April 2011
3 posts
Should Musculo-Skeletal Screening for Injury Risk...
Does Low Self-Efficacy Predict Injury? A very interesting article and subsequent review , which I found by way of the excellent site The PT Project. As a Sports Physiotherapist of over 20 years, it is extremely interesting that my profession and indeed the sports science and coaching community have, and continue, to search for predictive factors of injury via musculoskeletal screening. Indeed,...
The NRL/AFL Code Switch Debate
With the debut of the Gold Coast Suns at the Gabba Stadium last night vs Carlton it’s much too early to judge the success or otherwise of the new franchise. However, attending the match as a Carlton supporter I couldn’t help but come away disappointed knowing that the result, and the difference between the two sides, isn’t what the AFL needs to help the game expand. My first...
ACL Injury Prevention in the Female Athlete
Vern Gambetta is a gentleman whose work I respect immensely in the world of exercise, coaching and fitness. Although I have not had the pleasure of speaking with Vern one on one, I have attended some of his seminars and followed his writing’s and blog with much interest, and particularly like his ability to “cut to the chase”. Vern does not suffer fools, and anyone who spends...
March 2011
2 posts
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Sports Shoes - Friend or Foe
Barefoot running is one of the current ‘hot’ topics in fitness. Barefoot aficionados point to human history, and the fact that the modern running shoe has only been in existence since the early 1970’s to suggest that the human foot is designed for locomotion without support. Indeed evolutionary anthropologists such as Daniel Lieberman suggest that the human lower limb is...
"Simple pleasures are the last refuge of the...
Simple pleasures; swim at the beach,morning surf, ride to work, move, exercise. All before work. Not done because I have to- but because I want too. Simple Posted via email from Bruce’s Posterous | Comment »
April 2010
1 post
Back on the Job!
Well it’s been some time since my last post- something for which I sincerely apologize!I’ve been busy with a return to work following my shoulder operation and rehabilitation- and subsequently tweaking my life trying to achieve that all important work-life balance! Something I’m pretty sure I haven’t got down yet- but stick with me- the intention is there!I also wanted to...
November 2009
3 posts
Hold it Sister!
via promo-manager.server-secure.com Thanks for sticking with me while I hit the books! As I mentioned in my last posts, I’ve slowed down my writing while I study for some upcoming professional exams. However this also gives me a good excuse to post or re-blog some excellent information that I’ve found along the way. So this is the perfect time for me to post a newsletter from an...
Rastovich Kayaks Reach Bondi Beach | The Outside...
Surfer and Cetacean activist Dave Rastovich, along with surfer/artist Chris Del Moro, musician Will Conner, activist Howie Cooke, and photographer Hilton Dawe, completed their epic kayak trip from Byron Bay to Bondi Beach, reports Surfersvillage.com. The trip, which is part of the “Transparentsea” campaign done by Rastovich’s group Surfers for Cetaceans, aimed to draw...
Adventure Lab: Testing "Prosthetic Advantage" |...
via outside-blog.away.com Please excuse my slow posting: been very caught up in studying for my fellowship/specialist examinations. However thought that I would keep up my posts over the next few weeks with selections from some excellent articles that have caught my interest. Hope you enjoy, and please feel free to leave comments. Posted via web from Bruce’s...
October 2009
10 posts
Evidence Behind Barefoot Running?
Just read a great news report on the current hot topic ’ barefoot running’. This article is of particular interest to me as I’m currently reading ’ Born To Run- A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes. and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen” by Christopher McDougall. McDougall’s book is quite a riveting read, and brings into question how effective the changes in...
Footy's runaway train | The Australian
via theaustralian.news.com.au Excellent article. Good read on the state of play of Australian Football codes. One has to wonder how the Australian population will support expanded AFL, Rugby Union and Soccer codes? Posted via web from Bruce’s posterous | Comment »
Work-Life Balance- Practice Recovery!
Athletes and coaches recognize the need for “recovery” from periods of intense training and competition. Indeed, it is well documented in sports science literature that appropriate recovery results in “the restoration of physiological and psychological processes, so that the athlete can compete or train again at an appropriate level. The process of recovery is complex and...
Performance Enhancement ?
This article is quite old now (2004), but the recent farcical nature of world swimming and the current swim suit fiasco has made me wonder how different wearing “performance enhancing suits” (physical or environmental manipulation) is to “physiological manipulation”?Are “speed suits” in the spirit of competition? If so- how are they different to...
Is the Exercise Cool Down Really Necessary?
How much of what we do in health and fitness is based on anecdote, and how much based on hard science?The more we look, the more it appears that less and less of the “commonly accepted” absolutes of exercise and training have any scientific basis. The following excellent article , by New York Times “Personal Best” columnist Gina Kolata, takes a look at the science (or...
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I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion.These three are your greatest treasures. Lao Tzu Posted via email from Bruce’s posterous | Comment »
Functional Exercise?
Ice Baths for Recovery- Fact or Medieval Torture?“Recovery. That’s the name of the game in sport. Whoever recovers the fastest does the best” Lance Armstrong, 7x Consecutive Tour de France Winner IntroductionRecovery strategies are widely promoted within the media leading to a general acceptance by both the lay public and athletes that these strategies aid in...
Functional Exercise?
Functional Exercise?By: Bruce Rawson BHMS, B.App.Sc (Physiotherapy), Masters of Sports PhysiotherapyIngenious men will readily advance plausible arguments to support whatever theory they shall choose to maintain Gordon White 17TH Century Naturalist“Functional training” is the current “hot concept” within the fitness industry. One only has to examine magazine...
Health and Happiness
It’s not until we experience a problem with one or the other, but at a basic level what I am aspiring too is health and happiness. Trying to find out what I need to maintain my health, and what makes me happy will hopefully make me a better, more balanced person. The only regret here is that it has taken an injury and some genetic health factors along with some deep seated unhappiness with...
Happy?
Consider 3 essential elements of your life- 1. Work 2. Home/Family 3. Self Now rank these 3 elements in terms of the amount of time you allocate or commit to each. Are you happy? If not- what are you going to do about it? Posted via email from Bruce’s posterous | Comment »
September 2009
5 posts
“Limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.”
– Michael Jordan (via John Maeda) (via minimalmac)
Are You Happy?
Consider 3 essential elements of your life-
Work
Home/Family
Self
Now rank these 3 elements in terms of the amount of time you allocate or commit to each.
Are you happy? If not- what are you going to do about it?
Does Having Make us Happy? | Goodlife Zen →
zenhabits:
Spend five minutes watching TV ads and you’ll know what makes us happier. In the eyes of the advertiser, that is. A new car, diamond earrings, a new kitchen, carpets, house, overseas travel – everything that adverts offer us pretends to be a magic pill that will make us happier. But does it?
“Happiness doesn’t come from doing what we like to do but from liking what...”
– Wilfred A Peterson
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What Defines Me?
Hi, let me introduce myself. I’m Bruce Rawson, a forty something male trying to make sense of life, what I enjoy and most importantly what makes me happy. Call it a midlife crisis- but after 20 years with a professional focus on a career in the Sports, Exercise and Allied Health Profession - I’ve fairly abruptly come to the realization that I’m not defined by my career and/or my...