Young Athlete Podcast
18 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe Young Athlete Podcast is for parents of young athletes, coaches and young athletes themselves. This fortnightly podcast is designed to provide great information on keeping young athletes injury free and on the playing field - whether they are an elite athlete or not!
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Who's journey is it? - A parents perspective
May 18, 2020 22:48 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBWho's journey is it? In this episode we interview a parent about their experiences raising 2 children over their sporting lives. Both children are now 17 & 19 years of age - we look back at their sporting journey so far, as a family, parent and young athlete. In particular, we talk about how this parent has managed the landscape of when your young athlete shows some promise. Tune in for a great episode full of interesting insights and experiences.
Sports Concussion in Young Athletes - Dr Andrew Gardner
April 30, 2020 07:08 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MBAssociate Professor Andrew Gardner is a clinical neuropsychologist, a National Health and Medical Research Council Early Career Fellow with the School of Medicine & Public Health at the University of Newcastle. He is also a Co-Director of the Hunter New England Local Health District (HNE LHD)'s Sport Concussion Clinic, and has served as the concussion consultant to Rugby Australia. Andrew has conducted research in the field of sports concussion for over a decade, and has published ov...
Reflections on a career. Mark Renshaw - Professional Cyclist
April 13, 2020 02:49 - 52 minutes - 50.5 MBMark Renshaw is a retired Australian cyclist who grew up in Bathurst, a regional city in Western NSW. He rode professionally between 2004 and 2019 for teams including Française des Jeux, Crédit Agricole, HTC–Highroad, Belkin Pro Cycling, Etixx–Quick-Step and Team Dimension Data. His most notable wins are the general classification of the 2011 Tour of Qatar, also the one-day race Clásica de Almería in 2013 but perhaps he is most famous for his 1-2 finish on the final stage of the 2009 T...
Tips to Keep Active & Engaged During COVID-19. Dr Loretta O'Sullivan-Pippia
April 02, 2020 09:26 - 45 minutes - 46.5 MBDr Loretta O'Sullivan-Pippia is a Specialist Sports & Exercise Physiotherapist. Loretta established Twelve9teen Sports Physiotherapy in 2009 - a practice dedicated to young athletes. Academically, Loretta holds a Bachelor in Physiotherapy, a Post-Graduate Diploma in Sports Physiotherapy and a Doctorate of Clinical Physiotherapy. Her research at undergraduate level focused on abdominal function; at post-graduate level on ankle injuries; and at Doctoral level on knee cap pain in teenage gi...
Strength & Conditioning for Young Athletes - Dr. Stephen Bird
March 09, 2020 02:55 - 1 hour - 73.3 MBStephen P. Bird, PhD is Director of Strength and Conditioning (Postgraduate Coursework) at the University of Wollongong. Dr Bird served as Director of Strength and Conditioning at the Western Region Academy of Sport coordinating youth athlete development and transition. As a performance science consultant Dr Bird has worked for numerous sporting bodies, including the Indonesian Olympic Committee (2008 Beijing Olympics; 2016 Rio Olympics), Scotland Rugby League (RLWC 2017), Poland Rug...
Athlete availability, health & performance - Dr Paula Charlton
February 24, 2020 06:57 - 41 minutes - 39.2 MBDr Paula Charlton is the Performance Health Manager for Triathlon Australia. Her role focuses on the development of systems and processes for ensuring availability and optimal health for elite Australian Triathletes. She has previously worked in both Olympic and Professional Sport as a Senior Sports Physiotherapist and Strength and Conditioning coach at the Australian Institute of Sport, the Melbourne Demons Football Club and Melbourne Storm Rugby Club. She has completed a Mast...
Non Surgical Management of ACL Injuries - Kieran Richardson
February 10, 2020 04:09 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBMr. Kieran Richardson (FACP) is a Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist (as awarded by the Australian College of Physiotherapists in 2016) who provides ACL tear non-surgical management opinion, education and treatment for patients on a weekly basis, both in his home town of Perth, Western Australia, but also nationally and internationally through online platforms. Kieran has successfully managed paediatric clients with full thickness ACL tears non-surgically to return to high-level sp...
Young athletes are not little adults - Dr Loretta O'Sullivan-Pippia
November 11, 2019 10:29 - 49 minutes - 50.8 MBDr Loretta O'Sullivan-Pippia is a Specialist Sports & Exercise Physiotherapist. Loretta established Twelve9teen Sports Physiotherapy in 2009 - a practice dedicated to young athletes. Academically, Loretta holds a Bachelor in Physiotherapy, a Post-Graduate Diploma in Sports Physiotherapy and a Doctorate of Clinical Physiotherapy. Her research at undergraduate level focussed on abdominal function; at post-graduate level on ankle injuries; and at Doctoral level on knee cap pain in te...
