The Perform Prevent Recover Podcast

Join us as we welcome David Munro, an expert physiotherapist with a wealth of experience in concussion management across a variety of sports, but with a focus on community level sport and Australian Rules Football. Listen in as he shares his journey and provides valuable insights into the evolution of concussion awareness and peels back the layers on concussion management, giving a

In episode 30, SSPC Physio Rob O'Donnell takes us inside the Falls Creek altitude training camp of the ON Athletics Club. Living in himself as physio for the ON team, Rob is in the perfect position to see first hand how the team approaches altitude training, a concept not foreign to many elite athletes. Rob gets Jodie McCann and Bendere Oboya during a break from their intense train

Ever find yourself cruising along in a race, only to be hit by a sudden gut punch? No, not from an over-zealous competitor, but from your own body? If so, you're not alone. 'Runner's gut', officially known as exercise induced gastro-intestinal syndrome, is a surprisingly common issue among distance running athletes - and that's what we're unpacking today with sports nutritionist an

Episode 28 sees us chat to former SSPC colleague Brendan Goonan, who is currently physiotherapist for the Victorian Women’s cricket team, and excitingly is about to move into a new role as Head of Sports Science and Sports Medicine for Cricket Victoria. Brendan has been heavily involved in cricket from a young age both personally and professionally, and now finds himself with a l

In Episode 27 we get elite ultra marathon runner, physio, and pain scientist Donna Urquhart back on the Perform Prevent Recover podcast to discuss her latest incredible mission. From a dream, Run Antarctica has now become reality, and Donna will be faced with the greatest athletic test of her life in December this year at Union Glacier in Antarctica. Aiming to complete the longest

It hasn't always been an easy path for females in Aussie Rules Football, and Eliza James has been through it all - from starting with boys teams (when no girls teams were available), through to the fledgling girls competitions with minimal teams and minimal girls, and now into the elite world of AFLW. In this episode Eliza talks to us about her beginnings in football with local foo

Imagine the devastation of a diagnosis of cancer. And then imagine that once you start to get on top of that diagnosis, you are delivered the same diagnosis again - this time Stage 4, and completely unrelated to the first. And now imagine you're only in your 30's. It's actually unimaginable, but it's true. Today we deviate away from the performance and achievements of our amazing a

Coast To Koscioszko is one of Australia's toughest endurance events, beginning in the town of Eden in southern NSW and ending 240km later at Australia's highest point at the peak of Mount Koscioszko. The 2021 event, delayed due to COVID, presented some of the most challenging weather conditions the event and the athletes had ever seen - torrential sideways rain and floods that brou

We welcome back Sports Physio and ACL guru Mick Hughes for Episode 23 and the second part of our talk about the "diagnosis that devastates" - Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries and Return To Sport. If you haven't listened to Episode 22 yet, take a listen to that first as Mick discusses: - why the ACL is so critical - why the rates of ACL injury and reconstruction are increasing so

Today we welcome Sports Physio and ACL guru Mick Hughes to the podcast to talk about the "diagnosis that devastates" - Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries and Ruptures. Nearly everyone who plays sport knows what an ACL is, and also knows that if you receive this ACL Rupture diagnosis, you'll likely miss 12 months of sport, and need surgical reconstruction to fix it. But that's wh