Anna Frohm is a physical therapist and has been working in the field since the 1980s. She founded the sports medicine clinic at Bosön in 1992 while also working as an instructor in anatomy, physiology, and health promotion at the idrottsfolkhögskolan.
Anna has specialized in overuse injuries and eccentric Training. She earned her Ph.D. in 2006 from Karolinska Institutet in the field of sports medicine with a thesis titled “Patellar Tendinopathy: Assessment and Rehabilitation Techniques” and has published over20 scientific articleson the topics of overuse, rehabilitation, and the prevention of sports injuries in young athletes. She has co-authored both Swedish and international books on sports injuries and has presented at over 25 international sports medicine conferences around the world. She has pursued further training in orthopedic manual therapy (OMT Level 2), biomechanics, and yoga, and is a certified yoga instructor from the Kaivalyadham Institute in India.
Throughout her career, Anna has chosen to remain in clinical practice, where she has worked with elite athletes in various sports. She was elected to the Swedish Tennis Association’s Sports Medicine Board early on (in 1998), is involved in the development of the new “Tennis of Excellence” clinic at Sophiahemmet in Stockholm, and collaborates with the Paralympic Network.
In her clinical work and treatment of her patients, she takes a holistic approach to athletes that is grounded in research and clinical evidence, as well as the holistic principles of yoga. Her vision is to help others reach their full potential by DARING TO REST, DARING TO GROW, and DARING TO WIN, and to foster long-term, sustainable development through deeper knowledge and increased self-awareness.
Education
- Licensed Physical Therapist
- Ph.D. in Sports Medicine (Karolinska Institutet)
- Yoga Instructor (Kaivalyadham Institute in India)
- Orthopedic Manual Therapy (OMT Level 2)
- Biomechanics
Qualifications
- Founder of the Bosön Sports Medicine Clinic
- Instructor in Anatomy, Physiology, and Health Promotion at Bosön Idrottsfolkhögskola
- Over 20 publications
- Author of Swedish and international books on sports injuries
- World-class lecturers
- The Swedish Tennis Association's Sports Medicine Committee
- Co-founder of Tennis of Excellence at Sophiahemmet
- Collaboration with the Paralympic Network
- Active at Bosön since 1992