Hip Pain in Adolescents - Dr. Joanne Kemp
October 21, 2019 10:42 - 40 minutes - 38.3 MBDr Joanne Kemp is a Senior Research Fellow at the Latrobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, Latrobe University, Australia. She is also a titled APA Sport & Exercise Physiotherapist of 25+ years’ experience, and still practices clinically on a weekly basis. She has 60+ peer-reviewed publications in hip pain (OA) in young and middle-aged adults, and the consequence of injury on joint health. She has received over $3 million in grant funding and has been awarded several prizes inc...
Nic Gill - All Blacks Strength & Conditioning Coach
October 08, 2019 21:33 - 46 minutes - 43.2 MBAssociate Professor Nic Gill Nic Gill is a professional strength and conditioning coach and consultant with huge expertise in rugby and other sports. He is a staff wellness and fitness consultant for a number of international corporate organisations and also to a limited number of individuals who take their own health and fitness seriously. He is best known for his work in rugby with 17 years working in the sport. For the last eleven years Nic has been the strength and conditioning co...
Tendon Issues in Young Athletes - Professor Jill Cook
September 22, 2019 17:00 - 37 minutes - 35 MBJill Cook is a Professor in Musculoskeletal Health in the La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre at La Trobe University in Melbourne Australia. Jill’s research areas include sports medicine and tendon injury. After completing her PhD in 2000, she has investigated tendon pathology, treatment options and risk factors for tendon injury. Jill currently supplements her research by conducting a specialist tendon practice and by lecturing and presenting workshops both in Australia ...
ACL Injuries in Young Athletes - Dr Guri Ekås
September 08, 2019 19:17 - 35 minutes - 33.1 MBDr. Guri Ekås is an orthopedic surgeon and sports physician specializing in knee injuries. Guri combines clinical and academic work, with a focus on the knee joint and ACL injuries, particularly in the pediatric population. She works as a consultant at Akershus University Hospital in Norway. Guri finalized her PhD in June 2019: “Long-term outcomes after ACL injury during childhood” and is currently waiting for the defense. As part of this project, she has conducted clinical, functional...
Injury Prevention - 3 Perspectives in 1. Dr Andrea Mosler - Specialist Sports & Exercise Physiotherapist
August 22, 2019 21:54 - 46 minutes - 43.3 MBDr Andrea Mosler is an Australian Specialist Sports Physiotherapist who consults at the AIS in Canberra. She is also an NHMRC Research Fellow at the Latrobe Sports and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, where she is currently working on hip-related groin pain, injury prevention, and women in sport research projects. She is also and mother of 2 active boys! Andrea really has had an amazing career to date Andrea was a clinician at the Australian Institute of Sport from 1995-2013, working ...
Load Management. The importance of parents as "Load Managers"
July 14, 2019 18:51 - 46 minutes - 44.1 MBHow much, how hard, how often? Are our young athletes doing too much - how do we as parents and coaches manage this? In this episode we interview Dr Tim Gabbett - International Sports Consultant. Dr Tim Gabbett has over 20 years experience working as an applied sport scientist with athletes and coaches from wide range of sports. He holds a PhD in Human Physiology (2000) and has completed a second PhD in the Applied Science of Professional Football (2011), with special reference to phy...
How do you be the best sporting parent you can?
June 30, 2019 14:00 - 55 minutes - 52.9 MBThere isn’t a single parent or coach out there that doesn’t want the very best for their young athlete or athletes. So, to that end - how do you be the best sporting parent, or coach that you can? Wouldn’t it be awesome if you could get a backstage pass and understand young athletes a little better? In this episode we interview Stephen Rendall - he is a sports psychologist and works across a range of sports and in private practice. Currently he works for the North Melbourn...
A Parent's Experience - When Your Young Athlete is Injured
June 16, 2019 19:15 - 28 minutes - 26.8 MBIn this episode we interview a parent about the experience for the family when a young athlete is injured for an extended period. When your young athlete gets injured the impact is not just on the athlete, the whole family is impacted. Last show we had the excellent Dr Etienne Du Preez and following on from this, I was keen to interview a parent to share their experience and insights. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, there are plenty of times we wish we had it - hopefully you, or someone y...
The Swollen Knee - Dr Ben Gooden
May 26, 2019 04:03 - 37 minutes - 35 MBDr Gooden is a fellowship trained Orthopaedic Surgeon who specialises in surgery of the hip and knee and Orthopaedic trauma. In this episode we talk about the swollen knee, a common condition that most young athletes will experience at some point. A swollen knee can happen for a variety of reasons and is often managed fairly simply, however, sometimes it can be a more significant issue that requires further review and treatment. Here’s what we discuss in this episode: Do swolle...
Low Back Stress Fractures - Dr Etienne Du Preez
May 26, 2019 04:02 - 43 minutes - 40.3 MBDr Etienne Du Preez is a Sports Physician based in Sydney. In this episode we talk about low back or lumbar spine stress fractures. What this injury is, how to best manage and treat a low back stress fracture, and the long-term implications of this injury. Here’s what we discuss in this episode: What is a Sports Physician and what do they do? Lumbar spine stress fractures are more than just one condition How common are lumbar spine stress fractures? How normal is it for youn...