Predicting Injuries Through Movement Assessments w/ Sparta Science Founder, Dr. Phil Wagner
Dr. Phil Wagner is the CEO and Founder of Sparta Science. Sparta Science is the industry’s gold standard for Force Plate Machine Learning that predicts, improves, and validates individual and team availability. With a simple, self-serviceable two minute scan per person, athletes can increase fitness levels, prevent injuries, and accurately predict readiness using the world’s largest machine learning force plate database. Dr. Wagner is also a physician and strength coach whose own athletic career as a football and rugby player was cut short by a series of avoidable training injuries. Sparta Science was born out of Dr. Wagners desire to prevent athletes career’s from being prematurely cut short due to preventable injuries like his was. In this episode, Dr. Wagner discusses why one’s ability to move should be considered a vital key health indicator, if not THE #1 predictor of health.
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Below you will find more talking points of this interview:
What is Sparta Science and what inspired the creation of the technology?
Dr. Wagner’s athletic background and injuries suffered. (Muscle strains, fractures, concussions)
Origins of becoming a movement doctor.
Explanation of tests on Sparta Science force plate (Balance, plank, jump)
Why these movements?
How do they translate across all sports and athletes?
Why should movement be considered a key health indicator?
How the data collected is used to predict future injury?
How do team’s strength coaches, medical staff and athletes use the technology?
What is muscle overload?
Once a potential vulnerable spot is identified, what is the treatment/training plan for the athlete to combat this deficit/imbalance?
Mitch Haniger Case Study:
How Sparta Science is being used at the NFL Combine.
Why GM’s might actually prefer a lower scorer on the Sparta Science assessment.
How Sparta Science technology is used in injury recovery/rehabilitation.
