Presented by Kusal Goonewardena, APA Titled Sports Physiotherapist. He covers injuries in tennis, identifying your injury level, prevention in everyday life and the use of Kinrgize App - tracking, wellbeing and the exercise programs to improve as an athlete.

1. Kusal Goonewardena
APA Titled Sports Physiotherapist
Elite Akademy Sports Physiotherapy

8. 5 Injuries for every 1000 hours of participation
Lower limb (ankle, knee, and thigh)
Sprinting, stopping, pivoting and pounding
Lower limb tennis injuries are acute (e.g. ankle sprain) or chronic (e.g.
knee tendon pain).
Upper limb (elbow, shoulder, wrist)
Overuse in nature (e.g. tennis elbow).
Back injuries
Combination of rotation, extension and lateral flexion involved in the serve.

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15. Relaxed Muscle
-Uncooked meat
-Jelly Like
Working Out
-Cooked meat
-Firm/Springy
NO!
-Ropey
-Metal Rods

16. ‘Grow’ Tall
Stand at your height
Good Posture In 21 Days!

18. Proper Hydration
Energy v Sports Drinks
GOOD Sleep!
Compression Garments
Hot/Cold Contrast Baths
Massage/Myo/Physiotherapy

19. 4.0
12.0
20.0
28.0
36.0

20. KINRGIZE
-THE APP-
“IT’S LIKE HAVING A SPORTS PHYSIO
IN YOUR BACK POCKET” - ATHLETE

21. Daily Self Evaluation
https://scholar.dominican.edu/news-releases/3
Dr. Gail Matthews
21
KINRGIZE

22. Importance of real-time feedback
Kotler, S. (2014). Rise of Superman Decoding the
Science of Ultimate Human Performance. Amazon
and New Harvest.
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KINRGIZE

23. Daily & Weekly Progress Reports
https://scholar.dominican.edu/news-
releases/3
Dr. Gail Matthews
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KINRGIZE

24. Exercise and Activity Programs
1. Clinically Tested - Exercises based on Elite Akademy’s
Performance Pyramid
Clinically tested over 55,000 treatments since 1999.
(5 Tiers for Success)
Biomechanics, Mobility, Control, Core, Strength &
Conditioning
Head Clinician – Kusal Goonewardena
APA Titled Sports Physiotherapist
2. Karlsen, Trine; Aamot, Inger Lise; Haykowsky, Mark;
Rognmo, Øivind. (2017)High Intensity Interval Training for
Maximizing Health Outcomes. Progress in cardiovascular
diseases. vol. 60 (1).
3. John Ratey (Author and Researcher – ‘Run, Jump,
Learn’)
http://www.journalofplay.org/sites/www.journalofplay.or
g/files/pdf-articles/1-3-article-physically-active-play-and-
cognition.pdfKINRGIZE

25. The Reward System
The role of Nitric Oxide (NO) in
exercise – HIIT and the time taken
to recover (flooding of NO into
the system after exercise ie. the
use of a reward system to do this)
Benefits of NO
https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.
com/doi/full/10.1113/jphysiol.20
04.068197
KINRGIZE

26. PhD – Healthy Ageing and
Cognitive Improvement
How
Low, Moderate and High
Intensity Activity improves
ageing and Improves
cognition.
Szoeke, Tze and
Goonewardena
@UniMelb
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KINRGIZE

27. PhD – Healthy Ageing and
Cognitive Improvement
Effects of spinal
movements in older
adults
Szoeke, Tze and
Goonewardena
@UniMelb
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KINRGIZE

28. SigvarisGarmin Fisiocrem

29. Elite Akademy Sports Physiotherapy
Tin Alley
(Runs between Swanston St and Royal Pde)
University of Melbourne
Parkville VIC 3052

30. DOWNLOAD FREE - KINRGIZE
AVAILABLE APP STORE AND GOOGLE PLAY
kusal@eliteakademy.com
www.facebook.com/EliteAkademy
www.slideshare.net/KusalGoonewardena