Female, Woman, and/or Girl Athlete Injury pRevention (FAIR) Practical Recommendations

Female, woman, and/or girl athletes’ sport participation rates are rising and associated with high injury rates and burden across the lifespan, and from elite to community. Using best-practice consensus methodology, we developed recommendations to guide injury prevention for female/woman/girl athletes. Professor Kay Crossley FACP is the Director of the La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre. Kay’s main research focus is on preventing and managing knee and hip pain and injuries, and early-onset osteoarthritis after sports-related injuries. She became a Specialist Research Physiotherapist as awarded by the Australian College of Physiotherapists in 2025 and was also named an APA Honoured Member in 2025. Kay is a physiotherapist with many years of experience in clinical sports physiotherapy.