Michael Delbridge Email & Phone Number

Twickenham

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

- MSK injury assessment and rehabilitation. Focus on setting out a detailed plan leading to the return to play or function as discussed with the patient. - Orthopedic rehabilitation with post-operative patients (Shoulders, Lower backs, knee, hip etc.) - Constant liaising with physiotherapists and Orthopedic Surgeons for the duration of patients rehabilitation and return to play.- Headed up the rehabilitation plan and strength and conditioning for a number of Proteas fast bowlers… Show more - MSK injury assessment and rehabilitation. Focus on setting out a detailed plan leading to the return to play or function as discussed with the patient. - Orthopedic rehabilitation with post-operative patients (Shoulders, Lower backs, knee, hip etc.) - Constant liaising with physiotherapists and Orthopedic Surgeons for the duration of patients rehabilitation and return to play.- Headed up the rehabilitation plan and strength and conditioning for a number of Proteas fast bowlers. These ranged from shoulders and elbows to lower back injuries. Plan's involved getting athletes pain free and functional and then progressed to return to bowling progressions. Once player's were back with their teams, bi-monthly catch ups were organised to discuss any issues and solutions to keep them healthy and playing well.- Headed up the rehabilitation of a Proteas fast bowler working towards the 2019 Cricket World Cup. - Worked with a few County Cricketers during their off-season period. This involved the planning of their initial rehabilitation, then return to cricket specific tasks and then their strength and conditioning. This was all done while liaising with the Counties physiotherapists and Head S&C for the duration of their time in South Africa.- Initiated and implemented a strength and conditioning programme for high school rugby athletes. This included weight room training, speed and agility sessions and plyometric work. The programme was so successful that two of the group made age group provincial sides and one player went through three seasons with no injuries.- Headed up the strength and conditioning for provincial age group swimmers. Some of this included shoulder health, strength work, plyometric and ballistic work and programming with events in mind. All swimmers remained injury free while working with me and one swimmer made a South African invitational side. Show less

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

- Headed up initial pre-season testing and assessment of players.- Implemented the pre-season weight room training, speed development, contact readiness and conditioning for all players. Soft tissue injuries dropped substantially from the previous years tally.- Assisted team physiotherapist with designing rehabilitation programmes and return to play criteria for all players.- During the pre-season of 2021 I worked closely with the coaching and management staff to implement safe… Show more - Headed up initial pre-season testing and assessment of players.- Implemented the pre-season weight room training, speed development, contact readiness and conditioning for all players. Soft tissue injuries dropped substantially from the previous years tally.- Assisted team physiotherapist with designing rehabilitation programmes and return to play criteria for all players.- During the pre-season of 2021 I worked closely with the coaching and management staff to implement safe return to play protocols and conditioning programmes to get the players ready to play after an 8month lay off due to COVID-19. Show less

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

- Assisted with physical preparation for rugby. This included, speed and conditioning work, grapple work and contact readiness. Tackle technique.- Headed the coaching of the backline. This included managing players, coaching necessary skills such as catching, passing, kicking, tackling, rucking etc.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.) Honours, Biokinetics

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Sport Science