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OUR EXPERIENCE
Physio4athletes staff work with all swimmers - Recreational, Masters, English channel, Open Water, Club, National and International competitors. We have been treating injured swimmers for nearly two decades and have worked at state, national and international swim meets including Olympic & Commonwealth games and World Swimming Championships. Each week we work closely with elite swim coaches, swim biomechanists and strength and conditioning staff on pool deck or at the gym. Through this experience we have developed a thorough knowledge of the sport and can assist any swimmer in their pursuit of pain-free swimming or improved performance. |
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Physio4athletes can provide hands on treatments and rehabilitation programs for your swimming injury. We can communicate with your coach to develop a return to swim plan. We can also develop targeted pre-training activation/warm up routines & self massage/stretching plans.
Injury prevention: We recommend swimming specific musculoskeletal screening to develop a targeted strengthening and flexibility program, tailored for you. Pre-swim activation programs: Physio4athletes have developed swimming specific activation (warm up) exercises to switch on your core, enhance your catch, assist with hip/shoulder connection and get those shoulder stabilisers engaged. |
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Podcast
LISTEN TO HELEN WALKER TALK TO EFFORTLESS SWIMMING ABOUT SWIMMING INJURIES, SCREENING AND SWIM PERFORMANCE
HTTP://EFFORTLESSSWIMMING.COM/PODCAST/THE-ONE-ABOUT-FIXING-SWIMMING-INJURIES-WITH-HELEN-WALKER/
LISTEN TO HELEN WALKER TALK TO EFFORTLESS SWIMMING ABOUT SWIMMING INJURIES, SCREENING AND SWIM PERFORMANCE
HTTP://EFFORTLESSSWIMMING.COM/PODCAST/THE-ONE-ABOUT-FIXING-SWIMMING-INJURIES-WITH-HELEN-WALKER/
Publications
1. H. WALKER PHD THESIS, 2010: "A PROSPECTIVE INVESTIGATION OF SHOULDER PAIN IN AUSTRALIAN COMPETITIVE SWIMMERS", UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE.
2. WALKER ET AL, PHYSICAL THERAPY IN SPORT, 2012: " SHOULDER PAIN IN SWIMMERS: A 12-MONTH PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF INCIDENCE AND RISK FACTORS"
3. WALKER ET AL., PHYSICAL THERAPY IN SPORT, 2016: "THE RELIABILITY OF SHOULDER RANGE OF MOTION TESTS IN COMPETITIVE SWIMMERS"
4. WALKER. H & HOLT. K "SWIMMER'S SHOULDER", SPORT HEALTH 36 (3), 2018. To read this article click on the swimmers shoulder link below
5. PORTER, BLANCH, WALKER, SHIELD; SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL MEDICINE SCIENCE SPORT, 2020:"THE EFFECT OF PREVIOUS SHOULDER PAIN ON SUPRASPINATUS TENDON THICKNESS CHANGES AFTER SWIMMING PRACTICE"
6. PORTER, TAPLEY, PASCOE, BLANCH, WALKER, SHIELD, PHYSICAL THERAPY IN SPORT, 2020 "THE EFFECT OF SWIMMING VOLUME AND INTENSITY ON CHANGES IN SUPRASPINATUS TENDON THICKNESS".
Presentations
1. Sports Medicine Australia Conference, 2013 Melbourne; "A prospective investigation of shoulder pain in Australian competitive swimmers".
2. Swimming Victoria Development camp, Geelong 2014 Presentations series: "Core strength theory", "Stretching and Pilates", "Swimming injury prevention".
3. ASCTA conference Melbourne, 2014: "Core strength for Swimming"; "Swimmers shoulder".
4. Australian Physiotherapy Association, SPG Victorian Branch, 2014 : "Swimming injuries and prevention"
5. Sports Physician Registrar Presentation, Melbourne, 2018: "Swimming: A sports Physiotherapy perspective"