Carina Floyd

I worked as a physiotherapist at Mater Clinic Physio, collaborating within a multidisciplinary team alongside sports doctors, orthopaedic specialists, exercise physiologists and other allied health professionals. My day-to-day involved assessing and managing acute and chronic musculoskeletal conditions, guiding post-operative rehab for both upper and lower limb cases, and delivering evidence-based treatment and rehabilitation programs. I also ran weekly casting and boot fitting clinics as part of my regular caseload.

Alongside my clinic duties, I have worked with Gordon Rugby Club, covering match-days and training sessions with on-field assessment and management of acute injuries — everything from soft tissue damage to suspected spinal injuries, fractures, dislocations and other medical emergencies. I built individualised rehab and return-to-play programs, and ran injury prevention initiatives including pre-season screening, recovery strategies, load management and athlete wellbeing monitoring.

I also worked with Netball New South Wales' U17 State Team, supporting athlete health, injury prevention and recovery in a high-performance representative setting, and with the Australian Men's Netball National Team, where I managed injury risk and recovery through tight turnarounds during intensive training and competition. This included touring with the team internationally for test series in New Zealand and England.