Kusal Goonewardena, APA Titled Sports Physiotherapist, shares his thoughts on 1. Understanding pain 2. How to utilise this understanding to explain various treatment patterns for - Low back pain (Thoracic spine dysfunction) - Shoulder injuries (Subscapularis / Infraspinatus) - Headaches (Anterior cervical spine / Subscapularis) - Ankle injuries (The inferior tibiofibular joint)

1. - Key Areas to Consider For Treatment -
The Latest Findings In Clinical Sports
Physiotherapy
Kusal Goonewardena
APA Titled Sports Physiotherapist
Elite Akademy Sports Physiotherapy

2. Physiotherapist in Sport Since 1999
Founder/Director of 3 Sports Medicine Clinics Australia

3. Over 55,000 Treatment Sessions in
Sports Injuries & Performance

4. Melbourne University Sports Physio Since 2002

5. Lecturer, Consultant
Australia, China, Singapore, Sri Lanka, India

6. Author
My latest Releases

7. Injuries and Areas of Pain
Low Back Pain
Ankle Injuries
Shoulder Pain
Headaches

8. Why do I get Pain?

9. Why do I get Pain?

10. Why do I get Pain?

11. Why do I get Pain?

12. Why do I get Pain?

13. Fixing your Pain

14. LOW BACK PAIN
Areas to Consider
Thoracic Spine
Lateral Glides MWM

15. LOW BACK PAIN
Areas to Consider
Anterior Lumbar Spine Ax and Approach (MWM, MRWM)

16. ANKLE INJURIES
Areas to Consider
Inferior Tibio-Fibular Joint (MWM)

17. SHOULDER INJURIES
Areas to Consider
Subscapularis (MRWM)

18. SHOULDER INJURIES
Areas to Consider
Infraspinatus (MRWM)

19. SHOULDER INJURIES
Areas to Consider
Superior Radioulnar Joint (MWM)

20. Headaches
Areas to Consider
Anterior Cervical Spine (MWM)

21. Headaches
Areas to Consider
Subscapularis (MRWM)

22. Take Home Messages
1. Include above in YOUR assessment
2. Test – Retest in Real Time
3. Assess FORM over Pain

23. How Can I Help?
Book your client in for a Sit-In-Second-Opinion
• Benefits: You learn, we learn, athlete learns
Refer & Refer Back Sessions
• Excellent when you can’t do SIOS
I refer to you
• Manage contributing factors and rehab.
• We oversee together (Weekly, Fortnightly and
Monthly)

24. kusal@eliteakademy.com
www.slideshare.net/KusalGoonewardena
Thank You