Dan Boardman is 18 years old and doing his HSC year at Xavier. He plays for Lennox Head Rugby union first grade in the centres, and is hoping to have a professional rugby union career, starting with a Shute Shield club next year.
To help him along the way Cliff Coleman of Northcoast Podiatry has come on board to provide a couple of thousands of dollars worth of equipment and treatment.
‘My support for Dan has been to reduce the likelihood of overuse injury by careful alignment of lower limb biomechanics, specifically the feet. This is achieved mainly through analysis and examination of the athlete’s movement on our treadmill and slow motion cameras with ‘knee position in relation to his feet’ crucial in construction of ‘in shoe therapy’. This therapy takes the form of custom (casted) prescription, lightweight carbon fibre foot orthotics, partnering these with football boots and training shoes that compliment Dan’s foot type and ‘tweaking’ any lower limb muscles shortness or weakness,’ says Cliff.
‘I am just one of the local sponsors for Dan. The other sponsors would agree that it sits well to help a fine young local man reach his goal of developing a professional Rugby Union career in Sydney starting from next year.’