Ep 265: Helping girls rule the rugby world, with Dr Isla Shill

Rugby is seeing consistent growth in popularity and participation. It's also no secret that women's sport is also growing rapidly. Put those together and you enter the exciting and rapidly developing area of women's and girl's rugby. Today, Dr Isla Shill (University of Victoria) discusses her research work in preventing injuries (including concussion) in girl's rugby. She shares the key components, and what it takes to implement an effective injury prevention program. ------------------------------ RESOURCES Effects of neuromuscular training warm-up for preventing injury and concussion in girl's rugby: https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2026.13373 SHRED injuries neuromuscular training warm-up programs: https://www.ucalgary.ca/shred-injuries Tips for supporting athletes to return to sport after concussion, with Dr Kathryn Schneider: https://pod.link/1522929437/episode/YTA0ZWY0NDgtYzNmZi00ODlmLTg5ZWQtMTAyMDE3ZTUxNjhk Female, woman, and/or girl Athlete Injury pRevention: https://fairconsensus.com/ FAIR practical recommendations: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41330629/