Dr Phil Wagner (Founder & CEO of Sparta Science)

Episode 27: Andy McDonald chats with Dr Phil Wagner the Founder & CEO of Sparta Science. 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 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   Where you can find Phil: Twitter LinkedIn   Keep up to date with everything that is going on with the podcast by following Inform Performance on: Instagram Twitter Our Website   Our team  Andy McDonald   Ben Ashworth