Our Goal
To better serve our female athletes. Period.
We aim to bridge the gap between women's health and high performance sporting environments by providing education, team/athlete screenings, and individualised treatment and management plans for optimising female health, performance and injury prevention.
We aim to bridge the gap between women's health and high performance sporting environments by providing education, team/athlete screenings, and individualised treatment and management plans for optimising female health, performance and injury prevention.
Our Why
Having worked in elite sport at the professional and Olympic level with both male and female athletes and teams, we have seen first hand the differences in resources that can be available to both male and female sports.
"Despite the growing representation and success of females in all sports from grass roots to elite, female athletes do not always have the same access to sports science and medical care as their male counterparts."
Working in both Sports and Women's Health physiotherapy roles, we have also experienced the gap in female specific healthcare and awareness that exists across the board from athletes through to their support teams.
"Historically women's health specialists and sports clinicians haven't always worked together in sports medical care models."
We should all be aware that a historical gap in female specific medical research exists, particularly in performance.
"Females were traditionally excluded from research because of the reported difficulties in studying data due to female hormonal fluctuations."
We should realise that despite recent increases in emerging female specific performance research, momentum must be maintained to reduce the usual lag time between research findings being released and implemented in the field.
"It takes on average 17 years for research evidence to reach clinical practice."
Finally, we should all understand that sport has a great ability to break down barriers (gender, race, ethnicity), and hence watching females perform at their best can be a powerful tool.
"Our female athlete's can't be successful unless they're at full health."
"Despite the growing representation and success of females in all sports from grass roots to elite, female athletes do not always have the same access to sports science and medical care as their male counterparts."
Working in both Sports and Women's Health physiotherapy roles, we have also experienced the gap in female specific healthcare and awareness that exists across the board from athletes through to their support teams.
"Historically women's health specialists and sports clinicians haven't always worked together in sports medical care models."
We should all be aware that a historical gap in female specific medical research exists, particularly in performance.
"Females were traditionally excluded from research because of the reported difficulties in studying data due to female hormonal fluctuations."
We should realise that despite recent increases in emerging female specific performance research, momentum must be maintained to reduce the usual lag time between research findings being released and implemented in the field.
"It takes on average 17 years for research evidence to reach clinical practice."
Finally, we should all understand that sport has a great ability to break down barriers (gender, race, ethnicity), and hence watching females perform at their best can be a powerful tool.
"Our female athlete's can't be successful unless they're at full health."
Our How
We consult to athletes, teams, and their support networks on best evidence based practice regarding management of female specific health and sport/performance issues and their relation to optimal performance.
We provide system implementation based around education, team/athlete screenings, and individualised treatments and management plans with regards to the menstrual cycle, menstrual dysfunctions, hormonal contraception options, sex differences in injuries (incidence and prognosis), and pelvic floor health (continence, pain, and involvement with musculoskeletal dysfunctions).
Our services are tailored to the individual needs of each client and we aim to offer compatible sport specific solutions for each unique high performance environment.
We provide system implementation based around education, team/athlete screenings, and individualised treatments and management plans with regards to the menstrual cycle, menstrual dysfunctions, hormonal contraception options, sex differences in injuries (incidence and prognosis), and pelvic floor health (continence, pain, and involvement with musculoskeletal dysfunctions).
Our services are tailored to the individual needs of each client and we aim to offer compatible sport specific solutions for each unique high performance environment.
Our Team
Jess Cunningham
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Kay Robinson
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