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Australian physical therapist
Kusal Goonewardena is an Australian physical therapist and health lecturer known for being founder and Head of Sports Medicine at Elite Akademy, University of Melbourne .[1] He has authored several books and is a fitness expert on ABC Radio National 's Life Matters program.
Early life and education [ edit ]
Kusal Goonewardena was born in Sri Lanka . He had his primary education at Nalanda College, Colombo .[2] [3] His family travelled often during his childhood, as his father was an engineer who worked for the United Nations . They lived in Zambia , England , Oman and Bangladesh before settling down in Australia when Kusal was nine.[4]
Kusal Goonewardena earned a bachelor's degree in physiotherapy from the University of Melbourne in 1999.[5] He earned his Master of Physiotherapy from La Trobe University in 2007.[6] He specializes in sports physiotherapy and high-intensity interval training (HIIT).[7] [8]
Physical therapy [ edit ]
In 1999, Goonewardena founded Vigor Sport Medicine, a chain of fitness clinics in Melbourne which double as teaching clinics for La Trobe University and Melbourne University.[9] He also runs clinics in Bacchus Marsh and Melton, Victoria .[10]
He became a team physiotherapist for University of Melbourne in 2002, and has been Head of Sports Medicine for the UniSport Nationals ' University of Melbourne team since 2008.[11] In an interview with The Age , Goonewardena stated that he wanted "to give something back to the University that gave me a great grounding in my career".[5]
He was the head of the medical team for University of Melbourne during the 2009 Australian University Games ,[11] and is the official provider for the university's Elite Athlete Program.[12] In this capacity he is known for working with Australian athletes such as Katya Crema , Lachlan Norris , Phoebe Stanley , Jeff Tho and Freddy Ovett .[13] He is also the physical therapist of German tennis player Laura Siegemund .[4]
Goonewardena is the head physiotherapist of Elite Akademy, a training clinic based at University of Melbourne, which he founded in May 2012.[14] The training clinic is part of the Nona Lee Sports Centre and works with Olympic , Winter Olympic and national athletes from Melbourne University Sport .[15] He led the medical team for German tennis player Laura Siegemund at the 2020 Australian Open . He then worked with Russian player Vera Zvonareva at the 2022 Australian Open . Svonareva had been Siegemund's tennis doubles partner at the 2020 Australian Open.[16]
He has authored several books including 3 Minute Workouts (2015), Natural Healing: Quiet & Calm (2016) and Back Pain – 30 Days to Pain Free (2014). Goonewardena created the Kinrgize app with Elite Akademy in 2018, which allows users to track their fitness levels, workout regimens and sleeping habits.[17]
Health expert and lecturer [ edit ]
Kusal Goonewardena has been the fitness expert on ABC Radio National 's Life Matters radio program since 2017.[18] He has been featured as a health expert on The Informer with George Donikian .[19] [20]
Goonewardena has also been a guest expert in publications such as Body+Soul and The Sydney Morning Herald .[21] [22]
Goonewardena was a board member of the Entrepreneurs' Organization , an international nonprofit.[23] In 2014, Goonewardena became a mentor at The Founder Institute in Melbourne.[24] That same year he co-presented "The Three Entrepreneurs", part of Swinburne University of Technology 's Learning from Entrepreneurs series.[25]
In 2015, Goonewardena was a plenary speaker at the 8th International Research Conference at KDU College in Malaysia.[26]
Publications [ edit ]
Articles [ edit ]
Robinson, Mark; Tan, Ying; Goonewardena, Kusal; Oetomo, Denny; Manzie, Chris (November 2021). "Evaluation of ceiling-supported back harnesses in preventing injury in sheep shearing" . 2021 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC) . Vol. 2021. pp. 6957–6961. doi :10.1109/EMBC46164.2021.9629719 . ISBN 978-1-7281-1179-7 . PMID 34892704 . S2CID 244573084 . with Robinson, Mark; Tan, Ying; Oetomo, Denny; and Manzie, Chris.
Guo, Xinliang; Lu, Lei; Robinson, Mark; Tan, Ying; Goonewardena, Kusal; Oetomo, Denny (18 June 2021). "A Weak Monotonicity Based Muscle Fatigue Detection Algorithm for a Short-Duration Poor Posture Using sEMG Measurements". 2021 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC) . Vol. 2021. pp. 2238–2241. arXiv :2106.10109 . doi :10.1109/EMBC46164.2021.9631010 . ISBN 978-1-7281-1179-7 . PMID 34891732 . S2CID 235485201 . with Guo, Xinliang; Lu, Lei; Robinson, Mark; Tan, Ying; and Oetomo, Denny.
