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Myles Burfield is a sports physiotherapist who currently owns and operates a sports injury clinic in addition to clinical supervising at ACU. Myles was part of the successful Australian Kayak team who won the Bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics and he talks about what’s involved in being a sports physiotherapist at an Olympic games. Not only has he been one of few who have attended an Olympic games but he was also a Performance Medicine Therapist for the world renowned Cirque du Soleil and provides insight into what its like to work for Cirque. Myles shares his journey into high performance sport where he had the dream job of traveling all over the globe, then being burnt out and giving up physio altogether, to now taking the next step in his sports physiotherapy career going on to pursue the highest tier of physiotherapy in Australia and becoming a part of a very small group of Specialists Sports Physiotherapist. 

 
Highlights from the episode…

• How Myles nearly gave up physio altogether before it even began to become fighter pilot and what influenced his decision. 
• How Myles and I first met in a small town in Canada during a PD course. 
• How Myles got a job as a Performance Medicine Therapist with Cirque du Soleil and his unique role as a “Fly in” with the company. 
• What it was like living on Santa Monica beach in Los Angeles with one of the shows he was part of. 
• A philosophy I use in sports injury management that has shaped the way I practice “Know thy Athlete”.
• Myles shares the adventures of working with Cirque and the unspoken challenges that come with working as a traveling sports physiotherapist. 
• Myles’ transition into becoming sports physio with the AIS and Paddle Australia.
• How Myles managed Australian national Kayaking and Canoeing athletes situated all over the country from Gold Coast, Queensland. 
• His journey to the 2016 Rio Olympics and how he got the call up. 
• What it’s like being a sports physio at the 2016 Rio Olympics and what a usual day looks like.
• What it’s like being part of the Kayaking team that won bronze at the games…and its not what you may think. 
• Myles shares how post Olympic games he became burnt out by the industry and ultimately left physio for the second time. 
• After a short time away, Myles returned to physio and took what he experienced working with elite athletes to start his own multidisciplinary sport injury clinic in Brisbane. 
• Why Myles is completing specialisation where he will eventually join a very small group of physio’s at the highest tier of sport physiotherapy in Australia. 
• What is involved in the Sports Physiotherapy specialisation program and provides advice to anyone considering pursuing specialisation. 

 

Myles Burfield contact details:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mylesactivatehf/?originalSubdomain=au
• Clinic website: https://sportsandexercise.physio/
• Email: [email protected]

Host: Luis Resa

Contact me on:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luis-resa-a975196b/
• Email: [email protected]

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