Injury risk reduction; isometric training, screening for ACL and groin injuries, and the importance of mobility with Steve Saunders (Director of Science and Medicine at Adelaide Crows)

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast, I am speaking to Director of Science and Medicine at Adelaide Crows, Steve Saunders. As well as being in his role at the Crows, Steve is the founder of Kanga tech, a tool used for the testing and monitoring of isometric and eccentric exercise. Steve is an incredibly intelligent practitioner with 8 years experience working in AFL with North Melbourne Football Club and his current employer, Adelaide Crows. Given Steve's expertise in isometric training, we naturally focused on this heavily as part of this episode.

Hope you enjoy this episode with Steve Saunders. If you did enjoy this episode, you may also enjoy these from Luke Jenkinson and Jack Hickey.

In this episode we discussed...

• Who is Steve Saunders (background, education and current role)
• Isometric training
  • Mechanisms behind benefits
  • Incorporating modality into wider strength & power programme
  • Rehab benefits
    • Examples of success
    • Interactions between %MVC and TUT
• Sports technology
  • Where is innovation coming from?
  • Kangatech
• Pre season prep
  • Screening protocols used
    • Groin injury risk factors
      • Potential solutions
    • ACL injury risk factors
      • Potential solutions

Steve can be found on Twitter @stevesaunders33

This episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast is sponsored by Hawkin Dynamics, the team behind the worlds only wireless force plate system. Hawkin Dynamics can be found at hawkindynamics.com and you can follow them on Twitter @hawkindynamics

This episode is also sponsored by Fatigue Science. Fatigue Science combine wearable technology with biomathematical science developed by the US Army to offer fantastic insights into sleep and cognitive fatigue. Fatigue Science can be found at fatiguescience.com.

This episode is also sponsored by IMeasureU. IMeasureU are a world leading inertial platform to precisely quantify body movement and workload metrics in the field. IMeasureU can be found at imeasureu.com and you can follow them on Twitter @imeasureu.

This episode is also sponsored by Omegawave, the only non-invasive readiness technology to assess both brain and heart. Omegawave can be found at omegawave.com and you can follow them on Twitter @omegawave.

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Enjoy

PP