Dr. Tyler Lesher: Principles for Becoming an Advanced Rehab Provider

In this episode of the Braun Performance & Rehab Podcast, Dan
is joined by Dr. Tyler Lesher to discuss his journey as a rehab
professional and clinician, the lessons he has learned from
treating elite athletes, and how he applies them in his clinical
practice. Dan and Tyler also discuss his upcoming cohort of the
ARC, in addition to chatting about the "Iso God", Aliens, and
more. 



Tyler Lesher enters his third season as the UCLA men’s basketball
team’s athletic trainer in 2023-24.
 
In his current role,
Lesher handles all day-to-day athletic training responsibilities
and oversees multiple sports medicine interns. He joined the UCLA
athletic training and sports medicine department in October
2021.
 
Lesher’s work with the men’s basketball program has
been vital over the past two years. In 2022-23, UCLA went 31-6
overall and won the Pac-12 Conference’s regular-season crown. In
2021-22, the Bruins went 27-8 overall and finished in second
place in the Pac-12 standings. The Bruins advanced to the NCAA
Tournament’s Sweet 16 in 2022 and 2023.
 
Lesher, who hails
from Wyoming, spent the 2020-21 academic year as an assistant
athletic trainer at Florida Atlantic University. Prior to his
time at FAU, he spent four years working in the NBA and the NBA’s
G League.
 
Lesher served as the head athletic
trainer/strength and conditioning specialist for the Greensboro
Swarm, the Charlotte Hornets’ NBA G League affiliate from August
2017 until November 2020. His first opportunity in the NBA took
place with the Cleveland Cavaliers. While in Cleveland (Sept.
2016 until May 2017), Lesher served as an intern athletic
trainer. He was the head strength and conditioning/assistant
athletic trainer for the Canton Charge, the Cavs’ NBA G League
affiliate.
 
After he earned his bachelor’s degree in
athletic training from New Mexico State University in 2014,
Lesher worked as a men’s basketball graduate assistant athletic
trainer for Chico State. He earned his master’s degree in
kinesiology at Chico State while on the job from 2014 to
2015.
 
Lesher, 34, is a Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC),
Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), Certified
Orthopedic Physician Extender (OPE-C), Corrective Exercise
Specialist (CES) and Performance Enhancement Specialist (PES). He
earned his Doctorate in Health Science and Exercise Leadership
from California University of Pennsylvania, focusing reducing
systemic inflammation through nutrition and exercise, in the fall
of 2021. For more on Tyler and the ARC, be sure to check out
@dr.tlesh on Instagram or visit advancedrehabcertification.com







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