The Perform Prevent Recover Podcast

You know the feeling when you walk into Bunnings for white paint: and you're faced with a whole wall of different shades of white, and don't know where to start! Sometimes buying shoes for sport and recreation can feel similar - you walk into the retail store, and there in front of you is a mass of different colours, shapes, sizes, brands, categories ... along with a junior retail assistant ready...

Ever wondered how the AFL recruiting system works and how recruiters choose from the tens of thousands of young hopefuls around the land?  Take a listen to our latest podcast featuring Jason Taylor, National Recruiting Manager for Melbourne Football Club, as he gives us a rarely heard, behind the scenes understanding of the critical work that goes in to trying to get your club their next premiersh...

Welcome to Episode 9 where we have the pleasure of interviewing one of Australia's best ultra distance runners - Nikki Wynd. Nikki's resume is incredible, with wins around the world in distances ranging from 42km up to 343km, participating in not only the infamous Badwater 135 ultramarathon three times (winning it in 2015), but also completing arguably Australia's toughest ultramarathon three time...

Welcome to Episode 8 where SSPC Physio's Anthony Lance and Rob O'Donnell sit and talk about the dramatic effect COVID-19 has had on sport, activity levels, rehabilitation programs, and reductions in normal sporting loads. In particular, Anthony and Rob look at the difficulty that faces all athletes and sports participants as they prepare to return to sport in a relatively short period of time now...

Where does stretching fit into athletic performance and injury prevention? As a follow up to Episode 6, where we outlined all the evidence (or lack of) surrounding static stretching in particular, in this episode we "go to the grass roots" and ask the physio's themselves. We are lucky at Southern Suburbs Physiotherapy Centre to have an incredible staff list of physio's. This created a unique oppor...

Welcome to Episode 6 of the Perform Prevent Recover Podcast series and in this episode we take a look at the topic that probably has the most controversy surrounding it in the sports world - stretching! Stretching has been around for decades, and has always formed just an accepted component of the athlete's world, be it as part of a warm up, or warm down, or part of the training program to help in...

For years, putting ice on sporting injuries has been the widely accepted method of managing acute damage, maximising healing times, and ensuring return to play happened as quickly as possible. Even now, the RICE regime is one of the first things taught in a First Aid or Sports Trainers Course. Nearly everyone knows what the RICE acronym means:Rest - Ice - Compress - Elevate But we're starting to h...

Recovery! Almost every athlete has their own strategy. We know that recovery is critical - good recovery allows us to return to our next training session ready to train hard again, or ready to compete at our maximum possible potential! But what works and what doesn't? In this episode we chat to Physiotherapist and athlete Emily McLean and ask her what recovery methods she advises in her Physiother...

During my 30 years working as Physiotherapist I've had the privilege to work with many great athletes, but possibly none as inspirational and humble as Donna Urquhart. Beginning jogging in her late teens just to take a brain break from her heavy Physiotherapy undergraduate studies, Donna progressed quickly to triathlons, completing arguably in the pinnacle of triathlon events - the Ironman World C...

What happens when a great athlete combines with sports science and technology, and has an assault on a previously unattainable barrier - success...and controversy! There has been a huge buzz in athletics world as Nike, in partnership with Eliud Kipchoge, planned an assault not only on on the marathon World Record, but also the previously unbreakable 2 hour marathon barrier. Kipchoge held the offic...

What is Load Management, and why is the general perception of this term contributing to increased injury risk?  In this podcast we take a look at the definition of Load Management and why the wrong perception may lead to Detraining or Undertraining, and even occasionally Overtraining.  For many, training smarter automatically conjure up the thought of training less, but we'll explain why training...