Frequently Asked
Questions
What is the
Healthy Athlete Project?
Complete Athlete Development
The Healthy Athlete Project delivers personalized coaching that addresses both injury recovery and performance enhancement. Our comprehensive approach integrates physical therapy expertise with athletic training principles to build resilient, high-performing athletes.
Expert-Guided Recovery?
Transform your injury recovery experience with personalized guidance. Navigate the rehabilitation process with confidence while simultaneously building the foundations for improved athletic performance.
Performance Without Compromise?
Achieve your athletic potential with a sustainable approach that enhances performance while reducing injury risk. Our individualized coaching provides the perfect balance of challenge and protection, creating athletes who perform better and last longer in their sport.
Is this physical therapy?
No—and this is an important distinction. This is performance coaching, not treatment. I’m a licensed physical therapist, and that clinical background is exactly why my coaching is grounded in how your body actually works. But in this program I’m not diagnosing or treating injury. I’m building you into a more durable, capable athlete. If you’re dealing with an acute injury or something that needs medical care, I’ll tell you honestly and help you find the right person for that first.
I'm coming back from an injury. Can you help?
Often, yes—once you’re medically cleared to start strengthening. If you’re past the acute phase and your doctor has given you the green light to train, rebuilding you into someone who won’t land right back where you started is exactly what this is for. If you’re still in the thick of an injury, that’s a job for a treating clinician, and I’ll point you toward one.
What's the time commitment?
One 60-minute session with me each week for eight weeks, plus the training itself—built around the time you already have, not layered on top of it. This isn’t about adding hours. It’s about making the work you’re already doing actually count.
Do I really need to download an app?
Yes, and it’s a two-minute setup. Your entire program—exercises, video demos, sets, and reps—lives there so you’re never squinting at a PDF at the gym. It’s the platform I use (Everfit) to keep everything in one place and update your plan in real time. If you can use a banking or fitness app, you can use this.
I train at a gym or outside—do I need my phone the whole time?
Your phone is all you need. The app works wherever you are, so you can pull up your session at the gym, in your garage, or at the track. No printouts, no laptop, nothing else to carry.
Do I have to be injured to work with you?
Not at all. Plenty of the athletes I work with are perfectly healthy and want to stay that way—they’re tired of watching training partners break down and want to make sure they’re the one still running in December. Others come to me after their third recurrence of the same problem. Both are exactly right for this.
What does a typical week actually look like?
I wrote the full picture here →“Why Everfit.” Short version: one weekly video call, a program that adapts daily, form checks on demand, and a coach you can reach when it matters.
Does virtual coaching actually work?
Better than most people expect. We meet by video each week, I watch you move, and I coach in real time—and because you’re training in your own space with your own gear, the program fits your actual life instead of a clinic’s schedule. Twenty-five years in, I can see more from a well-run video session than you’d guess.
Why do I have to apply? Why can't I just sign up?
Because I take three or four clients at a time—that’s the real limit of what I can do well alongside a demanding day job. The application isn’t a hoop. It’s how I make sure I can genuinely help you before either of us commits, so the call we have is worth your time and mine.
What if it's not working for me?
Then we fix it—that’s what the weekly sessions are for. This isn’t a program I hand you and disappear. If something’s not landing, we adjust it in real time. That’s the entire advantage of working one-on-one instead of following a template.
I’m not techy. Is it complicated?
Not at all. You open the app, today’s session is right there, you tap an exercise to watch how it’s done, and you check it off as you go. That’s about the whole learning curve. Plenty of clients who swore they were “bad with tech” had it figured out in the first session.
What happens between our weekly calls?
A lot, and that’s the point. Your program updates as you progress, you can message me with questions, and I adjust your plan when something changes. You’re not on your own for six days waiting for the next session.
Why online?
Convenience. We provide sports injury prevention services to athletes to allow them to participate in the activities they love by using high definition, 4K video-based learning programs that can be performed at any time and in any location.
Can you really reduce injury rate?
Sports injury prevention programs reduce rates of injury. Every research article performed has shown a reduction in those rates, most around 50% to 66% reduction, some up to 75%. But they are simply not being used.
Will my performance suffer?
While the focus of our programs is to reduce injury rates during sports, one of the benefits is improved performance. Simply put, those who participate in these programs become better athletes
How is this different from PreventIQ?
PreventIQ is self-guided—proven programs you run on your own schedule, at low cost, through the Injury Prevention Project. The Healthy Athlete Project is the opposite end: it’s me, personally, building and coaching a program around you for eight weeks. If you want expert protocols to follow yourself, start with PreventIQ. If you want a coach in your corner, this is that.
My daughter's the athlete—can you work with her?
I do work with younger athletes, and parents of teen athletes are a big part of who I serve. For anyone under 18, a parent is part of the process from the first conversation on. Reach out and we’ll talk through whether it’s the right fit for her.
Is it convenient?
One of the ways we improve accessibility is by making our program one that can be done at times and places convenient for you. We provide the program components and a general outline of when they should be done, you choose the specific times.
How will I receive progressions?
I will create an account for you on EverFit. On their, I will update your program each week.
How long will I have access to my program?
