David Joyce

David is an internationally recognized leader in elite sporting performance and sports medicine. His background is in both sports medicine and in sports science/strength and conditioning and holds Masters degrees in both Sports Physiotherapy and Exercise Science.

David has worked with hundreds of elite athletes, including multiple world and Olympic champions and is currently the Head of Athletic Performance at the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL).

He has also published 2 books on integrated high performance (High Performance Training For Sports, and Sports Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation) and his work has been translated into many languages around the world.

Articles by David Joyce

Injury and ankle / foot biomechanics

in Agility, Anatomy, Ankle and foot injuries, Diagnose & Treat, Improve, Joint injuries, Power development

David Joyce looks at the way that the foot and ankle combine – and how to avoid injury. MORE

Understanding injury: back to the class room

in Acute injuries, Diagnose & Treat, Musculoskeletal injuries, Overuse injuries

Science has been described as the ‘systematic classification of experience’. With that in mind, David Joyce presents up-to-date knowledge surrounding muscle injuries and their classification. As he explains, by being armed with this information, clinicians can be better equipped to move more rapidly along the road of evidence-based prevention and rehabilitation programming MORE