Inside Athletic Training

Today’s guest is Dr. Christopher Camp, a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon with a deep focus on sports medicine and shoulder and elbow surgery. Since 2019, Dr. Camp has served as the Medical Director, Team Physician, and Director of High Performance for the Minnesota Twins, where he works closely with players, athletic trainers, and front office staff to keep athletes healthy and performing at their best.

Beyond the field, Dr. Cam...

On this episode of the Inside Athletic Training podcast, we’re joined by Nick Paparesta, Head Athletic Trainer for the Minnesota Twins. With more than two decades of experience in professional baseball, Nick shares his journey through the athletic training ranks, from the minor leagues to leading a major league medical staff. We dive into his approach to injury prevention, the evolving demands of the profession, and the importance ...

In this episode of Inside Athletic Training, we sit down with Christian Bermudez, Assistant Athletic Trainer for the Philadelphia Phillies. With more than 13 years in professional baseball—including time in the DSL, GCL, Single-A, Double-A, and Triple-A—Christian offers a powerful perspective on the grind, growth, and gratitude that come with a career in athletic training. He shares lessons from his journey, insights into the role ...

Welcome to the Inside Athletic Training Podcast, where we explore the world of sports medicine & athletic training and the professionals who keep athletes at their best.

Today, we’re joined by Nick Jensen from the Milwaukee Brewers and Victor Scarpone from the Miami Marlins. As first-year MLB assistant athletic trainers, they’ll share what it took to break through to the big leagues and how they’re adapting to life on the big st...

Welcome to another episode of Inside Athletic Training—the podcast that brings you the voices, stories, and insights from inside the world of sports medicine and athletic training. 

Today’s episode is a truly special one. We’re honored to be joined by Curtis Pride—former Major League Baseball outfielder, trailblazer, and an incredible ambassador not only for the game of baseball, but for people with disabilities around the world.

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This week on the Inside Athletic Training podcast, we sat down with Adam Sparks, Double-A athletic trainer for the Miami Marlins organization to chat about his new blog series on PBATS.com following his journey through the Minor League Baseball season.

Each Tuesday, Adam will publish a recap of his previous week to provide insights and a behind-the-scenes look at the life of an athletic trainer for the Pensacola Blue Wahoos (Marlins...

This week, we're joined by Paul Buchheit and Joe Rauch of the Philadelphia Phillies to discuss research in professional baseball, the importance of athletic trainers being involved in the research process, what they've learned from a few specific studies that they've been a part of, details about the future of research in Major League Baseball sports medicine, and much more. 

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On this week's episode of Inside Athletic Training, we sat down with tPadres' assistant athletic trainer Ben Fraser to talk about his career in baseball, Opening Day in Major League Baseball, the grind of Spring Training, building a successful sports medicine staff, career moves throughout baseball, advice for younger athletic trainers, and much more. 

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Chris Whitman, Minor League Medical Coordinator for the St. Louis Cardinals, joins the Inside Athletic Training podcast to talk about the PBATS One-Day Charity, which is currently raising money for the V Foundation for Cancer Research.

About the One-Day Charity

The PBATS One-Day Charity is an annual charitable fundraiser established by the Minor League Coordinators under the umbrella of PBATS during the 2012 Winter Meetings. The char...

This week on the Inside Athletic Training podcast, we welcome in Anthony Parise from the University of Minnesota baseball program. Anthony leads athletic training for the Minnesota baseball team and shares his insight into working as a collegiate athletic trainer at a Power Five conference in the Big Ten. Anthony talks in great detail about his career path, traveling across the country for new jobs in athletic training, learning ab...

This week on the Inside Athletic Training podcast we welcome in Jeff Wood, legendary athletic trainer from the University of Tennessee baseball program. Jeff talks about being a huge part of the 2024 College World Series championship team, his long career at the University of Tennessee, early days with the Baltimore Orioles, his thoughts on the new-age of athletic training and sports medicine, and much more. 

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On this week's episode of Inside Athletic Training, we welcome in Jarrett Schweim, the Senior Athletic Trainer for the University of Florida baseball program. Jarrett shares details about his career path, stories from his decades of experience across multiple universities in the college setting, advice for younger athletic trainers, his excitement for the upcoming college baseball season, his viewpoints on new technology and d...

This week on Inside Athletic Training, Chris Matarazzo from Vanderbilt University joins the show to talk about his life as the athletic trainer for Vanderbilt's powerhouse baseball program. Chris talks through his accomplished career, what it's like working for a top-tier NCAA Division I baseball program, the grind of college baseball travel, his best advice for younger athletic trainers, and much more. 

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This week on the Inside Athletic Training podcast, Chris McDonald of the Detroit Tigers joins the show to talk about the upcoming MLB season, preparing for another Spring Training with the Tigers' sports medicine staff, advice for young athletic trainers breaking into the game in 2025, how he got his start in pro baseball, working for his hometown team, and much more.

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This week on Inside Athletic Training, longtime Milwaukee Brewers' medical staff leader Roger Caplinger joins the show. Roger has spent his entire career with the Milwaukee Brewers leading to his recent retirement from his position as the club's Vice President of Medical Operations, Health and Safety. Roger shares insight into his successful career in Milwaukee, discusses his path to the big leagues, recaps the 2025 PBATS...

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 college athletic trainer, and much more. 

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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 much more. 

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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.

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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 closes on December 31st. Students can...