The science of elite sport | ABC Radio RN Drive

  • On September 19, 2018
Season-ending injury! It’s a phrase that can send sports fans into despair and derail the career of a star athlete. But no matter how fit someone is, no matter how well they train, injury is always a risk. So how do the elite clubs keep their players fit and on the field? The following radio […]
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What is Dance Medicine? | British Journal of Sports Medicine

  • On September 17, 2018
Traditionally dance medicine has been somewhat the poor relation of sports medicine. Why is this the case? There is no doubt that dancers, of whatever genre, require the physical and psychological attributes of athletes. However, dance involves an additional artistic component where ultimately performance on stage is judged not according to a score card as […]
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Raising the barre: how science is saving ballet dancers

  • On August 1, 2018
Could new science and high-tech training protect dancers from the injuries that end so many of their careers far too early? At the Royal Opera House in London, home of the Royal Ballet, art is fusing with science to revolutionise the way dancers prepare. In the glass-panelled healthcare suite, ballerinas are standing on high-tech force platforms which […]
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Matildas Reaping the Benefits of SMARTABASE | TheWomensGame.com

  • On July 10, 2018
For an athlete, monitoring workload consistently and accurately can have a meaningful impact on performance and injury reduction. Australian Matildas and Melbourne Victory goalkeeper Casey Dumont believes that Smartabase has played a big role in aiding manage her workload. Early in Dumont’s career she suffered a lacerated liver, bouts of osteitis pubis and a ruptured […]
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National Adolescent Injury Prevention Programme Launched by the GAA & IT Carlow | Sports News Ireland

  • On May 30, 2018
The “unsurmountable increase” in the number of lower extremity injuries in 13-18 year old hurlers and Gaelic football players is to be addressed with the announcement today of the country’s first-ever National Adolescent Injury Prevention Programme in what will be a unique collaboration between the GAA and Institute of Technology Carlow (IT Carlow). Training overload, […]
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Science of football: Referees | Goal.com

  • On May 11, 2018
Should the expectations, treatment and training of players be extended to referees. In a previous column I spoke about how fatigue can be emotional, physical, mental. I further explained that regardless of its cause, fatigue will always decrease performance for both players and referees. Within any team structure, team physicians, sport scientists, strength and conditioning […]
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Science of football: Are players too tired to excel | Goal.com

  • On May 11, 2018
Is fatigue an excuse for non-performance or a legitimate concern for players? Fatigue and recovery. Two words heard quite often in the world of football. But are these just words used to provide an excuse after a bad game or is there more to this? It’s been said that that footballers don’t work as hard […]
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Australia Endures ‘epidemic’ of Preventable ACL Injuries | BrisbaneTimes.com

  • On May 3, 2018
Anterior cruciate ligament injuries, more commonly known as ACL injuries, are a devastatingly common injury among athletes in the high performance sector. New research out of Latrobe University in Melbourne has discovered that Australia has the highest rates of ACL reconstructions in the world. It is not only elite athletes that are suffering from ACL […]
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