EPISODE · May 28, 2021 · 26 MIN
How do we manage rowing-related low back pain? With Dr Fiona Wilson and Kellie Wilkie Ep# 477
from BJSM Podcast · host BMJ Group
In this podcast, Dr. Jane Thornton hosts Dr. Fiona Wilson and Kellie Wilkie to discuss their 2021 consensus statement for preventing and managing low back pain in elite and subelite adult rowers. Dr. Fiona Wilson is an associate professor and physiotherapist in the School of Medicine Trinity College Dublin where she is head of the physiotherapy programme. She was lead physiotherapist for Rowing Ireland for 10 years and still practices clinically focusing on managing low back pain. Kellie Wilkie is a Sport & Exercise Physiotherapist with her own private practice in Hobart, Tasmania. She was an Australian Rowing Team Physiotherapist from 2008-2016 and the Lead Physiotherapist in the Rio Olympic cycle. We cover: · What is rowing-related low back pain and how prevalent is it? · What causes rowing-related low back pain, and can it be prevented? · How should rowing-related low back pain be managed? · What this means for rowers, coaches and medical staff Links: https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2021/03/11/bjsports-2020-103385.abstract World Rowing site: https://worldrowing.com/2021/05/11/guide-for-managing-low-back-pain-in-rowers/
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In this podcast, Dr. Jane Thornton hosts Dr. Fiona Wilson and Kellie Wilkie to discuss their 2021 consensus statement for preventing and managing low back pain in elite and subelite adult rowers. Dr. Fiona Wilson is an associate professor and physiotherapist in the School of Medicine Trinity College Dublin where she is head of the physiotherapy programme. She was lead physiotherapist for Rowing Ireland for 10 years and still practices clinically focusing on managing low back pain. Kellie Wilkie is a Sport & Exercise Physiotherapist with her own private practice in Hobart, Tasmania. She was an Australian Rowing Team Physiotherapist from 2008-2016 and the Lead Physiotherapist in the Rio Olympic cycle. We cover: · What is rowing-related low back pain and how prevalent is it? · What causes rowing-related low back pain, and can it be prevented? · How should rowing-related low back pain be managed? · What this means for rowers, coaches and medical staff Links: https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2021/03/11/bjsports-2020-103385.abstract World Rowing site: https://worldrowing.com/2021/05/11/guide-for-managing-low-back-pain-in-rowers/
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