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Embracing Summer Break: An Athlete's Guide to Sustaining Strength and Conditioning

Top 5 Exercises for Cricket

Cricket is a popular sport within Australia and shows strong participation rates across the community. The sport is associated with ...

Top 5 exercises for Netball

TOP 5 EXERCISES FOR NETBALLNetball is a sport played at high intensities with many accelerations, decelerations, changes ...

AFL Strength Program Structure

With the majority of footy clubs finally settling into a routine and the 2021 season not too far away, now is a perfect time to get your weekly structure organised ...

AFL Preseason Training Program

If you play footy, then you need this program. Why? Because the countdown is on back to games, and the chances are your training has slipped off. Maybe ...

Training the Female Athlete:

Hey ladies, ever wondered why some days you feel like you have lots of energy and you are on top of your game and other days you just feel really tired and ...

Development of Muscle Mass: How much is optimum for performance?

Increasing muscle mass is often the goal of resistance training programs for the general population. However, when designing training programs ...

Keys to Developing Speed in Team Sport Athletes:

Want to be like Jake Neade able to evade players, create space and close space on the field?Ever wished you could be like Eddie Betts and seem ...

The Importance of Comprehensive Rehabilitation for Sporting Performance

It's more than just a physio appointment, it's about identifying the opportunity to get better at your sport while at the same time fixing your injury.

How to Fix Shin Splints?

How to Fix Shin Splints! 4 Exercises to help manage your Shin Splints!

Physiotherapy Examination of Acute Hamstring Strain Injuries: Pain and Palpation

My pain has improved – am I ready to play? A common question with a tricky answer!Both the area of soreness (on palpation) and pain ...

Physiotherapy Examination of Acute Hamstring Strain Injuries: Strength

Why do we measure strength after a hamstring strain injury?Strength testing is a useful clinical tool in the first ...

Are we seeing more injuries in local sport than normal?

If you are involved with team sports you might have noticed an increased amount of injuries happening during both training sessions and ...

Physiotherapy Examination of Acute Hamstring Strain Injuries: Flexibility

Why do we measure flexibility after a hamstring strain injury? Assessing flexibility via the maximum hip flexion ...

Common Injuries and Injury Prevention for AFL Athletes

Australian Rules Football (ARF) is an intermittent sport that requires great amounts of high-speed running, multidirectional agility and aerobic endurance. In ...

Collagen supplementation

We have been getting lots of questions recently around the role of collagen supplementation and it’s role in assisting ...

Banana Bread Recipe

Easiest Banana Bread (recipe by Donna Hay) INGREDIENTS 3-4 MEDIUM RIPE BANANAS (1½ CUPS MASHED)½ CUP LIGHT-FLAVOURED ...

Roast Chicken & Veggie Pasta

Supermarket roast chicken is an easy protein source if you’re traveling, or haven’t got a lot of time or resources to cook. Of course you can have it ...

Choose your own muffin adventure

Muffins make a great snack when you’re on the run! Grab one pre training or event, for morning or afternoon tea, pop them in your lunch box, or ...

Exercise Induced Muscle Cramps

Most athletes will know the agony. Some more than others. One minute you’re playing your best game or sprinting to the finish line, the next your ...

Sports Dietitian

First things first, what is an Accredited Sports Dietitian? The minimum requirements to register as an Accredited Sports Dietitian with Sports Dietitians ...

The RAD Athlete Journey Series: Hugh Bond

The RAD Athlete Journey Series: Hugh Bond

Strength & Conditioning for Juniors

Strength and conditioning is crucial for junior athletes for a variety of reasons. First and foremost, strength and conditioning helps to prevent ...

Posterior Ankle Impingement Syndrome (PAIS) in Dancing

What is it? Posterior ankle impingement syndrome (PAIS) is a term used to describe pain in the posterior ankle ...

AFL Strength and Conditioning Programs

Are you strapping on your boots, turning up to training on Tuesday and Thursday each week, playing your game and wondering why you keep getting injured ...