When signing up, you receive EverFit access. You will retain access to this account for the duration of the 8-week program.
I'm a recreational runner, not a competitive athlete. Is this for me?
Yes. “Athlete” here means anyone serious about their body and their training—the weekend runner chasing a first half-marathon counts every bit as much as the person on a start line. If you care about training hard and staying healthy, you’re who this is for.
When should I use this program?
While it can be used successfully at any time, inserting this program during your off-season schedule makes the most sense.
Can you guarantee I won't get injured?
It is impossible for us, or anyone else, to guarantee you will not become injured. But, if performed consistently, our injury prevention programs of strength, plyometric, and training exercises will dramatically reduce your risk of injury, by up to 70%!
Strength training, especially of specific types of strength exercises, reduces the risk of injury. But these exercises cannot be done randomly, they must be part of a structured program. And the program must be done consistently.
What's the investment?
The Healthy Athlete Project is $2,400 for the eight-week program. If that’s a stretch, ask about a payment plan on our call—and if it’s not the right time, PreventIQ gives you a lot for far less while you decide.
Does research support this?
Every exercise of every program on our site has a purpose and every program is supported by research studies.
Do I need special equipment?
You will need access to dumbbells at a minimum. Other equipment that is helpful includes barbells and plyometric boxes (12″ – 42″). It is difficult to fully progress without these challenges.
What about
Other benefits?
Benefits of Youth Athletics
Kids who are physically active are one-tenth as likely to be obese, less likely to have chronic disease, and more likely to stay in school. Sports participation improves relationships, builds confidence, and strengthens resilience.
Lifelong Learning
Physically active children score higher on tests and are more likely to go to college. Sports help reinforce learning concepts and habits like repetition and problem-solving. Those skills, along with the sense of accomplishment that comes with learning, are transferable to the classroom and life.
Premature Retirement
Previously injured athletes retire at a higher rate than athletes without previous injuries, up to 70% reduction in sports participation. In other words, when injured, many simply do not return to previous activity levels.
Resources & Articles
For Injury Prevention
The Acute:Chronic Workload Ratio: Your Body’s Built-In Warning System
If I could put one concept on a billboard for every athlete and coach, it would be this: it’s usually not what you did, it’s how fast you added it. That’s the whole idea behind the acute:chronic workload ratio. Your chronic workload is what your body is used to—your...
Why “Fitness” Is Your Best Insurance Policy
Here’s a pattern I’ve seen for 25 years: injuries cluster late. Late in the game, late in the season, late in the workout. The common thread is fatigue—and fatigue is a fitness problem. When you’re tired, your mechanics fall apart. Your landing gets sloppy, your foot...
Why Flexibility Is Overrated (And What Actually Matters)
This one gets me in trouble, but it needs saying: stretching to “stay loose” is one of the most overrated injury-prevention strategies out there. If touching your toes prevented injuries, gymnasts and dancers would never get hurt. They do. Flexibility—how far a joint...
What People Are Saying
How can I begin to express my sincere gratitude? In these last two months I’m not only had my physical recovery aided, but I’ve also had the rare opportunity to see compassion and sacrifice at its finest. I’m certainly honored to have met and worked with you.
Thank you so much for everything that you did for me. I really had a fun time with you! Thank you for helping me do a lot better on making my knees stronger and improving my vertical jump.
My experience was excellent. After sustaining a third ACL injury, I had lost much of my confidence and was very cautious with any movement. As an athlete, I needed to get this back as soon as possible. I not only with strengthened my knee, but also restored my confidence. By introducing various sport specific activities, including power lifts and plyometrics, I was ready to get back to athletics with the necessary confidence to succeed
As a runner for the last 30 years I understand the importance of proper rehab and conditioning to remain in the sport I love. After a significant injury cost me three months training I began working with Injury Prevention. With their guidance this year is turning out to be my best year in almost 2 decades. I highly recommend them to my athletes and to the running community as well.
My experience was more than I could ask for. The programs were so helpful and so up to date, I always knew I was in good hands. I would definitely suggest them to anybody who asked my opinion!
David is one of the best sports training and rehab minds I have run across in my 15 years as a competitive athlete and his information and training methods are always on the cutting edge of science. Over the course of the six years I’ve had a relationship with him, I have referred in several friends and loved ones there and will continue to do so without reservation. Thanks for everything you’ve done for me David.
The time and effort you have put into my growth and intelligence as a player and a person is beyond anything I could have asked for. I am ten times stronger and faster than when I started.
I spent a summer working with Injury Prevention Project. It was clear from the start that they have a terrific eye for performance, and are able to develop creative programs to help athletes do what they do best, and hopefully, do them better. The staff obviously exudes passion for the industry, and I would recommend any person who participates in any sort of competitive athletics (high school, college, or recreational) to work with them.
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Injury Prevention Programs
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Healthy Athlete Coaching
Personalized, expert-guided coaching that transforms injured athletes into resilient performers through customized recovery and development plans.
Running Programs
Our running programs help you achieve your running-related goals in a safe, research-supported manner.
Free Programs
Our free injury prevention programs provide an introduction to our research-based model of injury prevention programming.