Injury situation easing at last!

[Trumo]

Reds announce new appointment - Liverpool FC

 

Reds announce new appointment

29th Mar 2010

 

Liverpool FC today announced the appointment of leading Australian sports physician Peter Brukner as Head of Sports Medicine and Sports Science.

 

Dr Brukner, who is the current Socceroos Australian football team doctor, will take up the full time position after this year's World Cup in South Africa.

 

Managing Director Christian Purslow said: "Dr Brukner is recognised across the globe as one of the leading figures in this field. He will play a vital, strategic, role in adding a new dimension to our Sports Medicine and Sports Science services."

 

Dr Brukner is the founding partner of Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre in Melbourne, the largest sports medicine clinic in Australia.

 

He was instrumental in the development and recognition of sports medicine as a specialty in Australia, which culminated in the recent announcement of specialty status by the Minister for Health.

 

Formerly an Australian Football League (AFL) Club Doctor with Melbourne and Collingwood, Dr Brukner looked after various Australian national teams including swimming, athletics and hockey.

 

He has been Australian team doctor at Olympic and Commonwealth Games as well as numerous World Championships. He is the co-author of the best selling sports medicine text book, Clinical Sports Medicine.

 

"The appointment is an indication of the high regard in which Australian sports medicine is held throughout the world," said Dr Brukner, who will spend the next month at Liverpool observing the set up, before returning to Melbourne in May to help prepare the Socceroos for the World Cup.

 

"The prospect of working at one of the world's great sporting clubs is very exciting and once the World Cup is over I will be devoting all my energies to improving the performance of the team."

 

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Bit late to help sort out all Aurelio's ills, but should work wonders with Torres' hamstrings. This by all accounts is the fella who's got Kewell back into shape.

 

EDIT: noticed it was posted elsewhere already. Bugger!

[NoelM]

Where does this leave Doc Waller?

[piscinin]

Where does this leave Doc Waller?

 

I wondered that. This guy sounds like a strategy guy, so I'd imagine Waller will continue doing the actual work.

[Captain]

If this Bruckner could fix Kewell, he can probably walk on water as well. Good news indeed.

[Stouffer]

Hopefully he didn't study at the Phil Boersma school for sports medicine.

[BolshieBastard]

If this Bruckner could fix Kewell, he can probably walk on water as well. Good news indeed.

 

Wasnt kewell's agent giving it large not long ago that our medical team couldnt sort kewell's injuries and that it needed the aussie's own team to do it?

 

That said, I've thought our medical staff have generally been poor with injury resolution for sometime so this hopefully, should be good news if he delivers.

[Unrighteous]

Hopefully that helps...

[Mathewbet1]

He injects horse jism into the muscles. black majic i tell thee. beware.

[birkenhead]

think this is the guy's website

 

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[HBenn]

Saw this about the new appointment:

 

Peter is a world-renowned sports medicine doctor and appears weekly on Fox Footy and is part of the ABC Radio football commentary team. He also writes a weekly injury column and regular feature articles for The Age. His particular expertise is in overuse injuries particularly stress fractures, but he has also published widely in areas such as groin pain, exercise-related lower leg pain, and fatigue. So any issues to do with the team's fitness, give Peter a call.

 

Hopefully should help with Fernando and Stevie, may even get Agger playing every week!