Hip Pain in Adolescents - Dr. Joanne Kemp
Released: Oct 21, 2019
Dr Joanne Kemp is a Senior Research Fellow at the Latrobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, Latrobe University, Australia. She is also a titled APA Sport & Exercise Physiotherapist of 25+ years’ experience, and still practices clinically on a weekly basis.
She has 60+ peer-reviewed publications in hip pain (OA) in young and middle-aged adults, and the consequence of injury on joint health. She has received over $3 million in grant funding and has been awarded several prizes including best paper for Sports Physiotherapy Australia in 2015 and 2017. She is co-project lead for GLA:D Australia.
Joanne has presented extensively on the management of hip pain and OA in Australia and internationally. She has a particular interest in non-surgical, exercise-based interventions that can slow the progression and reduce the symptoms associated with hip pain and OA.
In this episode we cover;
Young athletes respond differently to adults Young athletes have immature skeletons, that changes as young athletes develop The shape of the hip bones can change depending on the loads we put through the hip We need to consider how much load we are subjected young athlete The importance of the growth plates - these are still open on growing young athletes We want young athletes to exercise and move in lots of different ways - not the same way all the time 2 main ways that hip pain generally develops in young athletes An outline of the key issues that can occur in young athletes and what to look for How long should you wait before you take your young athlete to a Sports & Exercise Physiotherapist When should you get imaging for hip pain? FAI - or FAI Syndrome, busting the myths about what it is and what it means How and why FAIS develops Are there particular sports that predispose young athletes to hip pain? The importance of parents as load managers Young athletes need an off-season from their main sport to change the loading in their hip Ask young athletes the question "Do you want this to be your career?"
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