MAD Physiotherapy Blog
You can’t always get what you want, you get what you need.
Our latest education snippet highlight looked at the use of Needs Analysis in the development of understanding musculoskeletal injuries or performance problems. Typically Needs Analysis frameworks are used in business, design and technology settings. The primary...
When things go wrong.
Something that is often not spoken about in professional settings whether it be a healthcare or a sports performance environment is dealing with less than satisfactory outcomes. Now it is not for one moment that anyone is naive to think that they will not have...
Part 2 – Using competition to drive the needle of performance and return from injury.
In our last article we discussed the use of competition as a driver of performance, as well as a factor in the last phase of return to competition. That article focused on how such factors could be manipulated in a team sport setting. In part two of this thread,...
Using competition to drive the needle of performance and return from injury.
Building upon our last article I have had a number of discussions with colleagues about using competition strategically to develop certain features that you cannot always get in training settings, or at least are not as easy to attain. Even when you set up training at...
What matters for competition success?
I have had a few discussions this week with colleagues and students about preparing for competitions particularly across a season of longer duration. The literature is relatively clear on what will prepare athletes to perform well at major competitions, with much of...
Investing in people, not performances.
Over the last few weeks I have had numerous discussions with coaches, health practitioners and students about some of the challenges of coaching, particularly in an Olympic sport such as track and field in Australia. These challenges vary greatly, from resources to...
Using predictive coding.
In our last article we introduced the concept of predictive coding or predictive planning. As highlighted it is the concept of we behave in the world is based not on the objective reality, but on how we perceive our world. And accordingly, we make predictions about...
Mindset Matters, but maybe not how you think.
We have spent the last few articles discussing the use of various approaches and the manipulation of training inputs to improve the preparation and robustness of athletes in the face of competitive sport. And a recent podcast featuring John Kiely and...
Not only when but how to push.
The last discussion highlighted that as a nation and a sporting population we can often get infatuated with the idea that we are working hard, even when the training that we are doing may not transfer that well to our sport. There is no substitute for seeking...
When to push and when not to. A deeper discussion.
Following our last article we had a few discussions that opened up some thoughts and ideas that are not always explored in sports performance. We mentioned this in the article, however it may have not been obvious that the clear area that changed for the Melbourne...