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WILLIAMSBURG — Field hockey was a sport he didn’t grow up with, but Williamsburg Physical Therapist Dr. Sasha Digges Jr. was happy to learn about it — especially after he was asked to join USA Field Hockey as a physical therapist at the Nottingham World Masters Hockey Indoor World Cup in late March.
Digges, clinical director at Peak Physical Therapy and Sports Rehabilitation in Williamsburg, received the opportunity through a friend.
“My friend had worked alongside USA Field Hockey as a Physical Therapist due to her expertise in the art of dry needling. She couldn’t make the trip to England so she put my name in the ring and I was chosen,” Digges said.
While in Nottingham, Digges mostly worked 12-hour days at the arena, treating and assessing athletes of all ages with all kinds of injuries. He helped tape ankles, performed dry needling, listened to athletes’ medical concerns, and advised players on how to rehab certain injuries.
“This is not something that had been on my radar or something I ever thought I’d do. It’s unique in the fact that it reminded me a lot of being a student athletic trainer. It was really about working long days and working with athletes who sustain injuries or have some pains. It’s something that I would just work on with them to come to a decision of whether it was time for them to stop competing or if it was something that we could work on and still be able to compete,” Digges said.
Digges, who is also a certified athletic trainer and certified strength and conditioning specialist, noted one of the most important things he had to do when arriving in Nottingham was gain the trust of the many athletes he was treating.
“As a physical therapist and the new guy on the team, I had to gain the trust of all my athletes. Once you have that first success with your first athlete, it’s easy. Word spreads amongst players of the trust that they have in you and suddenly more people are coming to see you,” Digges said.
An avid soccer and lacrosse fan, Digges was excited to learn more about the sport of field hockey while in Nottingham.
“I was going there as the new guy. One thing I learned while being over there is that in the United States, we call it field hockey. The rest of the world calls it hockey. I had to tell people about how here in the states, if you talk about hockey, most people think of ice hockey. It was really interesting to learn the differences from each culture while I was over there,” Digges said.
Digges said he understands how certain treatments can make or break an athlete’s career.
“I understand athletic injuries because I’ve had five knee surgeries and I’ve blown out both of my ACLs and had reconstruction surgery. I understand what it’s like to be an athlete who has to face that, but also what it means from a physical therapy perspective,” Digges said.
Due to his work in Nottingham, Digges will also have the opportunity to travel to either Cape Town, South Africa or Auckland, New Zealand in the fall to assist with the Outdoor World Cup.
“As a physical therapist, you make positive changes in people’s lives every day, and sometimes you get a chance to have a glimpse into how profound that impact truly is.”
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