Dr. Trent Nessler | ACL Expert

Episode 6 of the The SPRT Therapy Podcast podcast, hosted by Dr. Tim Brown and Dr. John Pecora, titled "Dr. Trent Nessler | ACL Expert" was published on May 20, 2025 and runs 61 minutes.

May 20, 2025 ·61m · The SPRT Therapy Podcast

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Summary

In this episode of the SPRT Therapy Podcast Tim and John speak w ACL expert Dr. Trent Nessler. In the upcoming SPRT Therapy Sports Movement Symposium this June in Newport Beach, CA, Dr. Nessler will layout the latest research related to ACL injuries, rehabilitation, contributing factors to the movements we see and how to address these movement patterns throughout the rehabilitation process.Trent Nessler, PT, MPT, DPT is owner of The Athlete Lab and co-founder | developer of the ViMove+ AMI. A sports medicine physical therapist with 25 years’ experience, he has worked with professional athletes, first responders and military personnel his entire professional career. Dr. Nessler is an author, published researcher and internationally recognized expert in injury prevention. Dr. Nessler is a published researcher on injury prevention in peer reviewed journals and author of a 350 page textbook "How To Build A Badass Firefighter". Dr. Nessler is also an accomplished Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt, specializes in treating the combat athlete and has launched several research projects on BJJ injuries and training in law enforcement.Trent also shares his experiences as a competitive Body Builder...and how injuries and challenges altered his Professional career. To see Dr. Nessler speak live and in-person...join us for the Sports Movement Symposium. In this podcast Trent touches on his upcoming lecture...SPRT Therapy Sports Movement Symposium lecture...Advances in ACL Rehabilitation and Injury MitigationA Movement Based ApproachThere are >250,000 ACL injuries in the US every year resulting in ~$5B health care cost (AAOSM Annual Conference 2016). Current research indicates that only 63% return to sport (Webster et al Am J Sport Med 2019) and 1 in 4 re-injure upon return to sport “RTSport” (Wiggins et al Am J Sports Med 2016).With reinjury rates at an all-time high, and the impact on future performance, it's no wonder that 63% of players quit within 2 years upon return to sport. Research indicates there are movements that put an athlete at risk that can be identified during squatting motions, during single limb performance and more prevalent during cutting tasks.Traditional ACL rehabilitation protocols are not significantly impacting these movements which is why they remain present at 9 months post op and at 2 years despite being returned to sport.Please join us!SPRT TherapyDr. Tim Brown and Dr. John Pecora⁠⁠⁠⁠https://sprttherapy.com⁠⁠⁠⁠SPRT Therapy is a community of Health and Fitness Professionals founded by Dr. Tim Brown and Dr. John Pecora...focused on improving Health and Human Performance through:Unique, Comfortable, Powerful Soft Tissue and Manual Therapy Techniques Innovative Functional Sports Taping Applications Movement Systems designed to Activate and Connect the Brain / Nervous System to the Muscular System Created by Dr. Tim BrownFounding Medical Director of the AVP (Association of Volleyball Professionals)Co-Medical Director of the WSL (Word Surf League formerly the ASP- Association of Surfing Professionals)ACA (American Chiropractic Association) Sports Chiropractor of the YearSports Medicine Innovator and Patent holder First Principles of SPRT Therapy:Improve Soft Tissue Quality through a Neuromyofascial approach Use Sensorimotor Functional Taping to help re-train Movement patterns and enhance treatmentsMove Better and More Frequently For info on Live Courses and Upcoming events in your area...or to learn more about Dr. Brown's techniques please visit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sprttherapy.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠@sprttherapy⁠⁠⁠⁠ on IG

Episode Description

In this episode of the SPRT Therapy Podcast Tim and John speak w ACL expert Dr. Trent Nessler.

In the upcoming SPRT Therapy Sports Movement Symposium this June in Newport Beach, CA, Dr. Nessler will layout the latest research related to ACL injuries, rehabilitation, contributing factors to the movements we see and how to address these movement patterns throughout the rehabilitation process.

Trent Nessler, PT, MPT, DPT is owner of The Athlete Lab and co-founder | developer of the ViMove+ AMI. A sports medicine physical therapist with 25 years’ experience, he has worked with professional athletes, first responders and military personnel his entire professional career.

Dr. Nessler is an author, published researcher and internationally recognized expert in injury prevention. Dr. Nessler is a published researcher on injury prevention in peer reviewed journals and author of a 350 page textbook "How To Build A Badass Firefighter". Dr. Nessler is also an accomplished Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt, specializes in treating the combat athlete and has launched several research projects on BJJ injuries and training in law enforcement.

Trent also shares his experiences as a competitive Body Builder...and how injuries and challenges altered his Professional career.

To see Dr. Nessler speak live and in-person...join us for the Sports Movement Symposium. In this podcast Trent touches on his upcoming lecture...

SPRT Therapy Sports Movement Symposium lecture...

Advances in ACL Rehabilitation and Injury Mitigation

A Movement Based Approach

There are >250,000 ACL injuries in the US every year resulting in ~$5B health care cost (AAOSM Annual Conference 2016).

Current research indicates that only 63% return to sport (Webster et al Am J Sport Med 2019) and 1 in 4 re-injure upon return to sport “RTSport” (Wiggins et al Am J Sports Med 2016).

With reinjury rates at an all-time high, and the impact on future performance, it's no wonder that 63% of players quit within 2 years upon return to sport.

Research indicates there are movements that put an athlete at risk that can be identified during squatting motions, during single limb performance and more prevalent during cutting tasks.

Traditional ACL rehabilitation protocols are not significantly impacting these movements which is why they remain present at 9 months post op and at 2 years despite being returned to sport.

Please join us!

SPRT Therapy

Dr. Tim Brown and Dr. John Pecora

⁠⁠⁠⁠https://sprttherapy.com⁠⁠⁠⁠

SPRT Therapy is a community of Health and Fitness Professionals founded by Dr. Tim Brown and Dr. John Pecora...focused on improving Health and Human Performance through:

Unique, Comfortable, Powerful Soft Tissue and Manual Therapy Techniques
Innovative Functional Sports Taping Applications
Movement Systems designed to Activate and Connect the Brain / Nervous System to the Muscular System

Created by Dr. Tim Brown

Founding Medical Director of the AVP (Association of Volleyball Professionals)
Co-Medical Director of the WSL (Word Surf League formerly the ASP- Association of Surfing Professionals)
ACA (American Chiropractic Association) Sports Chiropractor of the Year
Sports Medicine Innovator and Patent holder

First Principles of SPRT Therapy:

Improve Soft Tissue Quality through a Neuromyofascial approach
Use Sensorimotor Functional Taping to help re-train Movement patterns and enhance treatments
Move Better and More Frequently

For info on Live Courses and Upcoming events in your area...or to learn more about Dr. Brown's techniques please visit:

⁠⁠⁠⁠Sprttherapy.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠@sprttherapy⁠⁠⁠⁠ on IG