We are delighted to announce that our club will join up with and established Physiotherapy & Allied Health Service provider of the Geelong community – Barwon Sports Physiotherapy.
Zach Nelson from Barwon Sports Physiotherapy has worked with our Football Director Josip Zilic to put together a plan that supports players in times of injury and develop management plans to see them return to action with confidence.
Football department leads will take the action to contact Barwon Sport Physiotherapy after the weekend rounds if any new injuries are reported and send that over to the once-a-week injury assessment session held at Western Heights campus. Other players returning to full fitness and following a plan will see on the site therapist at the club who will be there twice through the week and on Saturday match days.
“We’re excited to partner with a professional group like Barwon Sports Physiotherapy who have real time football experience at an A League level with our organisation and look forward to terrific relationship over the years to come”, said Zilic.
Barwon Sports Physiotherapy Community partnership offers 5 key areas of athlete development and performance:
- Baseline Screening: Capture a snapshot of athletes current ability to support tailored development plans. This involves a combination of clinical and performance based tests which are used to help guide athlete development and injury rehabilitation.
- Strength & conditioning planning and implementation: Customised pre-season and in-season program to build athlete strength and resilience. Periodised program targeting all areas of athletic performance (Speed, Endurance, Power, Strength etc).
- Injury Prevention: An evidence-based group and individual program targeting high risk areas of the body and common injuries aimed at increasing athlete availability. This consists of a combination of generic injury prevention as well as targeted injury prevention programs based on baseline screening.
- Concussion Management: Targeted concussion management and rehabilitation under a concussion team consisting of a Sports Physician, Physiotherapist and Exercise Science professionals.
- Sports Science and Education: Athlete and staff education combined with high performance wellness tracking
In conjunction with the club services on offer, all North Geelong players will be offered a $20 reduction on all appointments that are made at their Bellarine St Clinic for personal appointments.
Visit their website to see the full suite of services on offer: www.barwonsportsphysio.com.au
