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Neurophysiology
Coaching Program

Coaching Module 1- Baseline injury mapping and rehabilitation strategic integration
  • What is your starting position physically/ psychologically?
  • What opportunities exist as a result of this injury?
  • What are the challenges that we need to be prepared for?
  • Developing your rehab plan. How does it fit into your current life set up?
  • Discuss and determine which experts/ advisors should be involved over the rehabilitation journey, and at what stage you may need their advice
  • Provide clarity around the whole rehabilitation process, and what to expect at different stages along the journey
Coaching Module 2 - Behaviour change techniques & building habits
  • Program reflection (what’s working well. what challenges exist)
  • Discover how to build new habits
  • Develop strategies to break old maladaptive habits
  • Use neuroscience principles to develop robust behaviour change strategies (any behaviour that you want to change in your training/ life)
Coaching Module 3 - Recovery science and sleep optimisation
  • Program reflection (what’s working well. what challenges exist)
  • Discover the latest science outlining the critical role of sleep in our daily lives and maximising our healthspan
  • Develop strategies to improve sleep quality and/or quantity
  • Establish strong and effective sleep routines to improve your training and daily energy output
  • Develop the most effective ways to use caffeine as a mood/ daily performance enhancer
  • Discover new and novel ways to improve daily energy, and understand how to increase daily, weekly, monthly energy through scientific and effective recovery strategies
Coaching Module 4 - Intelligent training load monitoring
  • Program reflection (what’s working well. what challenges exist)
  • Detailed analysis of current training loads, with respect to training age and past loads
  • Expert advice on how to manage all the inputs into your training/ life to maximise performance outcomes and energy
  • If you are struggling with injury, or consistent soreness- we deep dive into your past load management strategies to help prevent injury and overload
  • Develop a short, medium, and long-term load management plan based on your performance or health goals
Coaching Module 5 - Mental conditioning and resilience through high performance mindsets​
  • Program reflection (what’s working well. what challenges exist)
  • Discover how our thoughts drive behaviour, and even our genetics
  • Develop strategies to control negative thoughts or negative self-talk that can hijack performance
  • Create positive thought cycles that define you every day
Coaching Module 6 - Neurocognitive skill development
  • Program reflection (what’s working well. what challenges exist)
  • Understand the neuroscience behind improving any skill in your life
  • Learn how to effectively structure a training session/ day/ week to maximise skill development
  • Discover when and how use blocked & random practice in skill development, and what role imagery plays in improving any skill you want to master
Coaching Module 7 - Applied stress regulation techniques
  • Program reflection (what’s working well. what challenges exist)
  • Do you deal with stress as a ‘Challenge’ or a ‘Threat’?
  • Build an understanding of the stress that is in your life, and how to use it to your advantage
  • Discover how stress effects every cell in our body
  • Learn how to set up your daily environment to reduce stress and thrive
Coaching Module 8 - Self leadership and performance sustainability
  • Program reflection (what’s working well. what challenges exist)
  • Understand the role of self leadership in high performance and life
  • Develop self leadership strategies to increase daily energy and productivity
  • Embed self leadership strategies into your daily life to enhance personal growth, and add it to your high performance tool kit
  • Create clarity about the type of leader you want to be, and how you can positively impact anyone in your life
Coaching Module 9 - High performance training advice
  • Discuss any high-performance challenges you have right now or in the past
  • Develop or design strategies to embed new high-performance principles into your daily life moving forward
  • Understand how combining high-performance strategies can have a multiplier effect on your performance and/or daily productivity

Meet Andrew Russell

Andrew Russell
Neurophysiologist

Andrew’s professional journey has been shaped by an unwavering commitment to excellence..
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Meet our sports and exercise medicine team

Dr Bianca Scotney

Sports physician specialist

Bianca completed her medical degree in 2001 at the University of Melbourne. She commenced training in General Surgery before deciding on a career in Sport and Exercise Medicine, which has led to a very rewarding role in caring for patients at all levels of physical activity over the past 13 years. Her previous work with elite athletes and teams has seen her head up major national and international sporting events. Bianca recently retired from 7 seasons as a men’s AFL team doctor to spend more weekends with her own family. She continues in her role on the AFL Doctors Association Executive and providing match day coverage for interstate teams. Bianca is a highly experienced sports medicine consultant and an exciting addition to the MP Sports Physicians team.

Dr Bianca Scotney
OSVi
Clinical interests:
  • Acute injuries
  • Bone stress injuries
  • Concussion management
  • Tendon injuries
  • Non-surgical management of osteoarthritis
  • Injury prevention

Please note, whilst we have listed specific areas of interest for our practitioners, this does not mean they are limited to only the topics listed. All of our sport physicians are thoroughly trained in every aspect of the musculoskeletal system; the subjects noted above are simply areas of personal interest, not expertise.

Qualifications:
  • Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery University of Melbourne, 2001
  • Fellowship of the Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Medicine, 2014
  • Dooley Prize for excellence in anatomy demonstration, Oxford University School of Medicine, UK, 2005
Previous & current sporting club associations:
  • AFL Men’s team doctor, Melbourne Football Club, North Melbourne Football Club 2013-2021
  • Australia in the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships, Austria. Team doctor 2015
  • Melbourne Vixen’s Netball Club team doctor 2013
  • W-League Melbourne Victory team doctor 2013
  • Freycinet Challenge Mutli-sport Adventure Race, event doctor 2010
  • Australia 19U Netball Team, team doctor 2010-2011
  • VFL Club Doctor 2008 (Sandringham FC), 2009 (Collingwood FC), 2011 (Casey Scorpions FC)
  • Australia 21U Netball Team, team doctor 2008-2009, Australian
  • Swimming Australia National Championships event doctor 2011
  • FFA A-League event doctor
  • Gymnastics Victoria preferred provider 2011 – ongoing

Surgical assistant to sports orthopaedic surgeons 2009- ongoing

Dr Jason Chan

Doctor

Graduated in 1994 at the University of Melbourne. Jason has pursued his interests in sports medicine and orthopaedics for the past 25 years. The Chief Medical Officer for the Melbourne Storm Rugby League Club for the past 9 years, Dr Chan has been involved with AFL/VFL/community football, international soccer, Melbourne Rebels and Queensland State of Origin rugby. Founder of Surgical Assistants Group of Victoria, Dr Chan has extensive orthopaedic experience and access to surgeons who are adept at sports issues. A father of 5 and grandfather to 2, when not attending match day with the Storm, he can be found watching his kids playing sports and jogging around the MCG.

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132A Bridge Road Richmond VIC 3121

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Saturday: 8:00am – 1:00pm

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