Dr Mary Magarey (Australia)
SPECIALIST PHYSIOTHERAPIST APA SPORTS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIOTHERAPIST
Mary is a Fellow of the Australian College of Physiotherapists as a Specialist Musculoskeletal and Sports Physiotherapist, the only Fellow in Australia in two areas of specialty. Mary is a Senior Lecturer at the University of South Australia as well as the the course coordinator for the master of Sports and Manipulative therapy program
She also has a Doctorate (PhD) in Physiotherapy. Her area of particular specialty is the shoulder but she is also passionate about injury prevention, particularly for those athletes in throwing sports. Mary has over 20 years experience examining and managing complex shoulder problems, in particular problems with shoulders of athletes who throw. She has been teaching physiotherapy at the University of South Australia for over 30 years.
Mary is currently one of only nine Specialist Fellows of the Australian College of Physiotherapists practising in Adelaide and the only one with a particular interest in the shoulder, upper limb and throwing sports. She is currently physiotherapist to the Australian Junior Women's Softball Team (Aussie Pride). She has been working with this squad and national junior development camps for the last 10 years.
Adjunct Professor Craig Purdam (Australia)
HEAD OF PHYSIOTHERAPY, AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT
Craig Purdam is the Head of Physical Therapies at the Australian Institute of Sport.
He is also a research director at Aspetar Sports medicine Hospital in Doha, Qatar.
He has worked as a clinician in elite sport for over 30 years and has been a physiotherapist
at five Olympic Games (1984-
Craig Purdam’s major clinical and research interests are in the fields of tendinopathy,
chronic ham-