We enjoyed the moment. Grace knew the incredible amount of up-skilling many of these families were doing to try Stay in the loop on all things parenthood as we share tips, hacks, products, inspo & everything in between. With her A Team, Lassila got really detailed with this plan for achieving her dream of representing Australia again. It was a remarkable turnaround for the 28 year old who four years ago seriously considered quitting the sport after a knee injury at the 2006 Games. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Lassila won gold in the aerials, getting Australia's second gold medal for the games after snowboarder Torah Bright won gold in the halfpipe, also at Cypress Mountain. Lydia took off from the ramp. In business I basically wanted to replace the option of frozen peas when someone gets injured and help them recover from their injuries, she said. If you wish to change or create a new subscription, please call 1800 070 535 Monday to Friday 7.30am 6.00pm & 7.00am-11.30am AEST on both Saturdays & Sundays. Not in conjunction with any other offer. She is of Greek-Cypriot and Italian descent. Hold that vision that youve got for yourself, create the plan, [and] trust the process that youve put in place.. Powered by Shopify. See www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/subscriptionterms for full details. She is a born acrobat who quickly took to gymnastics, "consumed" by the idea of becoming an Olympian. I was nave as to how vulnerable we are and to how fraught the actual process is of growing a baby. Lydia's pelvic and gluteal muscles were also weakened and sluggish to fire. Source: Supplied Hard work! You can see Lydia chatting with I Dont Know How She Does It below (post continues after video): I cant say I enjoyed being pregnant. 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Helping our clients achieve their best is our highest priority! In 2006, Olympic athlete Lydia Lassila turned a devastating injury into an opportunity. But that aside, I knew it was a means to what would be a great outcome and a necessary but temporary process. It was also a change from how she operated in the past. When childhood best friends Alexandra Caisey and Chantelle Lewis became mothers, they noticed a gap in the baby carrier market. Its tough, we know that. If there was a minor hiccup, you could easily adjust. In the early days of BodyICE I was figuring everything out as I went along, I certainly had no business plan. When I arrived home, I received the warmest of welcomes and was treated as a hero. Then tragedy struck another high-profile Australian sport star and made Lydia reassess. At the same time, BodyICE continues to grow from a predominantly wholesale business for hospitals and surgeons (Lassilas first customer was her own surgeon who was impressed by the BodyICE pack she wore into one of her appointments), to one that is now finding a new audience online and in retail stores. From day dot Late spoke Finnish to Kai, and he has only ever spoken Finnish to him, so Kai has grown up fluent in Finnish. Lassila made her comeback to World Cup competition 16 months later in China in December 2007, collecting a silver medal in her first event. Alisa was 32 weeks into her pregnancyjust four weeks ahead of mewhen she began to feel unwell, and after a number of tests it was determined that the right side of Finnans heart looked too big, but he was still too underdeveloped to be delivered early in order to have surgery. Prices after the introductory pricing period may be varied in accordance with the full Terms and Conditions. As I had done with my aerials program in the lead-up to Vancouver, I needed to formulate a similarly structured program around giving birth and recovering in a way that would allow me to get back into training as soon as possible. We chose KaiKais great-grandmother was Kaija (pronounced Kay-ya), so we chose his name because of that connection. But then she needed to land! I have never felt anything quite like it and as one of my friends delicately put it its kind of like an exorcism. It forced me to stop and think outside the world of being an athlete. I run a business, I'm an athlete and a mum. Lydia Lassila grabs her knee after she crashed at the 2006 Winter Olympics (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Source: AAP I was pretty emotionally scarred, mentally, and physically. BodyICE Kids was again borne out of necessity. ". I think one of my biggest achievements in life was managing to win an Olympic bronze medal in 2014, as a mother, whilst successfully running a business. South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (GBP ). With time off her skis in rehabilitation and recovering from surgery, Lydia became frustrated with the inefficiency of current cold therapy products on the market that leaked, slipped and were not cold enough. Olympian Lydia Lassila has launched her own yoga brand inspired by the practice that helped her overcome injury and withstand the game of Survivor. Excerpt courtesy of The Slattery Media Group Pty Ltd, all rights reserved by the publisher. I wasnt sick or anything like that, but I didnt particularly like being pregnant. Many of the Finnish letters are pronounced differently. She flew high in the air, performed a full-twisting somersault, then a double-twisting somersault, and then another single-twisting somersault, pulling off a mind-boggling manoeuvre in the air that seemed to last an eternity. But while sitting in the Olympic village in Torino, nursing an injured knee, she recognised the seeds of her business. Not just on being an athlete, but on developing my mental skills as well.. Below are 10 of the most common injuries of the knee. And while she admits she probably takes her business vision a little less seriously than her sporting ambitions, she thinks this will change in the future. At the time, the mainstream media focused on the more sensational angles think your stereotypical Aussie battler aesthetic, malnourished cattle and tumbleweeds blowing down a derelict town centre. When the kids were small, we used to have live-in au pairs so that we could focus on work whilst the kids would be entertained and get outdoors when hubby and I couldnt. On 15 February, she placed 15th in the second qualification round and thus bid farewell to her chance of a place in the final, and to her sporting career. Jeffrey Hodges is the creator of Sportsmind, the most sophisticated mental and emotional skills training program world-wide. ! Cue inspo for BodyICE Woman. But all planning aside, I dont think any mother is ever fully prepared for childbirth and what your body is going to experience during that process. What I