Women’s Football Hub

Meet the team series: Sarah Thorne on Types of Incontinence and Holistic Treatment In this episode, host Carolyn Kent sits down with chartered physiotherapist, sports rehabilitator, personal trainer, and pelvic health specialist Sarah Thorne. Sarah shares her extensive background in sports medicine and her passion for advocating for women's health, especially in the realm of pelvic floor dysfuncti...

Sports Science Series - Colm Smith Liverpool FC In this episode, host Dr. Megan Lowery interviews Colm Smith, the Physical Performance Coach for Liverpool. Colm discusses his background in coaching various sports, his current role with Liverpool, and the day-to-day responsibilities of a performance coach working with elite female athletes.   Key Topics Discussed Colm's coaching background and jour...

Psychology Series - Pre performance anxiety with Danielle Burns In this episode, host Dr. Ian Cookson interviews Danielle Burns, a sport and exercise psychologist, about the topic of pre-performance anxiety in sports, particularly in women's football.   Key Topics Discussed - Danielle's academic and playing background in sport and exercise psychology [00:00:36 - 00:01:35] - Danielle's varied resea...

In this episode, host Carolyn Kent interviews Dr. Sinead Dufour, an associate professor at the Faculty of Health Science at McMaster University in Ontario and the director of pelvic health at the World of My Baby (The Womb). Dr. Dufour has over 20 years of experience as a physical therapist and a PhD in Health and Rehabilitation Science. Main Topics Discussed [00:00:40] Changes a female athlete's...

Creating the Right Culture for Athletic Development In this episode, host Carolyn Kent interviews Lachlan Mackenzie, a strength and conditioning and sports science specialist who works with the female high performance football program at the University of Wollongong and the South Coast Flame club. Lachlan discusses: [00:01:29] The limitations of the term "strength and conditioning" and why "athlet...

In this episode, host Carolyn Kent interviews Professor Evangelos Pappas, an expert in musculoskeletal health and ACL injuries. Professor Pappas is the Director of the MedTech Research and Innovation Hub and a Professor of Musculoskeletal Health at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT).   Topics Covered: Why women's football players are at higher risk of ACL injuries (00:01:27) Surgic...

Our resident Sports Psychologist in Training Dr Ian Cookson talks us through a case of a youth athlete who was referred with low confidence, but all was not what is seemed. 

ADHD and Athletes with Dr Kelly Collins In this episode, host Carolyn Kent interviews Dr Kelly Collins, a registrar at the Australasian College of Sports and Exercise Medicine, about her recent editorial in the British Journal of Sports Medicine on the topic of ADHD and athletes. Key Topics Discussed - [00:00:50] Dr. Collins' journey into sports medicine - [00:04:17] What is ADHD? Overview of the...

Our resident Sports Podiatrist and Queen Margaret University lecturer Katie Reilly talks us through a player case that involves surgery to a players toe nail. 

Dr Nicole Surdyka talks to Carolyn Kent about her time as director of rehabilitation at OL Reign, gender and sex based considerations for female athletes and structures and strategies for athlete health. 

In another episode of our pelvic health series Emma Bradley director of the 360 Mama Ltd talks to Carolyn Kent about the pelvic floor and C-Section scars

Our resident Sports Scientist Dr Megan Lowery talks to Carolyn Kent about the field of sports science and some of the topics she will be covering in her segment. 

Dr Anne Leung talks about her research and the importance of quad strength, including the sex related differences between males and females and what happens to the quadriceps after ACL surgery.

Antony Lo talks to Carolyn Kent about pelvic health and things to consider with rehabilitation of the female athlete.

FIFA expert and MLS research chair Dr Holly Silvers-Granelli talks through injury mitigation/prevention and implementation with Carolyn Kent

Carolyn Kent gives an update on the project