Luke Keaney's career at the top level of Gaelic football was cut short at the age of 24 by hip pain and injury. After 5 hip surgeries and countless hours of hard work in the gym and rehabilitation room, Luke has switched his focus from Gaelic football to rowing, and has his eye on the Paris Olympics.
While Luke's career in sport has continued in a different guise, he feels that things might have been different had the clinicians and practitioners he interacted with as a young athlete taken the time to listen and communicate better.
Luke's messages about communicating are relevant whether you work with athletes or non-athletes, at professional or recreational levels, and with youth or adults - there's something for all musculoskeletal rehabilitation clinicians.
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RESOURCES
For more on the Virtual Sports PT Conference (3-4 November, 2023), including the full program and to purchase tickets, head to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aaspt-and-jospt-virtual-sports-pt-conference-tickets-694110913427. If you purchase your ticket before the end of August, you can take advantage of a $50 discount.
Learn more about how the YAHiR collaborative is partnering to promote and protect athletes' hip health through high-quality research: https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/research/yahir
You can register to access full recordings of the Young Athlete's Hip Symposium, and the Oxford-Aspetar-La Trobe Young Athlete's Hip Webinar Series (11 webinars): https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/events/Oxford-Hip-2022
The next Young Athlete's Hip Symposium is on 25-27 September, 2024 at Worcester College, Oxford University.
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