Physioworks Health Group Physiotherapist Amy Shipperd recently supported the Australian Tennis team as physiotherapist at the INAS Global Games.

The INAS Global Games is a world-class sporting competition for elite athletes with an intellectual impairment that represents the peak of sporting achievement. The INAS Global Games were held in Brisbane in October, where athletes competed, succeeded and continue to prove that intellectual impairment is no barrier.

Like the Olympics, the INAS Global Games are held every 4 years; and in Brisbane over 1000 athletes competed from 50 countries across 10 sports.

Physiotherapist Amy Shipperd supported the Australian tennis team by managing their warm ups programs, providing injury assessments, treatments and taping as required, and running the post training/match recovery sessions in the pool.

The Australian Tennis team won 4 gold, 3 silver and 6 bronze medals across the games with Amy reporting no serious injuries! And the Australian team topped the overall Games Medal table.

For more on the INAS Global Games – https://www.facebook.com/inasglobalgames2019/

The Ellinbank & District Football League (EDFL) have bestowed a Certificate of Appreciation on the Physioworks Health Group for sponsorship & support of the EDFL in season 2019.

Physioworks Health Group have been the long standing Physiotherapy and Allied Health Care partner of the EDFL with the key focus being education of injury prevention and management for the EDFL community – clubs, trainers, coaches, players and EDFL supporters.

The sponsorship of the EDFL is one of numerous community partnerships that Physioworks Health Group support to encourage participation, health, fitness and general well-being across our local communities.

By Brad Fernihough, APA Sports Physiotherapist, Physioworks Camberwell.

Attention all rowers.

Do you have an Active Extension Pattern – (AEP) – biomechanical rowing stroke?  A functional motor control assessment at Physioworks Health Group may assist you.

Motor control is critical to high end biomechanical tasks such as the rowing stroke, a combination of postural movement independent of muscle contraction. (O’Sullivan 2006)

One of the most common Mal-adaptive motor control strategies we see in young rowers at Physioworks Health Group is an Active Extension Pattern (AEP).

AEP occurs with subtle deleterious change in postural movement strategies due do the neuromuscular system losing synergy – not strength.

What is also lost is maximum efficiency in the lumbo-pelvic flexion/extension moment, critical to a rower’s stroke. The young rower will have a rigid straight back from catch through to the end of the stroke, unable to flexion relax their lower back at any point.

Rowers who adopt AEP strategies tend to also experience increase tension/tone and fatigue in the lower back, commonly causing pain. This will have a negative impact on performance.

If you have a rower in the family and want your rower to perform to their maximum efficiency, prevent AEP with a Physioworks Health Group functional motor control assessment with one of our Physiotherapy team.

About the author: APA Sports Physiotherapist Brad Fernihough has 20+ years’ experience working in sports injury prevention and management, including with numerous young male & female rowers and crews. Call for an appointment with Brad Fernihough at Physioworks Camberwell on 9889 6611.

Reference – Diagnosis, classification management of chronic lower back pain. From a mechanism based bio-psychosocial perspective. Dr O’Sullivan, 2006.