Services

Excellence in Sport & Exercise Medicine across all ages, abilities and activity backgrounds.

A sports physician manages the non-surgical side of orthopaedic medicine. We can optimise your non-surgical management of your musculoskeletal issue whilst taking into account your individual medical history.

  • From primary school aged children, teenagers, young adults, middle age and those mature of age
  • From those not considering themselves an athlete, to those aspiring to keep moving, stay fit or compete in an event
  • Able bodied & persons with a disability
  • Aspiring & elite athletes
  • Anyone

Treatment plans made by a medical specialist doctor.

Acute and chronic musculoskeletal injuries:

  • Acute injury clinic for:
    • Acute ankle, knee, or, other injury
    • Fractures including x-rays & casting
    • Concussion
  • Medical screening for:
    • Individual athletes
    • Sporting teams
  • Unexplained joint pain & swelling
  • Bone stress injury
  • Tendinopathy
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Inflammatory joint conditions
  • Joint instability
  • Unexplained pain & diagnostic uncertainty
  • Any area, any joint; neck, shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand, chest wall, spine, pelvis, hip, knee, ankle, and foot
  • Scoliosis
  • Radiculopathy of the upper and lower limb
  • Elite athlete management
  • Return to sport timelines
  • Multidisciplinary management
  • Relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-s)
  • The child and adolescent athlete

Discussion of your spectrum of treatment options, including:

  • Excellence in selection and interpretation of medical imaging
  • Diagnostic & management plans
  • Return to sport/work guidance and timelines
  • Acute fracture management & casting on site
  • Exercise prescription
  • Adjuvant therapies such as corticosteroid injections, synthetic joint fluid injections and the current evidence regarding platelet rich plasma injections (PRP)
  • Bone mineral densiometry (BMD)
  • DXA body composition
  • Lung function tests
  • Nerve conduction studies and electromyography (NCS/EMG)
  • Blood tests
  • Prescriptions
  • Medical & attendance certificates
  • Crutches, joint sleeves, braces and night splints
  • The latest in evidence based medicine

Integrated approach with allied health and other doctors; physiotherapists, exercise physiologists, dietitians, psychology, massage therapists, GPs and other medical specialists.

Specialist referrals, commonly including:

  • Rheumatology
  • Radiology
  • Orthopaedic surgery
  • Endocrinology
  • Respiratory
  • Neurology
  • Pain specialists
  • Psychiatry
  • And more
Ethos

Excellence in Sport & Exercise Medicine.

Welcoming all ages, abilities, able bodied or those with a disability, whether you identify as an athlete or not.

Locations

Australian Institute of Sport (AIS)

ACT Brumbies Rugby