In August 2012, Bruce Geddes was working out with a personal trainer when he ruptured a disc in his back.
"I'm too old to be jumping off boxes," the 66-year-old barrister says. "I think [the personal trainer] didn't have an appreciation for the lack of flexibility of an older person."
One in three Australians who participate in sports will experience a sports related injury each year, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare statistics show. Where people are performing tasks their bodies are not used to, there is a particular risk of injury, regardless of their level of fitness.