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...