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Dr. Liam Vu, DO
Sports medicine physician at Samaritan Athletic Medicine, team doctor for the Oregon State athletic department, and the first guest Jason admits he might show his patients instead of explaining things himself.
Dr. Liam Vu is a doctor of osteopathy specializing in sports medicine at Samaritan Athletic Medicine in Corvallis, Oregon. He is also one of the physicians for the Oregon State University athletic department, which is how Jason knows him and how he ended up on the show.
His specialty sits in the non-surgical musculoskeletal medicine lane — injections, imaging, and returning athletes to function — and he describes injections not as treatments in themselves but as tools to create a window for rehab. His framing: “Why are we doing this injection? To get you to a place where you can do your exercises.” Kathy and Jason both noted this is exactly how they think about their own interventions.
When Jason asked why he chose osteopathy over PT or chiropractic, Vu confirmed the standard answer: the coin could have landed either way. He was drawn to the hands-on anatomy emphasis in osteopathic training, which he credits for pulling him toward sports medicine.
Jason asked him on camera if he went to school because he couldn’t get into PT or chiro. Vu answered “pretty much every time.” The show has a type.
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First seen in A Sports Medicine Doctor Explains Cortisone, PRP & Stem Cell Injections.