Ep. 054 | Prevention forecast: cloudy with a chance of injury | Nicol van Dyk

<p>Nicol van Dyk is a physiotherapist and clinical researcher currently occupying the role of Injury Surveillance and Medical Research Officer with the Irish Rugby Football Union in Dublin, Ireland. In 2018 Nicol completed his PhD in Health Sciences at Ghent University, Belgium titled “Risk factors for hamstring injuries in professional football players.” During this time Nicol was a physiotherapist at the Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital.<strong id= "docs-internal-guid-02931293-7fff-447c-b4e3-5ec580cc90c4"><br /></strong></p> <p>In this episode we are joined by Nicol van Dyk. We discuss injury prediction and screening tests, individual risk factors for athletes at risk of injury, the importance of clinical reasoning and individualized approaches as well as why it rains so much in the Netherlands....</p> <p>This was a great episode to record and we hope you enjoy it.</p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Content</strong></p> <p><strong>00:00:00</strong> Introduction</p> <p><strong>00:01:00</strong> Screening tests and injury prediction</p> <p><strong>00:05:10</strong> Importance of screening tests in injury prevention and building athlete trust</p> <p><strong>00:13:14</strong> Importance of Previous Injuries</p> <p><strong>00:17:47</strong> Role of Technology and Social Support in Rehab</p> <p><strong>00:21:35</strong> The Significance of Sleep in Injury Prevention</p> <p><strong>00:26:41</strong> Understanding individual athlete risk factors</p> <p><strong>00:30:10</strong> Importance of clinical reasoning and individualized treatment</p> <p><strong>00:38:08</strong> Using mixed methods approach for injury prediction</p> <p><strong>00:41:09</strong> Injury prediction vs risk estimation</p> <p><strong>00:44:32</strong> Focus on performance and robustness</p> <p><strong>00:46:24</strong> Importance of communication and empathy in physiotherapy</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Bonus Material</strong></p> <p>To view and download the bonus content such as transcripts of this episode become a Physiotutors