When a Pacers player is dealing with discomfort or an injury, Josh Corbeil is who they contact. At practice or in a game, at home or in the middle of the night, Corbeil is essentially always on call.
Corbeil treats ex-Pacer Roy Hibbert. [Frank McGrath/PS&E]
The Boston native holds a bacehlor’s degree in science, master’s in physical therapy, doctorate in physical therapy, and he is a licensed physical therapsist and athletic trainer.
Corbeil, Associate Head Athletic Trainer Carl Eaton, and Director of Sports Performance Shawn Windle have a daily meeting each morning about the 15-man roster and what is going on with each player.
One thing Corbeil and the training staff emphasize is prehab. That’s taking a focus in treating players daily in hopes of preventing an injury from happening in the first place. It’s prevention rather than reaction.
If you enjoy the behind the scenes of a professional team and what an individual’s job entails, as I do, I think you’ll really enjoy this podcast.
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Topics Discussed:
- Why he chose to become an athletic trainer
- His offseason, and how there really isn’t an “offseason”
- Role in the draft & free agency, plus what goes into a physical
- The task of each individual on the medical staff
- Where he was and how he responded to Paul George’s injury with Team USA
- Learning from Dan Dyrek
- Why there was a member of the staff with Paul in Rio