erick breaks down the key differences between developmental and competitive baseball, what sports medicine looks like inside an academy program, and how athletic trainers approach the long-term care of young international prospects who are still years away from affiliated ball. It's a side of professional baseball most people never see.

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