DAMIEN'S INJURY UPDATE
Posted on: Sun 06 Jul 2008
By Matt Cecil
Wanderers' Head of Medical and Sports Science Damien Doyle revealed to wwfc.com this week that he's pleased with the progress of the trio of injured players as they continue their rehabilitation, and added that he's enjoying life at Adams Park following his move to the club in the summer.
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The Irishman's job title might be a bit of a mouthful but essentially Damien oversees the whole health and fitness operation, ranging from nutrition and diets to exercise and recovery, and works closely alongside sports therapist Shay Connelly and the team of coaches to ensure the best possible programme for the players.
And as well as working the Blues stars hard in their first week of pre-season training, the 29-year-old has been helping Sergio Torres, Derek Duncan and Matt Bloomfield work their way back to fitness after their injuries:
"Sergio's been really good every day and I don't think he realised how much he'd be able to do so he's surprised himself how rapidly he's been able to progress," he said.
"Derek Duncan's been out training with us on Friday and joined in with most of the session, and we keep adding little things for him to do so he should be back in full training next week. Matt Bloomfield's obviously had a really serious injury but he's progressing nicely and we've changed a few things around to try and speed it up but making sure that it's done in a safe way.
"The three of them have been brilliant. They've got the same fitness programme as the lads who are training outside and they've got to reach the same targets but obviously they've got to do it in a different way."
Wanderers' Head of Medical and Sports Science Damien Doyle revealed to wwfc.com this week that he's pleased with the progress of the trio of injured players as they continue their rehabilitation, and added that he's enjoying life at Adams Park following his move to the club in the summer.
World: Damien's debutThe Irishman's job title might be a bit of a mouthful but essentially Damien oversees the whole health and fitness operation, ranging from nutrition and diets to exercise and recovery, and works closely alongside sports therapist Shay Connelly and the team of coaches to ensure the best possible programme for the players.
And as well as working the Blues stars hard in their first week of pre-season training, the 29-year-old has been helping Sergio Torres, Derek Duncan and Matt Bloomfield work their way back to fitness after their injuries:
"Sergio's been really good every day and I don't think he realised how much he'd be able to do so he's surprised himself how rapidly he's been able to progress," he said.
"Derek Duncan's been out training with us on Friday and joined in with most of the session, and we keep adding little things for him to do so he should be back in full training next week. Matt Bloomfield's obviously had a really serious injury but he's progressing nicely and we've changed a few things around to try and speed it up but making sure that it's done in a safe way.
"The three of them have been brilliant. They've got the same fitness programme as the lads who are training outside and they've got to reach the same targets but obviously they've got to do it in a different way."
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