Damian Raper

Head of Physiotherapy & Medical Services at Sydney Swans AFL club

[Damian Raper @damianraper]

@davecarolan @Chriswing86 @AFL @darrenburgess25 From the AFL CBA introduced for this season:

“Increased access to players for media and broadcast via new broadcast policy to be introduced.”

This has manifested itself in club media personnel sitting on the bench during games to report injury updates directly to broadcasters.

[Damian Raper @damianraper]

Fantastic opportunity to work for a great organization. https://t.co/Cb0GNsa0Gu

[Damian Raper @damianraper]

Great opportunity to work for a fantastic club. Sportspeople: Massage Therapist & Sports Trainer - Sydney Swans https://t.co/gwqNVWaxsl

[Damian Raper @damianraper]

@AdRussellPhysio @FigtreePhysio All very good suggestions. Has @physioshane suggested it begins with the profession holding ourselves to higher standards and saying “no we won’t do it”... difference to Law etc is that we are in a far more competitive market with Sports Trainers, ExPhys, Chiro etc

[Damian Raper @damianraper]

@AdRussellPhysio @FigtreePhysio Complex. I’m not sure I have got enough characters on twitter to accurately articulate a response! At one end - we need to be advocating better what our services are worth. The other end - the economy of sport has changed and young physio’s do need to take learning opportunities

[Damian Raper @damianraper]

Fantastic opportunity for a Physiotherapist to join the great team at Geelong Cats FC. https://t.co/JAtg8j5aXO

[Damian Raper @damianraper]

Fantastic opportunity to work with the great team at Geelong Cats Football Club https://t.co/sMyvDH3fvp

[Aspetar سبيتار @Aspetar]

Implementing injury prevention …The rocky road from RCT to real-world injury reduction @DrJamesOB @MHgglund @MarioBizzini @DarinPadua @BarnettFrank @AlexDonaldson13
Read More 👉👉 https://t.co/sKw80haqwY

[Alex Segovia @ASVilchez]

🏆Everything is about Relationships, 🏆shared ownership, 🏆mutual respect, and 🏆communication -🔝

[Damian Raper @damianraper]

@PaunovicTanya

[Mick Hughes @mickwhughes]

ACLR athletes who don't pass return to sport discharge criteria have a 4x greater risk of sustaining a 2nd ACL injury compared to those who do (Kyritsis et al 2016).

Here's a perfect example of why the decision to return to sport needs to be based on mo…https://t.co/bjC8vZdZqw

[Damian Raper @damianraper]

Fantastic opportunity to work alongside some of Australia's best physiotherapists - Physiotherapist (Post Graduate Scholar) - Australian Sports Commission https://t.co/qbzV1OyZqp via @SportspeopleAU

[Keith Baar @MuscleScience]

Really happy to see this paper come out. It is only a case study, but the reversal of a central core tendinopathy in a professional athlete is significant. Thanks to the performance staff and the athlete for their work on this project https://t.co/NE0cHfAUSq

[Damian Raper @damianraper]

Great opportunity to work with the inaugural Geelong Cats AFLW team as Head Physiotherapist for Women's Football at Geelong Cats @markyoungphysio

[British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) @BJSM_BMJ]

Proud to give this paper prime-time social media spot! Kudos @JanEkstrand @IntlSportsRehab and colleagues! https://t.co/4JXQzOkbkv 🗣🗣🗣

Is this something that is overlooked in clinical practice? #Communication

[UK Sports Institute @UKSportsInst]

What is Performance Innovation? 🧐🤔

Our Director of PI Matt Parker explains...

Full interview: https://t.co/XYar6n29B5

[Damian Raper @damianraper]

Great opportunity for a physiotherapist to work at Geelong Cats @markyoungphysio

[Stuart Graham @StuGaham]

New Paper: Dose-response modelling of pre-season training load and physical performance data in professional Australian football @StuCormack @RogerEston https://t.co/A1QV0yEzC2

[Gary O'Driscoll @docgaryod]

“The technology and data will never affect the outcome, the people interpreting that data will”. Impt message from @darrenburgess25 @UKSCA. It applies to so many other aspects in elite sports eg the data on scans, investigations, bloods, nutrition etc is all about interpretation

[JB Morin @jb_morin]

Ground contact time is shorter in faster athletes, and/or at faster speeds, OK
BUT, IMO, it should not be as short as possible, remember hundreds of Newtons should be applied !!!!!
Don't waste Newtons to cut milliseconds, PUSH
...and lace your shoes 😆

[Damian Raper @damianraper]

Understated component of performance -

[Training Ground Guru @ground_guru]

This was Japan’s dressing room after heart breaking injury-time defeat by Belgium. They left it spotless... and even a note saying ‘thank you’ in Russian. #sweepthedecks https://t.co/91dF07qpXw