Cody is a Sports Physiotherapist and Strength & Conditioning (S&C) Coach who started his career with the Melbourne City FC and went on to become Head Physio for the Macarthur Bulls FC in the A-League. Cody is also one of few Australian’s who have gone onto work in the Indian Super League where he was trusted with the health and wellbeing of Socceroos greatest ever goal scorer Tim Cahill during his time playing for Jamshedpur FC. This is a conversation filled with adventure, courage and multiple sliding door moments which has taken Cody across Australia and the globe to now currently being one of few Australian’s working in the top tier of soccer in the US, for 2-time MLS champions the Seattle Sounders FC.

Highlights from the episode…

• As an accomplished middle distance runner himself, Cody was inspired to pursue a career in sport.
• Even after close to 4 years in private practice and 2 university degrees Cody shares the difficulties he had with getting his foot in the door of sport.
• The massive risk Cody took to finally get his first opportunity in sport with Melb. City FC.
• We discuss some of the costs of constantly pursuing his passion in sport.
• We discuss “why” we choose to continue working in sport despite all the shortcomings that can come with working in sport.
• After Melb. City FC, Cody took time off traveling and eventually found himself working in the Indian Super League after a phone call from Tim Cahill.
• What it’s like to work in India as Tim Cahill’s personal physio.
• How to best build collaborative relationships with clubs when you’re personally looking after individual players.
• How Cody secured a role as the Head Physio role with Macarthur FC and what it was like to work with a start up club.
• The importance of subjective monitoring and how technology may not be providing anymore benefit than one thinks.
• How Cody manages the freshness of the players during heavy match congestion periods.
• After primarily working as a physio for most of his career, how Cody was able to transition and secure a role as Head of Fitness for the Seattle Sounders FC.
• What it’s like to work in the MLS and what his role entails on a day to day basis.
• There has been a lot of discussion on the topic of progressions in rehabilitation but little on how to progress match minutes with injured athletes. Cody shares what he considers when progressing match minutes fr returning players.
• What Cody is excited to be working on over the next few years.

Cody Williamson contact details:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cody-williamson-2a9261122/
• Website: https://www.cwperformancerehab.com/my-story

People mentioned:

• Anthony Crea: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonycrea004/?originalSubdomain=au
• Tim Cahill: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Cahill
• Adam Centofanti: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-centofanti-04224790/
• Justin Dougherty: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-dougherty-185a0739/
• Daniel Arzani: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Arzani

Host: Luis Resa

Contact me on:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luis-resa-a975196b/
• Email: luis.resa@outlook.com

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