Inform Performance Nick Kane - Hamstring Rehab For Field Sports (Head Physiotherapist at Essendon Football Club & Managing Director of the Sports MAP Network)
Episode 121: Dr Andy McDonald chats to Physiotherapist Nick Kane. Nick is the founder & Managing Director of the Sports MAP Network as well as Head Physiotherapist at Essendon Football Club. He is a Sports & Exercise Physiotherapist having completed a Masters in Sports Physiotherapy from La Trobe University. He completed is undergraduate Physiotherapy degree at Notre Dame University in Fremantle. Nick excels in working with sporting injuries and rehabilitation with a particular interest in troublesome hip & groin pain, recurrent hamstring injuries, tendon pain & post surgical rehab.
Topics Discussed
- Physical demands of AFL
- Structure of performance teams in AFL
- Key steps planning a hamstring muscle injury rehab
- Progressing return-to-running with hamstring injuries
- How to monitor hamstrings post injury
- How to problem solve tough cases as a Physio
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