The Robbie Bourke Podcast

Episode 236: Dave O'Sullivan - Modern trends in high performance reconditioning


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This episodes guest is Dave O'Sullivan from"Go To Physio".


Dave O’Sullivan is a consultant rugby physiotherapist for England Rugby Union who has worked at the 2019 Rugby Union World Cup in Japan and the 2020 Six Nations. He was also the England Rugby League Physiotherapist for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup in Australia. Dave has the unique honour to being involved in a World Cup Final in Rugby League and Rugby Union. Dave also is the clinical director of ProSport Physiotherapy in Huddersfield where he has a 5 treatment room private practice with 12 staf .

Dave is also currently working with Huddersfield Giants, Warrington Wolves and Hull F.C and mentoring their Head Physiotherapists along side working with Professional Golfers and other top sporting professionals.

Dave set up The ProSport Academy ‘Go-To’ Therapist Mentorship in 2015 to give therapists an opportunity to learn how to treat the cause and not just the patient’s symptoms. Dave teaches his exact assessment, treatment and return to play rehab progressions in the mentorship alongside in-depth clinical reasoning of understanding the WHY. Dave has now mentored over 200 therapists from Ireland, U.K, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, U.SA and Canada.

On this episode Dave and I discuss:

  • Dave's background
  • Dave shares with us his rehabilitation system that he teaches within his mentorship
  • I ask Dave if he utilizes Newell's constraint-based approach in his rehab methodology?
  • I ask Dave for his thoughts on ACL and hamstring injuries and their rehabilitation 
  • I ask Dave for his thoughts on the efficacy of table tests and muscle testing and their carryover to ground based movements
  • I ask Dave if there is anything within the sports medicine field that he feels will have a big impact and influence on the profession in the future
  • I ask Dave for his top courses and resources
  • I ask Dave for his top and current book recommendations
  • If Dave could invite 5 people to dinner, dead or alive, who would he invite and why?
  • This was an outstanding episode and I hope you all enjoy it as much as we did!

    Stay Strong,

    RB

     

    Show Notes:

    Website - prosportphysio.com

    Website - thegotophysio.com

    Facebook - @thegotophysio  · TV channel

    Facebook - Prosport Physiotherapy Huddersfield Clinic

    Twitter - @Physiohudds

    Instagram - prosportphysio

     

    Books Mentioned:

    Louie Gifford - Aches and Pains

    Beating Back Pain Without Pills, Injections And Surgery - The ProSport Physio Way

    Practical Injury Prevention For Team Sports: How To Implement A World Class System In Amateur Or ProSport Without Expensive Equipment

    Strength training and coordination: an integrative approach

    Running: Biomechanics and Exercise Physiology in Practice

    Tri-Phasic Training

    Supertraining

    Human Locomotion: The Conservative Management of Gait-Related Disorders

    Fascial Manipulation® Practical Part – First Level

    Fascial Manipulation Practical Part - Second Level

    Visceral Manipulation (Revised Edition) 

     

    People and Resources Mentioned:

    FMS

    SFMA

    Gary Gray

    Frans Bosch

    Postural Restoration Institute 

    Colin Griffin

    St. Mary's University, Twickenham, London

    Munster Rugby

    Newell's constraint-led approach

    Leeds Rhino

    Huddlersfield Giants

    Sports Surgery Clinic

    Seth O'Neill

    Moshé Feldenkrais

    Shirley Sahrmann

    NeuroKinetic Therapy (NKT)

    Gary Ward - AiM

    Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization (DNS)

    Michael Jordan

    Louis Gifford

    Dan Kennedy

    Steve Jobs

    ...more
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