Callum Mills ready for Sydney’s pre-season after overcoming foot injury that destroyed his 2018
CALLUM Mills’ recovery from the broken foot which destroyed his season has been given the tick of approval from a revolutionary piece of technology in Qatar.
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CALLUM Mills’ recovery from the broken foot which destroyed his season has been given the tick of approval from a revolutionary piece of technology in Qatar.
The state-of-the-art treadmill showed exactly where and how heavy the load was being absorbed through Mills injured foot.
When the young defender tested his fitness on the cutting-edge equipment the podiatrist was able to detect the Swans defender’s injury without prior knowledge of it.
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He also identified his fifth metatarsal as the bone which cracked in the freak accident.
“I ran in bare feet and the way the force plate was under my foot he was able to predict where my injury was,” Mills said.
“The positive thing about it was there aren’t any warning signs and he was happy with it. There would have been nothing worse than getting over here to Qatar and finding out I’ve been wasting my time.”
Mills and a handful of Swans players, coaches and staff are in the host nation for the 2022 World Cup and dropped into Aspetar, which is one of the best rehabilitation facilities on the planet.
Sydney’s chief physiotherapist Matt Cameron was paying close attention to the value the force plate treadmill may have in Sydney’s new $55 million facility.
Sensors underneath the treadmill show how much force the foot transmits, creating a heat map that helps in perfecting orthotics in shoes.
The bottom line for Mills is he is progressing well and should be able to complete a full pre-season training schedule.
“My foot is good,” Mills said.
“I’ve been running for a couple of months now. It’s been a really slow progression, I didn’t want to push it. I’m back to doing pretty much everything. I will do a week of extra running and then get straight back into training.”
The freak injury, which happened at the back of the SCG Members stand in between training sessions, was a devastating blow for the Rising Star winner who had never had a serious injury till he broke his foot.
“I took it on board and did what I could which included a lot of reserves coaching,” Mills said.
“It was different but now I’m keen to get back into the footy. There is some light at the end of the tunnel. My plan is to simply get to round one in the best shape to play the full season.”
A HORSE on a camel - now here’s a first.
Sydney Swans coach John ‘Horse’ Longmire led five of his best players and camel riders, Luke Parker, Dane Rampe, Callum Mills,Isaac Heeney and Josh Kennedy on a stroll into the Qatar desert.
“I’ve never done anything like this in my life,” Longmire said.
“It’s different to riding a horse because you don’t have any stirrups and you’re up pretty high. They also rock from sideto side a lot.”
The offbeat activities didn’t stop there for the AFL stars who were in the host nation of the next World Cup courtesy of theirsponsor Qatar Airways.
They also put the Doha Kangaroos Auskick team through their paces.
The Aussie rules outpost has had its fair share of challenges in recent seasons, none bigger than the blockade from its neighboursSaudi Arabia and the UAE which has left them with no opponents to play in the Middle East League.
Their win in the 2014 grand final over Dubai was the last game of competitive footy for their senior team.
Originally published as Callum Mills ready for Sydney’s pre-season after overcoming foot injury that destroyed his 2018
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