Doc, (Doc?), Goose Episode 8: Kellie Wilkie “What I’ve Learned from Coaches, Tractor Drivers and Astronauts”

BRowShowPodcast presents Doc, Doc, Goose

Taking lessons from experiences, both positive and negative, is key to growth. In this Episode Kellie Wilkie explores what she learned as a competitive swimmer, and junior physio and how that helped shape the way she wished to practice. Kellie has gone on to establish herself as a world leading physio for rowers, ribs and lower backs. We also explore what tractor drivers taught her about back management, and what astronauts taught her about working in high functioning teams.

Kellie was a National Team Physio through the 2008-2016 cycles for the Australian Rowing Team. She is the owner of a 20 year practice in Hobart (BodySystem) and more recently has teamed up with long time colleague Dr Larissa Trease to create development and learning material for helping young rowers grow into healthy & fit older rowers.T

Links:

GRowingBodies: https://growingbodies.blog/

LeoTraining Episode: https://www.leotraining.io/kellie-wilkie-rib-stress-injuries-in-rowing/

Wilkie K, Trease L & Wallis M. Prevalence of low back pain among Australian senior rowers. BMC Sports Sci Med Rehabil 7, O20 (2015). doi: 10.1186/2052-1847-7-S1-O20

Wilson F, Ng L, O'Sullivan K, Caneiro JP, O'Sullivan PP, Horgan A, Thornton JS, Wilkie K, Timonen V. 'You're the best liar in the world': a grounded theory study of rowing athletes' experience of low back pain. Br J Sports Med. 2020 9 Oct https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2020/10/09/bjsports-2020-102514

Injury and illness data in Australian Rowing 2009-2016 (Paper discussed in this podcast):

Trease L, Wilkie K, Lovell G, et al Epidemiology of injury and illness in 153 Australian international-level rowers over eight international seasons British Journal of Sports Medicine Published Online First: 25 June 2020. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2019-101402

https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2020/06/25/bjsports-2019-101402.info

Dr Rachel Harris Rio Rib Paper:

Harris R, Trease L, Wilkie K, et al Rib stress injuries in the 2012–2016 (Rio) Olympiad: a cohort study of 151 Australian Rowing Team athletes for 88 773 athlete days British Journal of Sports Medicine 2020;54:991-996.

https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/54/16/991

Additional support material (including some training and testing data from Rod) is available on the BRowShow Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/BRowShowPodcast

The BrowShow presents “Doc, Doc, Goose”. Exploring the intersection of Sports Science, Medicine and Athlete Management with Insights, Interviews, and Information from the world of Performance Sport. Follow our Facebook page for show notes and links https://www.facebook.com/BRowShowPodcast

Dr Rod Siegel is the National Physiology Network Lead at the AIS, National Physiology Lead at Australian Sailing and a Sport Scientist at the VIS

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Dr Alice McNamara is Sports Medicine Registrar (ACSEP), Vertical athlete, & dual World Champion Rower

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Bill Tait is the Performance Manager at the VIS, former Australian Olympic coach and National representative rower

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