Natalia FN Bittencourt is a Sports Physical Therapist, Pos Doc at VU Amsterdam Medical Center; Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Science.

Currently, she is the Head of Sports PT Department of Atletico Mineiro Clube – Soccer (Brazil) and Associator Editor of JOSPT. She worked as the Head of Sports PT Department of Minas T. Club for 15 years. She was responsible for organizing the Preseason Assessment and Rehabilitation of 1000 youth athletes from 8 different sports. Also, she worked as Adjunct Professor at Uni-BH and SONAFE’s Executive Board (Brazilian National Society of Sports Physical Therapy).

She worked as Sports PT of the Brazilian Women’s Volleyball Team – Under- 20 for five years. Finally, she helped to develop a Sports PT application aimed to improve the assessment process.