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Practitioner Interview – Jennifer Lohmus’ Ice Hockey Work

Upon the completion of the Australian Ice Hockey League 2022 & Australian Women’s Ice Hockey League 2022/2023 seasons, Physiotherapist Jennifer Lohmus went to Sofia, Bulgaria with the Under 18 Australian Boys Ice Hockey Team for the IIHF Division II Group B World Championships.

Here’s a bit about these experiences . . . .

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Biomechanics Of Pointe: The Need For A Pointe Assessment

Are you, or do you know, a dancer who is about to begin the next stage of their ballet training and transition to pointe?

Beginning pointe repertoire is an exciting time in a dancers career; however, with this excitement comes an increase in risk of overuse injuries such as tendinopathies, ankle impingements and bone stress injuries.

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Dr Gaylene McKay – Working with the Opals at the Tokyo Olympics

Dr Gaylene McKay has been the Opals (Australian Women’s Basketball Team) Physiotherapist for 7 years and travelled with them many times for camps and tournaments. But this year she had the privilege of supporting them in Tokyo for the 2020 Olympics!

Now that she’s back in Australia we asked her to spend some of her hotel quarantine time telling us a bit about the experience . . . .

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Last Photos From Tokyo 2020

While Dr Gaylene McKay, our Managing Director and the Lead Physiotherapist for the Opals, is now back in Australia and in quarantine, she did manage to send through a few last pics from her time at the Olympics.

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Photos from Tokyo 2020

APA titled Sports Physiotherapist and Alphington Sports Medicine’s Managing Director, Dr Gaylene McKay, is currently in Tokyo for the Olympics.

As Lead Physiotherapist for the Opals (Australia’s Women’s Basketball Team) she’ll be doing her best to ensure all players are at peak fitness for each game.

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Dr Gaylene McKay – Physiotherapist with the Melbourne Boomers

Alphington Sports Medicine Clinic’s Managing Director Dr Gaylene McKay is no stranger to the rigorous demands of professional basketball – she played over 300 games in the WNBL and has been a team Physiotherapist since the early 1990’s when she retired.

She returned from the WNBL hub late last year and we had a quick chat about her time in Queensland with the Melbourne Boomers.

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Complex Condition Consultancy

Kay Copeland, one of our most experienced practitioners, is now a Specialist Sports & Exercise Physiotherapist.

In this role she will act as a consultant to current treating practitioners to progress complex conditions.

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