The mystery doctor who devised a plan to wrap New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady’s thumb in black KT Tape before Sunday’s AFC Conference Championship game was world famous orthopedic surgeon Dr. Neal ElAttrache, SportTechie has learned.
At the time, a KT Tape marketing brand manager, Jacki Cassady, remembers a doctor approaching her and asking very specific questions about the use of the kinesiology tape for an unorthodox wrapping near the base of a thumb. The doctor referred to the New England Patriots but gave few clues as to the precise need for the taping.
ElAttrache, who reconstructed Brady’s torn ACL in 2008, is a close friend of the quarterback as well as his personal doctor.