About this episode

Eric Cressey interviews Dr. Michael Freehill about college injuries and advancements in sports medicine.

In this episode, Eric welcomes Dr. Michael Freehill - team doctor for the Athletics and Stanford Baseball - to the show. As a shoulder and elbow expert, avid researcher, retired player, and baseball father, Dr. Freehill has unique insights about the direction in which baseball sports medicine is headed. They cover flexor injuries and what the industry needs to do to prevent and treat them.

People in this episode

Host: Eric Cressey

Guest: Dr. Michael Freehill

Topics covered

• college injuries
• flexor tears
• sports medicine
• injury prevention
• research breakthroughs

Keywords

• college injuries
• flexor tears
• sports medicine
• injury prevention
• Dr. Michael Freehill

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Athletics, Stanford Baseball

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