Assistance with the strategic implementation of recovery strategies to accelerate recovery

Education, information and advice regarding a range of recovery strategies e.g.

• Warm-down
• Hydrotherapy
• Cooling strategies
• Compression
• Vibration therapy

Optimisation of recovery, adaptation and performance outcomes via

• Strategic programming
• Periodization of recovery
• Programming of specific recovery protocols for individual needs
• Assistance with the management of acute and chronic injury / illness

Support to optimise preparation for and management of a range of challenging environmental conditions

Thermoregulation profiling

• Determine individual responses
• Inform if / when to use cooling or warming strategies, and which strategies may be most beneficial

Heat acclimation and acclimatisation

• Timing, frequency
• Mode (e.g. active vs passive)
• Strategies for implementing heat training with limited facilities
• Considerations to ensure optimal adaptation

Warming and / or cooling strategies

Assistance across a range of areas of sleep

Sleep education and information

• Purpose of sleep
• Sleep requirements for different athletes
• Defining ‘normal’ sleep
• Understanding impacts of disturbed sleep and sleep deprivation
• Factors influencing sleep
• Physiological and psychological responses

Flexible delivery of sleep education and assessment

• Group education sessions
• Individual consultation and sleep hygiene assessment
• Subjective and objective sleep monitoring

Enhance preparation for travel and recovery on arrival to optimise performance outcomes

Education

• Physiological and psychological impacts of travel
• Jet lag vs. travel fatigue
• Strategies to mitigate travel fatigue

Strategies to enhance recovery from travel and optimise performance

• Jet-lag / body clock adaptation schedules
• Programs and protocols to minimise travel fatigue

Travel planning to reduce the impact of travel

• Travel routes
• Departure / arrival times
• Layovers
• Health and hygiene practices