In this podcast, I talk to Dr Mini Zumwalt about her work as an orthopaedic surgeon. We talk about factors that are thought to increase injury incidence in the female athlete and also about the applied work that she does on injury prevention through exercise. Dr Mini Zumwalt is a professor of orthopaedic surgery and director of sports medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, Texas. She earned an undergraduate degree (Magna Cum Laude) in biology from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and went on to complete her medical studies from University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Mimi is co-editor of the book, The Active Female: Health Issues Throughout the Lifespan, and also a contributor to the book, The Exercising Female: Science and its Application. She undertook a transitional internship at the William Beaumont Army Medical Center in el Paso, Texas. She spent two years as a flight surgeon at Fort Rucker-Enterprise, and served in Iran and Iraq receiving a combat medic badge. She holds the title of reigning champion in the Over 40 and Over 50 categories in the Tri-Fitness World Challenge, a hybrid obstacle course and bodybuilding competition held each year in Florida.

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