
John Gonzaba
Doctor of Physical Therapy and powerlifting coach specializing in sports rehabilitation and athlete health.
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Jul 3, 2026
Ep 49 - John Gonzaba: Where PT Meets Powerlifting
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9:41TheoHOST
Is there something that you learned in school that most coaches or athletes get completely wrong?

John GonzabaGUEST
Well, I think the nice thing about now is that a lot of people, there's so much information out there.

John GonzabaGUEST
Even if you're not like a DPT, you could be a really good coach, help people through injuries and guide them, right? I think the biggest difference between someone who's like a DPT And someone who's just a coach and really good at movement science, you could flag something in terms of whether the injury is serious and needs to be seen by a doctor or whether the injury is just muscular, right? There's times where people can have a tumor or something and they've been having injuries in the shoulder, right? But like...

John GonzabaGUEST
If you don't have that knowledge or that experience of it being something else, that could be missed.

John GonzabaGUEST
I know someone who had right shoulder pain while they were playing sports, and they actually had a tumor in their shoulder.

John GonzabaGUEST
You also have more reps in the tank of being able to... like see or hearing what's going on with the pay with the lifter and know if like what to do.
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but they're like dead set on doing the meet whether it's like a big