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Return to Sport Resource Guide
This Return to Sport resource guide is by no means an exhaustive list of the quality content available. These resources provide you with insights to […]

The Sports MAP Network
May 14, 2025

Conservative Management of 3C Biceps Femoris Intramuscular Tendon Injury – Return to Play in 44 Days Post Injury
Introduction Hamstring injuries to the intramuscular tendon (3c) have been associated with a higher re-injury rate (21-57%) and longer return time to play time (84+/- […]

The Sports MAP Network
May 14, 2025

Changing the Way We Think and Treat Pelvic Pain: An Evidence-Based, Nervous System-Informed Approach
The Current Pain Paradigm Persistent pelvic pain (PPP) is a complex and multifactorial condition, affecting 1 in 5 Australian women (Endometriosis Australia., 2023). Despite its […]

Eliza Whitford
May 5, 2025

Hamstring Rehabilitation Resource Guide
This hamstring resource guide is by no means an exhaustive list of the quality content available on hamstring management out there. These resources were used […]

The Sports MAP Network
Mar 24, 2025

How to modulate hip pain to maximise performance
Power of immediate symptoms change Within the physiotherapy world, there are different views on short term interventions. The context, often can be a decider for […]

Alex Ng
Mar 4, 2025

How do you test soleus?
Standardising your testing protocol is crucial in maximising inter and intra-rater reliability. Below is a quick summary of the literature for the seated calf raise […]

The Sports MAP Network
Dec 10, 2024

Adolescent Injuries – not just mini-adult injuries.
Sports injury research naturally focuses on adult athletes. But what about all those school aged players that are the potential stars of tomorrow? This is […]

Ed Clarke
Nov 25, 2024

Fundamentals of Acceleration + Sprinting
When broken down simply a sprinting athlete is either pushing on the ground to propel forward in space, or is preparing in the air for […]

The Sports MAP Network
Oct 30, 2024

Accelerated Pec Rupture Rehabilitation Cheat Sheet
Pectoralis major ruptures in sport are on the rise, so what do you need to know? Mechanism of Injury Horizontal extension (62.5%) is the most […]

The Sports MAP Network
Oct 3, 2024

How You Implement Shane Kelly’s Run Reconditioning Model for Calf Muscle Injuries
In the eyes of many, the run reconditioning phase can be seen as merely a tick box to enable overground running. But not for Shane […]

The Sports MAP Network
Jul 26, 2024

How I Rehab: Common Deficits in ACL Rehabilitation with Luke Heath
Luke Heath is a Titled Sports and Exercise physiotherapist with extensive experience working in elite sport across AFL (GWS Giants), A-League (Sydney FC) and Australian […]

The Sports MAP Network
Jul 2, 2024

The specificity of hamstring assessment in late swing and early stance
“The development of the HRIG” It is now widely accepted that hamstring Injuries are on the increase, in the premier league, in soccer throughout the […]

The Sports MAP Network
Jun 13, 2024

How to last a while in elite sport
Author: Dr. Troy Flanagan - Vice President of Performance at the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA I started my first job in elite sport in […]

Troy Flanagan
Apr 26, 2024

Emidio Pacecca – How I Rehab in the NFL
Emidio Pacecca, Performance and Rehab manager at New England Patriots was recently on the How I Rehab Podcast with Sports MAP founder Nick Kane. Emidio […]

The Sports MAP Network
Mar 13, 2024

Blood Flow Restriction Training in knee rehab – It’s not if, It’s when!
As you know, you should begin high-quality rehabilitation immediately after an injury. Everyone with an acute knee injury (e.g. ACL rupture, MCL injury, meniscal tear…) […]

Mathias Thoelen
Nov 16, 2023

Rehabilitation of a High Grade MCL Tear - Utilising a Systems Based Approach
For contact sport athletes, a common injury which is prevalent is an injury to the Medial Collateral Ligament (MCL) of the knee. As a diagnostic […]

Justin Richardson
Aug 24, 2023

The Role of the Flexor Hallucis Longus in Acute Ankle Injury
The Flexor Hallucis Longus (FHL) has long been considered a site of potential overuse injury, especially in dancing cohorts (De-la-Cruz-Torres et al., 2020; Newman et […]

Simon Hall
Apr 26, 2022

Ball Sports, Tracking in The Right Direction for Endurance Runner’s Bones
Endurance sport is one of the greatest tests of mental and physical toughness. During a marathon an athlete, on average, will complete 160-200 steps per […]

Emily McLean
Apr 22, 2021

T-Junction Injuries of the Distal Biceps Femoris
T-Junction injuries of the distal biceps femoris – a more severe variant of hamstring strain injury Although there are signs of a drop in the […]

Fearghal Kerin
Mar 3, 2021

The Challenges In Dealing With a Semi Professional Athlete
The dream for many sportspeople is to forge a long and successful career as a full-time professional athlete. However, only very few are lucky enough […]

Sam O’Neill
Feb 18, 2021

Highlights from The Advanced Upper Limb Rehab in Sport
A big thank you to attendee Luke Nelson for doing a fantastic job in providing this educational summary of our recent course, The Advanced Upper […]

The Sports MAP Network
Dec 14, 2019

Surgery for Hamstring Injuries - Dr. Brian Devitt
Orthopaedic Surgeon from OrthoSport Victoria Dr. Brian Devitt explains when, why and how for considerations of hamstring surgery. [spu popup="1283"]

The Sports MAP Network
Jan 9, 2019

Rehabilitation for Match Demands
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The Sports MAP Network
May 21, 2018

Prevention Vs Performance: Managing Demands of Elite Athletes
Despite the large amount of knowledge we now have regarding injury prevention of athletes, the shear amount of non-contact injuries that occur each year can […]

Jackson McCosker
Apr 21, 2017

Why we have a placebo effect – Part II
Bruce Hood (Hood 2009) in his book “Supersense: why we believe in the unbelievable” makes a couple of quite pertinent points. He outlines a simple […]

Peter Blanch
Apr 19, 2017

Why we have a placebo effect- Part I
For a long time now, I have stood with my feet precariously placed on two icebergs that sometimes slowly drift apart and sometimes drift back […]

Peter Blanch
Apr 6, 2017

The 16 keys to success working in elite sport
Firstly, thanks to the SportsMap for asking me to wrote this blog. I hope as least a couple of you out there can take a […]

Steve Mount
Mar 17, 2017

Welcome to Sports Medicine Physiotherapy
As a young teenager, I was always with my older brother Ben. He was almost three years my senior and was a very promising young […]

The Sports MAP Network
Feb 5, 2016