Robert Vani Keeping the Dream Alive: Overcoming an Elbow Injury at 11 Years Old to Playing Collegiate Baseball, and now getting his Doctorate Artwork

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Author of Injured to Elite, gets deeper than just the training room, weight room, and physical therapy clinic, while you learn how to connect the mind, body, and spirit to achieve elite performance especially in times of physical challenges. Hosted by Dr. David Meyer PT, DPT Sports and Mental Performance Physical Therapist. Through his time served as the Rehabilitation and Medical Coordinator for the St. Louis Cardinals and the many other parts of his professional and personal journey in the world of Sports and Mental Performance, David discusses the most relevant topics to your performance. We cut past the fluff coming from an authentic and passionate place alongside the many great guests of the show that have made a dent in the world of Performance.

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Robert Vani Keeping the Dream Alive: Overcoming an Elbow Injury at 11 Years Old to Playing Collegiate Baseball, and now getting his Doctorate

February 10, 2020 • Host: David Meyer Guest: Rob Vani • Season 1 • Episode 7

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Former Adelphi University Collegiate Baseball Player, Robert Vani joins the show in this episode and shares his amazing story of overcoming little leaguer's elbow at the tender age of 11 years old and continuing with his dream towards playing collegiate baseball. Rob represents Long Island Baseball (my old stomping grounds!) to the fullest graduating from one of the top catholic schools in the country, Chaminade high school in Mineola, NY. Not only was Rob a stellar high school baseball player but also a top student. Rob and I met through former St. Louis Cardinal's Minor League RHP Jonathan Mulford. Learn how his journey almost took him to playing collegiate baseball at Harvard University but after a tragedy continues on his journey to play in college. Now Rob goes down my footsteps into the world of Sports Performance and Physical Therapy as a Stony Brook Doctor of Physical Therapy Student at Stony Brook University in Long Island. He now looks to bring his baseball experience full circle into Professional Baseball through his new lens as a future Physical Therapist in the winter/spring of 2021.

For those professional teams out there please e-mail me at davemeyer@plperform.com if you are interested in having a PT student join your team in 2021.

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