Dr. Kevin McGovern- Physical Therapist | Injury Prevention on the Mound
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Dr. Kevin McGovern is a Doctor of Physical Therapy, as well as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and Owner of Perfect Motion Sports Therapy.  Throughout his time as a Physical Therapist he has founded two other Physical Therapy practices: McGovern Physical Therapy and Game 7 Physical Therapy.  He invented G.A.M.E or Graded Active Movement Exam, a system of evaluation and corrective exercises for athletes. Dr. McGovern is also the founder of Velocity RX and a Podcast named Prove It Live. He has worked with many different athletes across many different sports throughout his career, but in this podcast, we will be diving into his experiences with Baseball. We start off this podcast with Dr. McGovern addressing controversial topics in youth baseball and what he believes are issues and what needs to be changed for players of that age group.  Also, diving into a conversation about injury prevention and what Dr. McGovern believes are the best ways to combat them. We also thoroughly discuss the fact that injury prevention is often an afterthought in baseball today, whereas velocity is the focus.  Dr. McGovern believes it is possible to safely make velocity gains on the mound and he shares his thoughts on why.  Lock into the podcast to learn about injury prevention in baseball with Physical Therapist, Dr. Kevin McGovern.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fiob/support