Sport HVOLUME 32 ISSUE E 4 2014/15 A LT H CRICKET WORLD CUP ISSUE Head injuries in cricket • Biomechanics of performance and injury in cricket Cricket Australia’s • Cricket pitch 2014 Injury Report preparation • High stability surgeries that also allow for What it’s like to quick recovery • Working with the work in cricket NZ BLACKCAPS VICTOR SPORTS FOR ALL YOUR SPORTS MEDICAL SUPPLIES Check out our taping demonstrations on-line Victor Sports Pty Ltd ABN 14 058 373 747 NSW Ph: +612 9211 0033 VIC Ph: +613 9532 8404 FREE FAX 1800 650 711 E: [email protected] victor-sports.com 1263_Victor_SMA_A4advert.indd 1 23/09/2014 9:57 am CONTENTS CONTENTS Volume 32 Issue 4, 2014/15 REGULARS 02 From the Chairman: Call to action for safer sport Call to equip community sporting clubs to better respond to and manage medical emergencies. Peter Nathan 03 From the CEO: A new era for Sport Health A welcome change for our beloved publication. 19 41 Nello Marino FEATURES 07 Dr J: Working in cricket: what’s different for medical staff? 14 Cricket Australia’s 2014 36 Best of both worlds: are there The role of the sports medicine Injury Report some high stability surgeries that team in cricket. Analysis of injuries occurring also allow quick recovery? prospectively in Australian cricket at the Smaller procedures, when compared The Journal of Science and 26 men’s state and national levels over the to larger ones, do not always allow Medicine in Sport: The pinnacle of last nine years concluding in season for a quicker return to sport. world cricket – research that 2013-14. supports the game Greg Hoy and David Young Dr John Orchard, Alex Kountouris, Kevin A republished JSAMS editorial Sims, Jessica Orchard, David Beakley 41 The preparation of cricket (Volume 18, Number 1, January 2015). and Dr Peter Brukner pitches for a tournament Gregory Kolt The process of preparing a pitch Helmet hits 19 worthy of a cricket tournament. 44 Sport Trainers Guide: Following the death of Phillip Hughes Andy Atkinson Heat management for athletes there has been a focus on the safety of Advice on how to manage athletes cricket helmets. 46 A look at cricket physiotherapy in hot weather conditions. Andy Harland and Dr Andrew McIntosh An insight into being the physiotherapist Matthew Pearce of the NZ BLACKCAPS cricket team. 32 Biomechanics of performance NEWS and injury in cricket Paul Close Many of the standards of cricket 50 Vale John Stanley 24 SMA member news technique do not stand up to biomechanical scrutiny, putting cricketers Council of Discipline news 52 at risk of injury. INTERVIEWS Dr René E.D. Ferdinands 04 5 minutes with Dr Peter Brukner 29 An interview with Mark Doherty, ASICS Opinions expressed throughout the Editor magazine are the contributors’ own and do John Orchard not necessarily reflect the views or policy of Managing Editor/Advertising Manager Sports Medicine Australia (SMA). Members Amanda Boshier and readers are advised that SMA cannot be held responsible for the accuracy of Publisher Design/Typesetting statements made in advertisements nor Sports Medicine Australia Perry Watson Design the quality of goods or services advertised. PO Box 78 Mitchell ACT 2911 Cover photograph All materials copyright. On acceptance of an sma.org.au www.thinkstockphotos.com.au article for publication, copyright passes to ISSN No. 1032-5662 Content photographs the publisher. PP No. 226480/00028 Author supplied; www.thinkstockphotos.com.au VOLUME 32 • ISSUE 4 2014/2015 1 FROM THE CHAIRMAN FROM THE CHAIRMAN CALL TO ACTION FOR SAFER SPORT SMA CHAIRMAN, PETER NATHAN CALLS ON SMA MEMBERS TO BACK A CAMPAIGN TO EQUIP COMMUNITY SPORTING CLUBS TO RESPOND TO AND MANAGE MEDICAL EMERGENCIES. t’s now been almost three months since We don’t expect every local club to have cricketer Phillip Hughes tragically died a full team of sports medicine experts on as a result of a freak injury in the field hand for every game, but we do want of play. Following much analysis of to see governments and the sporting Ithe situation and widespread grieving community taking action to address this throughout the cricket community and critical shortfall in community sport’s beyond, we now have an opportunity to ability to respond to and manage a focus on the lessons that might be medical emergency. taken from an incident of this kind. Each and every sporting club should Peter Nathan In the wake of this situation, SMA will be supported to develop a medical [email protected] shortly launch a campaign calling on all emergency plan and provide volunteers levels of government to address the at every game and training session who inability of community sporting clubs have been trained in first aid and injury to respond to and manage medical management. emergencies. We also want to see mandatory New SMA data has revealed the majority