Physio Corner
By Ben Austen
Kinetic Physiotherapist and based out of Surrey Physiotherapy Clinic, Coulsdon.
A day in the life of the Team Physio
For most people the only thing they see of a club physio is when they run onto the pitch to attend an injured player during matches.
Here is a small snippet of a day in the life of our Kinetic Physio Ben Austen:
7.30am – Arrival at training
Arrive at the training venue to set up the gym and put the schedule up for the players ‘prehab’ or gym based work.
8am – Players Arrive
Players begin to arrive, get changed and come into the gym.
Players will fill out information on their subjective wellbeing, based on information about how they are feeling in relation to fatigue, muscle soreness, mood, as well as sleep quality and duration.
8.15am – 9.30am –Prehab/Gym Session
The session begins with an introduction from Ben on the physical topic that the boys will be focussing on. Forexample a particular movement pattern related to body control and mobility for football such as their squat, lunge or hip thrust.
Ben will speak to individual players and help them with any problems related to muscle soreness, joint mobility or pain from either a previous injury or an incident in the session or match the day before.
9.30am– Training Session
The players will finish their prehab session and start to make their way to the training pitch with the coaches.
10am – 12 noon – Injured players arrive/Reconditioning Session
Injured players will be assessed and treated and then will go through their reconditioning programs in the gym with Ben before they finish for lunch.
Lunchtime
12 – 4pm – Afternoon Admin
The afternoons are spent writing notes, writing referral letters, organising other physios for matches as well as liaising with coaches about players and planning the next sessions.
Travel
4-8.30pm – Evening Sports Injury Clinic – Surrey Physiotherapy Clinic
Ben arrives at the clinic to see private clients for his evening injury clinic.
He assesses, treats and manages back to activity many athletes from a wide variety of sports and backgrounds.
8.30pm – Home time
After finishing up notes, the day is done, ready for another fun day of conditioning and Physiotherapy.
Surrey Physiotherapy Clinic
180 Brighton Rd, Coulsdon, CR5 2NF
