KEVIN JAMES
OSTEOPATH | SPORTS CONSULTANT
Advanced Sports Osteopath (vocational) award recognition by Osteopathy Australia in 2020
​
High-Performance coach ​awarded recognition by Gymnastics Australia in 2018
Everyone deserves to be treated with high-quality care. When we work together, I will listen, empower and guide you through the treatment and rehabilitation process to get back on your feet and perform to your best. My Osteopathy, Performance & Mentoring Services is here to enhance your quality of life.
​
My passion is to see people grow and achieve their best. Pain to Performance was developed to bring the best of the medical, health and sports industry to as many communities, families, and individuals as possible.
​
The Osteopathy, Performance & Mentoring services brings a wealth of knowledge and experience of 18+ years of high performance sport (elite sports), 5+ years of industry education teaching in both the sporting and tertiary sector, numerous osteopathy & sports development conferences/workshops and the latest evidence in the field of medical, health, education and sports. I believe that I will be able to help you. And if I cannot, I will find someone who can.
PAIN:
3.24 million Australians live with chronic pain and this is set to rise to 5.23 million by 2050. 44.6% also live with depression and anxiety.* Pain is complex and guidance may be really helpful. I will teach you how to start living a life where you can take back control.
PERFORMANCE:
The uncertainty to not be able to perform well under pressure during a sporting events can be both frightening and exciting. If you want to enhance your performance (that is, develop strength, power, speed, agility, technique, etc), let me help you. I will help coach, motivate, and develop your performance to the next level: building a pathway to success.
MENTORING:
For a sports coach or allied health practitioner, it can be challenging to know whether you are on the right track or have complete run-off. There is so much information on the web, but, difficult to know how to apply it. A mentor can help filter the information, refine your knowledge and guide you towards a more informed and accurate way.
OSTEOPATHY AUSTRALIA
Advanced Sports Osteopath (vocational)
Osteopathy Australia now recognises osteopaths with additional skills and training beyond the general osteopathic scope of practice, covering a number of focus areas including Sports Management.
This quality practice framework was developed to facilitate excellence in inter-disciplinary care between osteopaths, other health practitioners and stakeholders in sport.
​
An Advanced Sports Practitioner is an osteopath who:
Meets additional educational requirements
Demonstrates exceptional career achievements and quality clinical practice
Completes additional training in the clinical sports management focus area
Maintains ongoing education each year to stay current
​
It's a pretty special moment and quite humbling to be among the first to be awarded this title in Australia!
ADDITIONAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND CONFIDENCE
Patients and consumers get all the benefits of a well-trained osteopath plus a practitioner with the additional skills, knowledge and confidence required to work with athletes.
LONG-TERM COMMITMENT TO SPORTS PRACTICE
Sports Osteopaths demonstrate long-term commitment to sustained practice in sports practice. Through further higher education and quality clinical review, these members demonstrate ability to provide sports clinical interventions that are more broadly offered by other professions with a primary focus on sports. They have the knowledge and clinical skill to stabilise, manage and improve elemental and specific performance abilities, or remove barriers to performance and reduce injury risk in a specific sport.
NETWORK OF SPORTS HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
Sports osteopaths are part of a network of sports health professionals. They give referrals to and work with sports physicians, general practitioners, exercise physiologists, physiotherapists and other health professionals.
MEDICAL-HEALTH EDUCATION
QUALIFICATION:
TAE40116 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
Bachelor of Health Science/Bachelor of Applied Science (Osteopathy)
Bachelor of Applied Science (Complementary Medicine)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP:
AHPRA registered (Osteopath)
Osteopathy Australia Member
Advanced Sports Osteopath (vocational) award recognition by Osteopathy Australia in 2020
TERTIARYÂ TEACHING EXPERIENCE & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
RMIT University - Clinical Educator/Industry Practitioner since 2015 to present
AURO University (India) - Guest Presenter in 2020: International webinar on Sport Injury, Rehabilitation and Performance
Osteopathy Australia - Guest Presenter in 2020: Clinical Webinar on Rebooting Sport post-COVID19
MEDICAL & HEALTH COMMITTEE:
Former Osteopathy Australia Learning and Development Committee Member - 2018
Former Australasian Osteopathic Accreditation Council Program Accreditation Member – Graduate Rep - 2018
SPORTS SPECIFIC EDUCATION
QUALIFICATION &Â MEMBERSHIP
International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) - International Technical Expert, Level 3 Coach & Judge
​Gymnastics Australia & Gymnastics Victoria - High Performance Coach, Senior State Presenter, Assessor & Supervisor (Education & Development Consultant)
SPORTS DEVELOPMENT & MENTORING EXPERIENCE:
2020 Gymnastics Victoria Road to Recovery (Return to Work for Coaches post-COVID19)
2020 Gymnastics Victoria Coach Conference (Physical preparation for elite development)
2020 Gymnastics Victoria Coach Conference (Rhythmic Gymnastics Injury Prevention for the Lower back, Shoulder, and Lower Limbs)
​2020 YMCA Geelong Gymnastics Summer Camp (The importance of Biomechanics in Gymnastics)
​2018/2019 FIG Level 1 & 2 Academy (India & Australia)
​2019 GV endorsed EKGA workshop (Injury prevention and working with Gymnasts returning from injury or working with an ongoing condition/injury)
​2019 GV endorsed EKGA workshop (Psycho-social factors that influence gymnastics performance: fear & anxiety)
​2019 GV endorsed EKGA workshop (Warm up, Strength and Conditioning and Cool down)
​2019 YMCA Geelong Gymnastics Summer Camp (Maturation & development, force evaluation and program design)
SPORTING COMMITTEES:
Oceania Gymnastics Union Education and Development Committee member since 2020
​Gymnastics Victoria Technical Committee Member (Judging Coordinator) since 2016
​Gymnastics Victoria State Team Selection Committee Member since 2016
2016-17 Gymnastics Victoria Judging Review Project Member
INTERNATIONAL JUDGING EXPERIENCE:
2019 Continental Championships
2018 Oceania Youth Olympic Games Trial
2018 World Cup
2014 Pacific Rim Championships
2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival
ADDITIONAL SPORTING EXPERIENCE:
Former Gymnastics Program Manager & Head Coach
Former Elite Athlete & Junior National Squad Member
Former Part-time AIS Scholarship Holder
Former ESS Performance Athlete Development Scholarship Holder
1st Dan Taekwondo (Kukkiwon/WT-style)
Former Taekwondo Performance Coach
BALANCE HEALTH PHILLIP ISLAND
