Sports Injury Central Podcast featuring Pro Football Doc
Dr. David Chao, AKA the Pro Football Doc, breaks down everything the common fan needs to know about ACL tears, concussions, and other injuries in the NFL.
Latest episodes
Jan 31, 2020 • 27min
47: The Big Game Update Live From Miami
Dr Chao talks with a variety is different Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers players and coaches about how their team is looking going into the Big Game before giving an injury rundown for each team and awarding a Beast of The Week!
Jan 21, 2020 • 48min
46: A Proposition With Dave Weaver
The Super Bowl is set and Dr. Chao talks about how injuries and luck played a roll in both teams getting to Miami along with hitting other key medical stories from the past week. TVG's Dave Weaver talks to Dr. Chao about some of the props that will be available for the Super Bowl and how in-game betting is growing before Dr. Chao looks at both teams medically entering the big game and awards the beast of the week to multiple deserving candidates!
Jan 14, 2020 • 46min
45: The Home Remedy With Ahman Green
Dr. Chao talks about the injury scare Nick Bosa had over the weekend and why it was not cheating along with the Washington Redskins revamped medical team. Ahman Green talks about the Green Bay Packers win over the Seattle Seahawks and shares how the Packers medical staff used home remedies to keep him healthy before Dr. Chao gives the injury rundown and crowns a beast of the week!
Jan 7, 2020 • 1h 1min
44: The Philly Special With Brian Westbrook
Dr. Chao reacts to JJ Watt and Zach Ertz playing through postseason games with injuries and talks about the importance of treating every individual injury and case different. Brian Westbrook talks about the turnover of the Eagles medical staff in recent years and how he played much of his high school and college football seasons with a torn ACL before Dr. Chao gives the injury rundown for every playoff team and hands out the beast of the week award.
Dec 31, 2019 • 51min
43: A Decade of Advanced Safety
Dr. Chao closeout the decade by reviewing the advances in player safety the last 10 years, how Junior Seau's death helped with CTE awareness, Phillip Rivers' heartfelt season ending press conference, and runs down the injuries for each playoff team before crowning a beast of the week!
Dec 24, 2019 • 51min
43: Podcast Mafia With Eric Wood
Dr. Chao looks at teams that decide to rest players late in season based on whether or not they are in the playoff hunt and shares a story of how he got home once when there was plane trouble in leu of what the Dallas Cowboys dealt with over the weekend. Pro Bowl Center Eric Wood talks about the diagnosis he received that ended his NFL career prematurely before Dr. Chao gives this week's injury rundown and crowns a Beast of the Week!
Dec 17, 2019 • 48min
42: All In The Family With Cousin Sal
Dr. Chao gives a pair of personal stories, one involving an interesting experience with technological failures in Oakland and another with how serious the New England Patriots are of gathering intel. Cousin Sal joins Dr. Chao to talk about the big news and notes from the week before the injury rundown and beast of the week crowning!
Dec 10, 2019 • 43min
41: How Junior Seau’s Gifts Keep Giving With Special Guest Ken Ramirez
Dr. Chao looks at Baker Mayfield's comments on how the medical staff is handling Odell Beckham Jr's injury and how it has become the new norm in the NFL, Cam Newtons foot surgery, & whether Tua Tagovailoa should go pro. Ken Ramirez of Body Armor & the Junior Seau Foundation talks about the 25th anniversary of the "Shop With The Jock" event of giving before Dr. Chao gives the injury rundown and crowns a beast of the week!
Dec 3, 2019 • 50min
40: Getting Well With Ray Flowers
Dr. Chao explains how flu season my have contributed to the New England Patriots loss to the Houston Texans and why the NFL acted the way they did in banning Josh Shaw. SiriusXM Fantasy host Ray Flowers goes gives tips on setting lineups for the fantasy football playoffs before Dr. Chao gives the injury rundown and crowns a beast of the week!
Nov 26, 2019 • 50min
39: Picking The Board With Will Brinson
Dr. Chao looks at the reasons why sometimes the NFL has a bunch of games in the 1:00 pm eastern window as compared to the 4:00 window, distrust between players and medical teams, and why he does not like players being labeled injury prone. CBS Sports NFL analyst Will Brinson joins Dr. Chao before the week's injuries are recapped and a beast of the week is crowned!
