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The uncoached athlete: reframing performance and longevity in the surgical profession
Rachel Neylan1, Michael C Wyatt2,3
1Performance Consultant & Physiotherapist (rachelneylan.com), NSW, Australia.
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The demands of competing in the Olympic games is remarkably similar to that of surgeon in theatre. Both require sustained precision, high cognitive load, emotional regulation, physical endurance, and the weight of outcomes that matter profoundly.Other high-performance domains, such as elite sport, aviation, and the military, have long recognised that peak execution comes from deliberate investment in human performance science: training body and mind, integrating recovery, applying technology, and employing coaching and human performance strategy to optimise outcomes. Athletes systematically invest in programmed and periodised conditioning, physiological monitoring, recovery, nutrition, and psychological resilience. Their success depends on the integration of physiology, psychology, and environment.
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