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Shona Halson: Yeah recovery’s become quite popular over the past few years so recently
we’ve got a lot of new data, lot of new information, and because we’re quite decentralised
it is important that we get this out to the NSO’s (National Sporting Organisations)
that are not based in Canberra, as well as to the state institutes.
Interviewer: The London Games are coming up very quickly, what sort of recovery support
effort will our Australian Olympic and Paralympic teams find when they get in London?
Shona Halson: Yeah the Australian Olympic Committee have set up a recovery centre and
that will be just outside of the village, we’ll have a number of staff there, we’ll
have water emersion, we’ll have massage, we’ll have psychology services, nutrition
services, we’ll have facilities there for stretching and active recovery as well so
it will be like a mini AIS recovery centre just outside of the village, the Paralympic
team will have a small recovery area inside the village that will be looked after by one
of our staff members, Jo Vaile. Interviewer: From an AIS perspective, what
has the Institute been doing to improve its expertise in recovery with that aim of best
supporting our athletes? Shona Halson: Yeah we’ve been not only just
continuing our service provision but also been doing a lot of research so trying to
indentify different strategies which may work, looking at long time effects of recovery,
as well as doing some research with one of our partners 2XU, just looking at what are
the different recovery strategies that may help athletes in terms of their performance
particularly in a competition setting.