placement of defibrillators in sporting of community sporting clubs are clubs across the country. drastically ill-prepared to manage a We are urging SMA members and anyone catastrophic incident. Up to 80 per cent with an interest in making community of sporting clubs alone don’t have medical sporting clubs safer to get behind this emergency plans in place, while 70 per campaign, and lobby all levels of cent don’t have a Safety Officer or government to address this critical issue. undertake sports safety promotion. Founding Director of Defib Your Club When an unexpected, rare medical for Life, Andrew White, has thrown his We are urging SMA emergency occurs on a sporting field support behind the campaign in the hope what happens in those first few minutes that Phillip Hughes’ tragic passing will members and anyone immediately after the incident can be draw attention to the need for clubs to the difference between life and death. be equipped to respond to medical with an interest in At an elite level when something such emergencies, including sudden cardiac making community as this occurs there is usually a team of arrest. sports medicine experts on hand to Over recent years there have been too sporting clubs safer provide immediate treatment and many instances where sudden cardiac to get behind this emergency care using a carefully planned arrest has claimed lives on the sporting set of procedures. field. This needs to be addressed. campaign, and In the case of Phillip Hughes, having those Sadly, not all clubs are equipped with lobby all levels of personnel and procedures in place almost defibrillators. We know there is very certainly ensured he reached the hospital strong evidence that early defibrillation government to address alive and provided further hope of significantly increase the chance of survival. this critical issue. survival following sudden cardiac arrest. When they occur at a community level, More details on this campaign will be rarely are clubs prepared to manage released soon. these catastrophic incidents. 2 VOLUME 32 • ISSUE 4 2014/2015 FROM THE CEO FROM THE A NEW ERA CEO FOR SPORT H EALTH SMA CEO, NELLO MARINO WELCOMES A CHANGE TO OUR BELOVED PUBLICATION. elcome to the first Sport communication channel to extend beyond Health of 2015 and to a new the SMA membership alone with and revised format. Sport subscription to the publication able to be Health has been a staple of made available to anyone with an interest Wthe SMA membership offering since 1983. in sports medicine and science. Based Since then it has gone through at least six on this we anticipate the readership to changes in design and format. Over these instantly swell from a few thousand to 32 years it has become a trusted industry tens of thousands. publication that has endeavoured to serve Naturally this is an enormous opportunity the very diverse make-up of the SMA to further inform the active community membership. about Sports Medicine Australia Yet in the words of the Greek Philosopher members, the benefits of physical activity, Nello Marino Heraclitus, ‘there is nothing more participating safely and how to get the [email protected] constant than change’ and yes, Sport best of care when an injury may occur. Health is again going through a significant We hope you enjoy the first issue of Sport change. SMA members were alerted Health in an electronic only format and I recently that this issue would be the first personally welcome your feedback and presented in an ‘electronic only’ format. suggestions on the publication. Yes, SMA has published electronic versions of Sport Health to accompany MORE EXCITING the printed version over recent years, however following a recent decision by PUBLICATION NEWS the SMA Board, we are committing I am also delighted to announce that completely and solely to Sport Health SMA has recently renewed its contract in an electronic format. to publish the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport (JSAMS) with Elsevier Accompanying this commitment is a for a further five years. Under Editor in range of new and exciting possibilities Chief, Professor Greg Kolt JSAMS has that are impossible to deliver in a printed In the words of the gone from strength to strength and now structure. Opportunities such as video sits amongst the quality journals of its Greek Philosopher articles, live links, comment and kind word-wide. Following a rigorous discussion sharing between readers – the Heraclitus, ‘there is tender process, we are very excited at the list goes on. This is a real opportunity for new and innovative initiatives that Elsevier nothing more constant readers to get an even greater insight into have planned in partnership with SMA. the personalities and information that than change’ and yes, More subscription and general make up SMA.