Injury risk reduction strategies; best practice, using technology and departmental integration with Kevin Kikugawa (Head Football Athletic Trainer at Northwestern University)

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast, I am speaking to Head Football Athletic Trainer at Northwestern University, Kevin Kikugawa. I had the pleasure of talking to Kevin for today's podcast about his thoughts and practices around injury prevention. Kevin is slightly different to my usual guests who have a sports science or strength and conditioning background but I think it's so valuable to get insights from others in the performance team on topics that are key to us all.

If you enjoyed this episode, these episodes with Jarrod Wade, Ben Ashworth and Jurdan Mendiguchia may be of interest.

Hope you enjoy this episode with Kevin Kikugawa.

In this episode we discussed...

• Who is Kevin Kikugawa (background, experience and current role)
• Injury risk reduction strategies
  • Technology
    • Making the right decisions with purchases
  • Bringing 'best practice' into an applied setting
  • Differentiation between sports
• Departmental integration
  • S&C staff
    • Across the RTP process
• Pre-training prep - your views
  • Foam rolling
  • Stretching
  • Breathing exercises

Kevin can be found on Twitter @kevinkikugawa24

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Enjoy

PP