The Walk On - USSPG Chair, Athena Cannon and Toby Brooks PhD, LAT, ATC Talk Sports Pharmacy and Athlete Health

InterviewPublication
Written By U.S. Sports Pharmacy Group

ARCHIVED from 12/2024

Publication: The Walk On published in Winter 2024 Edition of The Pulse - The magazine of Texas Tech University Health Science Center

USSPG Chair Athena Cannon and Athletic Trainer Toby Brooks (both Texas Tech Alumni) chat with Alessandra Singh with The Pulse to shed light on the comprehensive care required to optimize athlete health, the individuals within the interprofessional sports medicine team, and the need to lean into innovative strategies to move forward in sports medicine.

“When we have myths that truly disregard athletes taking dietary supplements or athletes that are just like everybody else that have other chronic conditions such as paralympic athletes, we’re really excluding them from the interprofessional resources that we could be providing them” - Athena Cannon

Full Interview: https://pulse.ttuhsc.edu/issue/winter-2024/the-walk-on/

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