Lu, Lei; Robinson, Mark; Tan, Ying; Goonewardena, Kusal; Guo, Xinliang; Mareels, Iven; Oetomo, Denny (2020). "Effective Assessments of a Short- Duration Poor Posture on Upper Limb Muscle Fatigue Before Physical Exercise" . Frontiers in Physiology . 11 : 541974. doi :10.3389/fphys.2020.541974 . hdl :11343/252651 . PMC 7579401 . PMID 33132916 . with Robinson, Mark; Lu, Lei; Tan, Ying; Guo, Xinliang; Mareels, Iven; and Oetomo, Denny.
Robinson, Mark; Lu, Lei; Tan, Ying; Goonewardena, Kusal; Oetomo, Denny; Manzie, Chris (July 2020). "Enabling context aware data analysis for long-duration repetitive stooped work through human activity recognition in sheep shearing" . 2020 42nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC) . Vol. 2020. pp. 87–90. doi :10.1109/EMBC44109.2020.9175839 . ISBN 978-1-7281-1990-8 . PMID 33017937 . S2CID 221385054 . with Robinson, Mark; Lu, Lei; Tan, Ying; Oetomo, Denny; and Manzie, Chris.
"Association Between Lipids, Statin & Cognition: Is timing the key?" . Alzheimer's & Dementia . 15 . Alzheimer's Association . July 2019. doi :10.1016/j.jalz.2019.06.3330 . S2CID 204761022 . with Jian Chin, Tze; Szoeke, Cassandra; and Gorelik, Alexandra.
References [ edit ]
^ SL born physiotherapy expert to escort the medical team of the renowned tennis player to Aussieland…
^ a b "Sri Lankan-born physio going great guns Down Under" . Print Edition - The Sunday Times, Sri Lanka . Retrieved 26 June 2021 .
^ a b Scott, David; Soderlind, Laura (January 2012). "Behind all great athletes...". The Age .
^ "IPC to Host Australian Sports Physiotherapy Programme in SL" . Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) . 13 September 2019.
^ "How three minutes of exercise, twice a week could make you fit | WYZA Australia" . WYZA . Retrieved 29 July 2020 .
^ "The three-minute workout that could be as good as going to the gym for half an hour" . The Independent . 19 April 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2020 .
^ van Alkemade, Anne (June 2011). "A sporting chance". The Moorabool News .
^ Cozza, Andria (June 2011). "Test cricketers look to recruit physio's touch of magic". Melton Telegraph Express .
^ a b "A week at the University Games". InMotion . Australian Physiotherapy Association: 32. December 2009.
^ "Health & Wellness" . Melbourne University Sport . Retrieved 28 July 2020 .
^ "Who's Kusal Goonewardena" . Elite Akademy . Retrieved 29 July 2020 .
^ "University's Elite Akademy wins excellence award" (PDF) . University of Melbourne . January 2013.
^ "Sports Medicine & Massage" . Melbourne University Sport . Retrieved 28 July 2020 ."Elite Athlete Program" . Melbourne University Sport . Retrieved 28 July 2020 .
^ Amit, Naushad (26 December 2021). "Kusal Goonewardena Going Places Down Under" . Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) .
^ Thakar, Subrata (31 July 2018). "New app uses physiotherapy, accountability to encourage users in losing weight" . AI In Healthcare .
^ "The Exercise Room: Fitness trends" . ABC Radio National . 8 May 2017."How to exercise at home" . ABC Radio National . 24 March 2020.
^ theinformer (8 April 2021). "Healthy Ageing | Kusal Goonewardena | TheInformer" . TheInformer . Retrieved 26 June 2021 .
^ TheInformer (11 November 2020). "Understand The Human Body | Kusal Goonewardena" . TheInformer . Retrieved 26 June 2021 .
^ "The 10 most common health and fitness questions – answered by experts" . bodyandsoulau . 21 January 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2020 .
^ Cain, Alexandra (29 May 2018). "Oh my aching feet! How to stop long-term damage from standing" . The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 29 July 2020 .
^ Long, Christine (5 March 2015). "How to make your first million" . The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 29 July 2020 .
^ "Great Startup Mentors Confirmed for the Melbourne Founder Institute" . The Founder Institute . Retrieved 28 July 2020 .
^ "The three entrepreneurs (AGSE Learning from Entrepreneurs)" . commons.swinburne.edu.au . Retrieved 28 July 2020 .
^ "How 'Real' Professionalism can Change a Nation: transcribed plenary speech of K Goonewardena" (PDF) . Proceedings - KDU . November 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2022 .
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