Sports Medicine and Fitness

Biography

Trent is CEO/Founder of Accelerated Conditioning and Learning, LLC, developer of the Dynamic Movement Assessment® DMA®), Fatigue Dynamic Movement Assessment® (FDMA®) and 3D-DMA®. He has lectured in the area of movement assessment for over 15 years and is the author of the e-textbook Dynamic Movement Assessment: Reduce Injuries and Improve Performance. Trent holds a Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Physiology, a Master’s in Physical Therapy and a Doctorate in Physical Therapy with a focus on biomechanics and motor learning. He has been a physical therapist for over 17 years and has treated high school, collegiate, Olympic and professional athletes for over a decade. Trent has also worked with police departments, fire departments and military institutions to assist in injury prevention and improved performance in the tactical athlete. Trent has been an invited speaker to present nationally and internationally on movement assessment in the elite athlete. This has included the Southeast Athletic Trainers Association, The International Congress on Physical Activity, Centro de Educação Física Almirante Adalberto Nunes (CEFAN), The American Sports Medicine Institute’s Annual Baseball Conference, The Andrews Institutes Annual Injuries in Football Conference, Andrews Education and Research Institute, Seattle Mariners, Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society (PBATS), Rocky Mountain Athletic Trainers Association, American Physical Therapy Association’s Combined Section Meeting and various state physical therapy associations. Trent has also been used as a nationally recognized resource for Advance PT, The Washington Post, as well as Web MD. He currently sits on the USA Cheer Safety Council, is associate editor of The International Journal of Athletic Therapy and Training and currently serves as an injury consultant to the Brazilian Navy.

Research Interest

Trent holds a Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Physiology, a Master’s in Physical Therapy and a Doctorate in Physical Therapy with a focus on biomechanics and motor learning. He has been a physical therapist for over 17 years and has treated high school, collegiate, Olympic and professional athletes for over a decade. Trent has also worked with police departments, fire departments and military institutions to assist in injury prevention and improved performance in the tactical athlete.