Our Expert Panel of top notch training professionals and elite players are back to weigh in on your questions about strength, conditioning and becoming a better athlete.
How it works
- Every month we’ll feature a new topic and panel.
- Submit your questions in the comments and help pick the best by giving a “thumbs up” to your favorites. Deadline for questions is Saturday, November 24th @ 5pm PST.
- The Skyd Expert Panel will answer the top voted questions (and maybe some of their favorites).
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This week’s topic is:
Ask a Sports Medicine Expert
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This week’s panel:
ANNA BUCHER, Doctorate of Physical Therapy
Anna is a physical therapist for an outpatient orthopedic clinic in the Atlanta area. Originally from Washington state, she went to Whitman College where she was introduced to Frisbee. She then moved to Charleston, South Carolina where she studied physical therapy at MUSC and obtained her certified strength and conditioning specialty. In ’06, she moved to Atlanta to play with Ozone, who she still plays for and has written and lead the team workouts since joining. Outside of work and frisbee, she practices yoga and continually studies current concepts in physical therapy, sports medicine, and sports and conditioning.
JAIME WOLF, Physical Therapy Student
Jamie is a physical therapy student at Northwestern University currently on a clinical rotation at a youth sports specialty clinic in the Bay area. He started playing ultimate in Chicago leagues and local pick-up games in 2000. He helped to create and then captain teams at both Willowbrook High School and Western Illinois University. Over 7 seasons of club, he has played for Streetgang, El Diablo, and Haymaker.
JAMIE NUWER, Sports Medicine
Jamie is a Sports and Family Medicine doctor in the San Francisco bay area. She also serve as the chairwoman of the medical advisory committee at USA Ultimate. She has been writing the Injury Timeout column for USA Ultimate for the past 6 years and have a website devoted to injury prevention and management (www.injurytimeout.org). She has played Ultimate since 1999 and coached college ultimate since 2003. Jamie started at Stanford then went to UCLA for med school, and now coaches Stanford. Jamie retired from women’s club Ultimate last season after playing at Worlds with the club team she helped start Zeitgeist. Jamie is now focusing on starting a bay area women’s masters team called Dark Horse.
Whether it’s fixing that bum knee of yours, or building better mobility, our panel has got you covered.
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