Sue Falsone: From Rehab To Sport
The Ready State Podcast
Kelly Starrett & Juliet Starrett
4.9 • 623 Ratings
🗓️ 11 July 2018
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Sue Falsone is the first female head athletic trainer in any of the four major sports in the US, most recently with the LA Dodgers for 6 years. Functioning as both an athletic trainer and physical therapist to her athletes, she was able to develop a truly innovative and successful approach to treatment. She discusses her philosophy on pain and treatment, returning injured athletes to an elite level of sport, as well as being female in a male-dominated field. Sue joined us via Skype.
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| 1:05.8 | No brainer. Hey, everyone, I'm Dr. Kelly Starrett. |
| 1:19.1 | And I'm Juliette. |
| 1:20.8 | And this is the Ready State. |
| 1:36.1 | This episode, it is my great pleasure to introduce our wonderful community to an incredible woman named Sue Falzoning. |
| 1:43.5 | Now, if you are in the strength conditioning, performance, athletic training world, it's hard not to run into this extraordinary brain. |
| 1:45.8 | If you, Juliet, don't be jealous. |
| 1:49.4 | But if you can have a crush on a brain, I have a crush on Sue Falzoni's brain. |
| 1:55.5 | Well, Sue is a huge inspiration to me and should be for many women listening to this podcast. |
| 2:00.0 | She was the first female head athletic trainer in any of the four major sports. |
| 2:01.5 | Yeah, that makes her like Amelia Earhart. |
| 2:02.2 | Exactly. |
| 2:07.3 | She was with the LA Dodgers for six years and was the head athletic trainer there and physical therapist. And she is just a smart and kind empathetic woman. |
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