Talking with Any McDonald on the Inform Performance podcast

Dr Phil Wagner, founder & CEO of Sparta Science sits down with Andy McDonald on the Inform Performance podcast. Phil is a a Physician and a Strength Coach who received his medical degree from USC focused on biomechanics. Phil’s passion for protecting athlete health and longevity through injury resilience coupled with his medically-oriented human performance mindset inspired him to found Sparta Science, a movement technology and data science company focused on improving musculoskeletal health.

In this conversation Andy & Phil discuss:

• Phil’s transition from athlete to Strength & Conditioning Coach to medicine.
• Setting up Sparta Science
• Informed consumers
• Assessing methods & tools before Implementation
• Re-defining what “Injury prevention means”
• How Sparta Interacts with team systems
• AI & Machine learning in predictive injury models
• Blind spots in data models
• Injury risk identification verses occurrence
• The value of coaches & clinicians gaining foundation knowledge in data methods