Australia captain nominates hardest teams to beat at World Cup ICC Women's Cricket World Cup, 2025
"I haven't actually kept in a competitive game since January and that's given me a little bit of time to tinker with a few things and make it a little bit easier on my body," Healy said.
"We've been taught how to wicketkeep a certain way in this country for an extended period of time, and at the end of the day it's not overly efficient on our bodies and doing it at 35, it's not ideal.
"We've just been looking at ways to make it a little bit easier for my aging joints and trying to keep things moving the way they should.
"Without getting overly technical, (I've just adjusted) where I'm starting from, more than anything else.
"You won't notice anything different, just not getting as low as what I used to, to hopefully help the knee, help the foot and keep me out there a little bit longer."
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Healy plans to make her comeback to keeping during the ODI portion of the upcoming series with India A and has tweaked her technique behind the stumps slightly to help her ailing body. "I haven't actually kept in a competitive game since January and that's given me a little bit of time to tinker with a few things and make it a little bit easier on my body," Healy said. "We've been taught how to wicketkeep a certain way in this country for an extended period of time, and at the end of the day it's not overly efficient on our bodies and doing it at 35, it's not ideal. "We've just been looking at ways to make it a little bit easier for my aging joints and trying to keep things moving the way they should. "Without getting overly technical, (I've just adjusted) where I'm starting from, more than anything else. "You won't notice anything different, just not getting as low as what I used to, to hopefully help the knee, help the foot and keep me out there a little bit longer."
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