did see was the opportunity to make something that people needed, including myself.. After a well earned break traveling the world, I fell pregnant in August 2010. If you are interested in a rewarding change of direction, we would be delighted to discuss opportunities. As soon as I was off crutches, I took a trip over to China and started meeting manufacturers. Growing up around factories and working in the sewing line at 14 a hobby she now speaks Viva is a writer, editor and mum (AKA professional snack bitch) and not in that order. Li Nina, who has also missed much of the last four years after a retirement and a serious knee injury, saw her . Lydia Lassila OAM (ne Ierodiaconou) (born 17 January 1982) is an Australian Olympic freestyle skier gold medalist who competed in the 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympic Games. It was great at the time (to have so much support) but in hindsight, it didnt matter how many people I had sitting and advising around a boardroom tablenothing could prepare me for motherhood or the journey that was about to begin. BodyICE was born from a bit of a disastrous situation! At what point does it become a problem? I was pretty frustrated anyway so I picked up this shopping bag of ice and Ive thrown it on the floor and said, someone should make a decent bloody ice pack that doesnt leak and slip all over the place. BodyICE creator and founder, Lydia Lassila worked closely with Jeffrey . Lydia won the World Cup in 2009 and came into the Games in top form after setting a world record score in January. I love working from home or wherever my laptop is and the lifestyle that provides. Lydia capped Australia's most successful Winter Olympics with a spectacular jump that delivered the aerial skiing gold medal. For instance, if you are using the word J in Finnish, it is pronounced as a Y. We have been based in Bentleigh East at GESAC (Glen Eira Sports and Aquatic Centre) since 2012. Then I get back home and I make sure I spend good quality time with my kids and Im not checking my phone or my emails at the same time, or trying to teach them how to read while cooking dinner. MYPHYSIOwas established in 2004. When youve won a gold, where do your goals go? Any of the bones in or around the knee can be fractured. There are definitely days where I feel a little guilty for not being able to give my kids loads of attention because theres work that just needs to [get] done. During the second qualifying round of the Torino aerials competition, Lassila's knee collapsed on impact after she attempted to land a difficult jump, re-rupturing her ACL[1] and forcing her to withdraw. From then on, you can then use Sign In with Google to access your subscription and Google will do the billing for the subscription and process your payments. He left us in good hands though and our baby boy finally arrived to catch the final hours of Mothers Day. Its so important to just be able to focus on one thing and do it well., I often say blowing my knee out twice in six months was the best thing that could have happened to me and I wouldnt really change a thing. Email: jobs@myphysio.net.au, All our services qualify for Private Health Insurance rebates (Extras cover). No jumping of course, but I trained at the VIS through my pregnancy to keep as fit as possible with the mindset that I was just on maternity leave and that I would be returning stronger and better than ever towards my campaign to Sochi. I didnt like feeling heavy or the fact that I couldnt see my toesfor a very long time! "I was determined to be no.1." The next step was for Lassila to connect with that future version of her self and open up a dialogue. In June 2005, Lassila suffered a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and underwent knee reconstruction[1] using an allograft. As part of The Will To Fly movie night extravaganza, My Physio hosted a workshop for physiotherapists in our GESAC clinic. Lydia Lassila backed up her 2010 gold medal with bronze in the aerials final. She is the 2010 Olympic champion and the 2014 bronze medalist in aerials. Our vast range of ice packs can also be used as soothing heat packs. So Late had his list and I had mine, and it was quite a challenge to meet in the middle and find this happy medium of a name which would work across both cultures and not get mispronounced. But at age 16, an injury ended her gymnastics career. So, I find its a constant balance of meeting the needs of my family, my own needs and that of the business. So for me to be able to run a business, be a good mum, be a great athlete, I find it really hard to blend all these roles, she said. Undeterred from the injury and trauma to her knee in 2006, Lydia bounced back and won Gold in the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. I was hoping that retirement feeling would come but it kind of never did. These days, it revolves around the school and sports schedule, so I try and get the bulk of my work done during school hours and then spend the rest of the day with the kids, or try and get some exercise in. With our expanding range of products we have cold and heat therapy solutions for you that are easy to use, effective, portable and reusable helping you get back on track to being the best version of yourself. On the kicker at the 2018 Winter Games, Lydia Lassila's Olympic journey did not end in a fairy tale. At that, Lassila, one of Australia's toughest competitors, having fought back from an horrific knee injury at the Turin Winter Olympics to win gold at the Vancouver Olympics four years later . "I have loved every minute. So I need to make sure Ive got a good team in place so that when Im out for training, I know my kids are well looked after, I can go out there and focus 100% on the job. The latest stories, funding information, and expert advice. BodyICE acknowledges the culture and traditions of our First Nations people and their continuing connection to our land and community. Communicating with suppliers proves to be a constant hurdle and you really need to make sure all details are met on each and every stock purchase and that they understand your requests. On 14 February, on the kicker in the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, she placed first in the qualifications. I felt helpless. Shes now preparing for the 2018 Winter Olympics is South Korea, which will be her last. Monday to Friday 8am-7.30pm And all of a sudden, predictions for the aerials competition at PyeongChang 2018 were up in the air. SmartCompany is the leading online publication in Australia for free news, information and resources catering to Australias entrepreneurs, small and medium business owners and business managers.