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Sue Falsone /suː fælˈsoʊn.
Born in Buffalo, NY, Sue received a bachelor's degree in physical therapy from Daemen College in Amherst, New York.

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Born in Buffalo, NY, Sue received a bachelor's degree in physical therapy from Daemen College in Amherst, New York. She continued her education by earning a master's degree in human movement science, with a concentration in sports medicine, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Sue has presented at state, national and international level conferences in areas focusing on dry needling, pillar strength, integration of physical therapy and performance training, and comprehensive kinetic chain assessment and rehabilitation. She’s a Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Sports Physical Therapy (SCS), a certified athletic trainer (ATC), certified orthopedic manual therapist for the spine (COMT), a certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association and a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT- 200) through Yoga Alliance.

Sue worked at Athletes' Performance for 13 years, last serving as the Vice President of Performance Physical Therapy and Team Sport. She worked with the Los Angeles Dodgers for 6 years, last serving as

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Sue Falsone will be making history.

The 37-year-old Falsone is the only female ever to hold the title of head athletic trainer in major professional sports. And while she prefers to focus on the players, frequent reminders of this accomplishment are everywhere.

"From day to day, I don't really think about it, but every once in a while it hits me," said Falsone. "[The other day] at a game someone was calling my name. I just assumed it was a friend, but it was a fan whose daughter wants to get into sports medicine. He said she has two Dodgers pictures in her room, one of Andre Either and one of me. That really hit home. Sometimes I get letters from girls who want to do this, so that's always really special. I want other women to have this opportunity."

In the male-dominated world of professional sports, understanding why female trainers are rare is something Falsone knows will continue to be a challenge.

"I'm really not sure why you don't see more women in these positions because when you look at high school and college, even Division I school

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SportsRehabExpert.com Presents - Audio Interview with Sue Falsone

In this interview, Sue talks about her new projects including her consulting business, Structure and Function, as well as the Systemic Dry Needling courses that she developed along with Dr. Ma. Sue discusses the benefits of dry needling and how she integrates manual therapy and therapeutic exercise, presents a couple case studies to give you real life examples of how she practices, and gives specific examples of how she treats anterior ankle impingement with dry needling.

Members can download this interview HERE

For more information about Sue Falsone, head on over to her website StructureandFunction.com

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