Client Success Story: Training adaptation through ACL rehab during COVID-19

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Have you or anyone you know had their orthopaedic surgery postponed due to the effects of Coronavirus (Covid-19)? NOW is the best time to improve your Quality of life and greatly improve your surgical outcome. As of April 1st Category 3 and some Category 2 elective surgery will be postponed due to the Coronavirus Pandemic….
When we think of names like Wally Lewis, Peter Sterling, Danny Frawley, and Polly Farmer, we remember their monumental contributions to the NRL and AFL, helping shape their respective games into what we know and love today. Sadly, apart from prolific sporting careers. All these great names have another thing in common, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy…
Living with breathlessness that makes everyday tasks feel exhausting? Finding yourself doing less and less because of your lungs? If you’re living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), you’re not alone, and you don’t have to accept a life defined by breathlessness. While COPD is a progressive condition, the right exercise program can make a…
It was about 30mins before the start of the NRL Grand Final between the Rabbitohs and the Bulldogs and one of my clients, Matt and I were lucky enough to be able to catch up before kick-off to have a drink. It was a great day and whilst we were both enjoying the day with separate parties it was great to catch up outside of the gym for a change. We went our separate ways before the game and there was no way to foresee how the night would turn out (for the two teams fighting out the Grand Final and for Matt). Unfortunately, Matt suffered a fracture to his foot whilst running for the train after the game. As it turns out, Sam Burgess wasn’t the only person to have a fracture that night and unfortunately there was no “Glory, glory” for Matt. He was about as shattered as the thousands of bulldogs supporters leaving the ground….. and he isn’t a bulldogs supporter. Matt was disappointed when he called me the next day to deliver the news: “It’s fooked” he said, quoting big Sam. We then set about a plan to keep Matt’s fitness up for the next 6 weeks whilst his foot was in a moonboot (see picture).
Tomorrow is World Suicide Prevention day and R U OK Day. R U OK Day really highlights the need for us to ask this basic question and check in with people. It’s a question we should be asking everyday. So ask that person you’ve been thinking about #ruok. Start a conversation and actively listen to…